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I don’t know about you, but I don’t usually think or care about my water meter. It’s more for the utilities than it is for me, anyway. So I’d imagine it’s not merely a פסיק רישא, a direct causation...
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#1: Initial revision
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DonielF
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2021-06-21T17:15:14Z (over 3 years ago)
I don’t know about you, but I don’t usually think or care about my water meter. It’s more for the utilities than it is for me, anyway. So I’d imagine it’s not merely a פסיק רישא, a direct causation, but rather a פסיק רישא דלא ניחא ליה, direct causation which one does not care. In such a situation, if one can knock the act in question down to a Rabbinically prohibited act, it’s permissible _ab initio_ (Arukh, quoted in Biur Halacha 320:18).