R. Ezriel Hildesheimer on When Punishment Can Make It Worse (2 Tammuz)

שו"ת ר' עזריאל הילדסהיימר יו"ד סימן רנ"ב 2 Tammuz 5622 (1862)

If we need to discipline someone, and there's the threat that they will use that as an excuse to do worse, such as abandon the religion totally, do we let that stop us?

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