Questions tagged [yehareg-val-yaavor]
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If מי יימר דדמך סומק טפי is true, and the same logic applies to property, then what about a property case where דמך סומק טפי?
The Talmud in Sanhedrin 74a states that if a Jew is forced to either forfeit his or her life or murder another, he or she must give up his or her life. The Talmud continues:
רוצח גופיה מנא לן סברא ...
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Yehareg v'al yaavor by brain death
One must submit to death rather than murder another based on the equivalent value of all lives.
There's much debate about if brain death qualifies as death in halacha.
My question relates to if one ...
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