Reply To: Getting Rid of the Status of Moser

As such, you are within your rights to break into the car and rip out the battery, thereby stopping the alarm. By using a proxy, you saved the owner money (even with a ticket), and are not Chayiv.

I don’t think it works that way. The point of mesirah is informing (or giving over his money) to non-Jews. It’s not about incurring a loss. After all, if I ripped out his battery, I’d be causing him a loss, but it’s not mesirah. My point is that while the two are related, they aren’t the same. Just because I could have done it myself doesn’t mean that it’s not mesirah if I call the cops to do it.

The Wolf