07-13-2013, 05:53 PM
Hi Reb,
You said that the sheva mitzvos, the 7M, the seven commandments have negative and positive aspects. In other words, they have active commands telling a person to do something and they have prohibitive commands telling a person not to do something. When it comes to what makes a person liable, is it really the case that there are positive and negative aspects to the commands? I can clearly see how there are negative aspects to make a person liable, where a person does something they are told not to do then they are punished. when I look at the 7 commandments, the basic commandments, I do not see a positive aspect which, if broken, makes a person liable. That is a commandment where a gentile is told to do something and that gentile doesn't. So which positive command in each of the seven makes a person liable if that person breaks it?
Thank you and blessings to you and yours,
David
You said that the sheva mitzvos, the 7M, the seven commandments have negative and positive aspects. In other words, they have active commands telling a person to do something and they have prohibitive commands telling a person not to do something. When it comes to what makes a person liable, is it really the case that there are positive and negative aspects to the commands? I can clearly see how there are negative aspects to make a person liable, where a person does something they are told not to do then they are punished. when I look at the 7 commandments, the basic commandments, I do not see a positive aspect which, if broken, makes a person liable. That is a commandment where a gentile is told to do something and that gentile doesn't. So which positive command in each of the seven makes a person liable if that person breaks it?
Thank you and blessings to you and yours,
David