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The Rambam rules that a man can be beaten until he says I want to, and his offering still counts as voluntary. That should be a contradiction. Instead it is one of the deepest statements in the Mishneh Torah about who you actually are.
Compelled Until He Says I Want To
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About This Talk
Chapters 13-15 of Sacrificial Procedure move from the baker's craft of the meal-offerings, the High Priest's twelve loaves and the handful taken by hand, to the law of the word: how a vow differs from a pledge, why a silent resolve of the heart binds, and why a court may compel a man until he says I want to. The final chapter tests the edges, asking what happens when you consecrate a head, a half, or an animal that can never be offered.