Comments on: Bodies of the Enemy http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/07/16/bodies-of-the-enemy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bodies-of-the-enemy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: andy http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/07/16/bodies-of-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-899 andy Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:29:18 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=519#comment-899 One could argue that freeing the wife of a missing soldier by recovering his body is akin to freeing a live soldier. One could argue that freeing the wife of a missing soldier by recovering his body is akin to freeing a live soldier.

]]> By: Menachem Mendel http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/07/16/bodies-of-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-898 Menachem Mendel Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:57:08 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=519#comment-898 Harry, It is an excellent question. I read somewhere on an Israeli blog a woman complaining about how she has not heard one rabbi speak up about the prisoner/body exchange. Maybe a topic for a future blog post. Harry,

It is an excellent question. I read somewhere on an Israeli blog a woman complaining about how she has not heard one rabbi speak up about the prisoner/body exchange. Maybe a topic for a future blog post.

]]> By: Harry P http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/07/16/bodies-of-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-897 Harry P Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:04:36 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=519#comment-897 The more intersting area of discussion is if there is an halachic view on the question of trading the bodies of Jews for a live non-Jew convicted criminal- who may committ more crimes in the future? Harry The more intersting area of discussion is if there is an halachic view on the question of trading the bodies of Jews for a live non-Jew convicted criminal- who may committ more crimes in the future?
Harry

]]> By: andy http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/07/16/bodies-of-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-881 andy Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:04:31 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=519#comment-881 Uh-oh. If Ari has to aplogize for his comments, where does that leave plebians like me? Uh-oh. If Ari has to aplogize for his comments, where does that leave plebians like me?

]]> By: Lion of Zion http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2008/07/16/bodies-of-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-880 Lion of Zion Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:21:47 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=519#comment-880 MM: i'm not going to pretend that i am at all familiar with the issue, other than to say that i know there is a a degree of mahloket. so i will rephrase my post this way: with a limited amount of time on my hand and mutltitudes of opportunities to perform acts of hesed, caring for a terrorist corpse is that last thing i volunteer for. (sorry for leaving these types of comments on an academic blog) MM:

i’m not going to pretend that i am at all familiar with the issue, other than to say that i know there is a a degree of mahloket.

so i will rephrase my post this way: with a limited amount of time on my hand and mutltitudes of opportunities to perform acts of hesed, caring for a terrorist corpse is that last thing i volunteer for.

(sorry for leaving these types of comments on an academic blog)

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