Instructing a gentile to inflict a blemish on an Israelite's animal that was stolen by a gentile, when there is no one to claim it back.

Date: 18 Adar II 5650

From: Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler, Brezova

To: Unknown recipient

Description

The responsum discusses the case of an animal that was stolen by gentiles, and its owners subsequently passed away, leaving no one to reclaim it. The question is whether one can instruct a gentile to inflict a blemish on it.

Source: Yoreh Deah I §206

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