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The halachah of kim lei b’drabba minei applies only to one who performs two actions which result in a financial obligation and a chiyuv misah. However, if one has a chiyuv misah on himself without performing any actions, this chiyuv misah cannot exempt him from any financial obligations. The logic for this is that the halachah of kim lei b’drabba minei dictates that an action can obligate one in only one punishment and it is the more stringent of the two. However if one’s actions only obligate him in one punishment he will receive it even if he has another punishment resulting at the same time from something else, which he has not performed. Therefore, according to the Raavad and the Rambam, if one who is uncircumcised endures a monetary obligation, he will be obligated to pay it.

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Rabbi Raphael Fuchs
Rabbi Fuchs learned in Yeshivas Toras Moshe, where he became a close talmid of Rav Michel Shurkin, shlit”a. While he was there he received semicha from Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, shlit”a. He then learned in Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn, and became a close talmid of Rav Shmuel Berenbaum, zt”l. Rabbi Fuchs received semicha from the Mirrer Yeshiva as well. After Rav Shmuel’s petira Rabbi Fuchs learned in Bais Hatalmud Kollel for six years. He is currently a Shoel Umaishiv in Yeshivas Beis Meir in Lakewood, and a Torah editor and weekly columnist at The Jewish Press.