tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post5169133954601336991..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: Schalit versus Bergdahl Prisoner ExchangesBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-17905832590914504772014-06-05T22:07:13.918+03:002014-06-05T22:07:13.918+03:00we mustwe mustBatyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-75750858534235298632014-06-05T21:45:58.227+03:002014-06-05T21:45:58.227+03:00good point, but it takes strong and righteous to ...good point, but it takes strong and righteous to do it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-23559901095245833682014-06-05T20:18:40.154+03:002014-06-05T20:18:40.154+03:00Yitz, thanks for the valuable information. Yitz, thanks for the valuable information. Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-44475437876908103912014-06-05T14:50:29.273+03:002014-06-05T14:50:29.273+03:00Already over 700 years ago, the Maharam (Rav Meir)...Already over 700 years ago, the Maharam (Rav Meir) of Rothenberg forbade paying exorbitant ransoms:<br />"Rabbi Meir was imprisoned in the fortress of Ensisheim and held for ransom. The king knew that the Jews would give away their last mark to redeem their beloved Rabbi, and indeed the sum of 20,000 marks was raised for Rabbi Meir's freedom. Rabbi Meir, however, forbade his friends and followers to pay any ransom for him. In his selflessness he knew that once ransom were paid for him, every noted Rabbi in Germany would be arrested and held for ransom by the greedy and cruel German rulers of those days. Thus Rabbi Meir preferred to remain in prison, and even die there, in order to save many others from a similar fate."<br /><br />more here: http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111856/jewish/Maharam-of-Rothenburg.htmyitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523302947845887661noreply@blogger.com