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2 490 51_Shiur HaRav Soloveichik on Purim and Megilas Esther0_14_jr@caldera.com26_Mon, 25 Feb 2002 02:33 EST598_us-ascii purim.02<br><br>Shiur HaRav Soloveichik ZT"l on Purim and Megilas Esther<br><br>(Shiur date: 1968. Nordlicht tape 2AA/1 and 2AA/2)<br><br>What is the responsibility of the individual to put his life on the line in order to protect the community? This is the gist of the message that Mordechai sent to Esther. The Rambam (Yesodei HaTorah 5:5) discusses the case where non-Jews surround a house and demand the extradition of any one person from the group in order to dishonor her and they then will spare the rest of the people in the house. The Halacha is that the threatened group is [...]