Agency for Non-Jews: Torah or Rabbinic Level

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Lipman

Description

A student debates whether the Rambam holds there is Torah-level agency (shelichus) for a non-Jew. The Chasam Sofer rules that the Rambam does not recognize Torah-level agency for non-Jews; even his stringent ruling on interest collected through a gentile intermediary reflects only a rabbinic penalty.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer OC §84

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