If BD today was capable of enforcing this, I think you would find a lot more halachic compliance amongst the general populace. Not so much because of actual enforcement actions carried out by BD, as much as the mere knowledge of their powers.
If BD today was capable of enforcing this, I think you would find a lot more halachic compliance amongst the general populace. Not so much because of actual enforcement actions carried out by BD, as much as the mere knowledge of their powers.