What Two Jewish Torah Organizations 'Say' Concerning Gentiles U_0104
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Siman 20 . The Laws of buying and selling a Tallis
20.1: If one buys a ready made Tallis (ie with Tzitzis) (1) from a Jew
(2) or from a non-Jewish merchant {who claims that he bought it (3)
from a trustworthy Jew} [the Tallis] is Kosher. [We can assume that
the non-Jewish merchant] is telling the truth based on the presumption
that (4) he would not jeopardize his livelihood [by telling a lie and
risking being found out].
{In other words the Jews know they can intimidate the Non-Jew
merchant with a loss of his means of living if the Non-Jew were to
anger the Jews! Tavish comment.}
However, if one buys the Tallis from a non-Jew who is not a merchant,
(5) [the Tallis] is invalid.
{In other words the Jews know that their intimidation won't work on
the Non-Jew who is not a merchant! Tavish comment.}
MB 1: from a Jew - even though he does not know that the vendor is
trustworthy he can assume so based on the presumption that an ordinary
Jew is trustworthy, and would most definately have spun, twisted and
attached the Tzitzis for the sake [of the Mitzvah], unless he falls
into the category of a 'suspect' as defined in Yoreh De'ah Section
119.
MB 2: or from a non-Jewish merchant - even though he is not an
established Tallis merchant but is established in another field he is
still believed because once he is found to be a liar he would loose
his reputation all round.
{In other words the Jews know they can intimidate the Non-Jew
merchant with a loss of his means of living if the Non-Jew were to
anger the Jews! Tavish comment.}
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MAY WE TRUST A NON-JEW WHEN BUYING EGGS?
(a) The Gemara rules that we may buy eggs from a Non-Jew if he tells
us that they are from a specific kosher bird. We need not be concerned
that perhaps the eggs were taken from a bird which is a Neveilah or
Treifah. RASHI (DH Shel) and the RAMBAN explain that we can trust the
word of the non-Jew since he knows that we can easily check if this
egg indeed looks like the egg of the bird he claims it is from, and
therefore the non-Jew will not lie.
(b) The RAMBAM (Hilchos Maacholos Assuros 3:18;19) had a different
reading of the text, according to which our Sugya is not dealing with
a Non-Jew but rather with a Jew who is of unknown credibility. Such a
Jew would only be believed if he singled out the species of bird from
which his eggs came. A Non-Jew, however, would not be believed even if
he told us from which bird these eggs came.
{Notice the bigotry toward Non-Jews with Rambam: "A Non-Jew, however,
would not be believed even if he told us from which bird these eggs
came." In other words; NOT one single Non-Jew may ever be believed or
trusted. Tavish comment.}
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Have any of you ever seen anything more prejudicial and bigoted than
the material above that speaks in the name of G-d? If this was a white
group speaking of blacks in this manner there would be an outcry as
such as never imagined! This is one group that is speaking this
against all the rest of mankind!!! Open your eyes and see!
Doc Tavish (A Voice Crying in the Wilderness)