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Self-sacrifice in Jewish law

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107:(ืคื™ืงื•ื— ื ืคืฉ, "the preservation of human life") is paramount, and in most situations even the preservation of a limb is equated with the basic principle. This stems in part from the biblical injunction that the Judaic laws are given "that you shall live by them", a commandment traditionally interpreted as meaning "...and not die by them"โ€”human life is generally considered more significant than keeping religious precepts at the risk of life (or in some cases risk of serious harm). However, three areas of prohibition may not be trespassed under any circumstances, even to save a human life: acts involving murder, some kinds of sexual misconduct, and idol worship. These areas are central to society and humanity, in the perspective of the Jewish religion, and their breach is of such magnitude that even under threat of being killed, one should refuse. These are sometimes informally referred to as the "three cardinal sins"; however, they actually encompass many more than a mere three prohibitions. The governing principle here is 307:
desecrate the Sabbath rather than let himself be killed; however, if the ruler demands the Jew cook food on the Sabbath, not for the ruler's benefit but simply for the sake of dishonoring the Torah, then one is required to surrender one's life to avoid desecrating God's name (akin to idolatry). Hannah and her sons acted in this way when it came to eating pork for the sake of desecrating the Torah; by allowing themselves to be killed, they sanctified God's name in public.
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observe them. Both agreed that a prohibition on male-male anal sex, and adultery with a married woman, retained a die-rather-than-transgress character, and instructed Conservative Jews to continue to observe rabbinic prohibitions on different-sex sexual relations outside of marriage (fornication), although the liberal responsum also found a variety of traditional rules of
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Many authorities hold that the requirement to sacrifice one's life does not apply to purely passive behavior, so that, for example, a married woman who is raped is not required to die resisting the rape. Rather, the requirement applies only to playing an initiating role in one of the forbidden sexual
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to sacrifice their own life rather than violate a religious prohibition. One of these prohibitions is that no life should be taken, including one's own. Many more ritual prohibitions exist as well, which means that under limited circumstances a Jew has to self-sacrifice when the greater good calls
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on the subject of homosexuality. One declared all rabbinic prohibitions on nonโ€“penile-anal sex between men to be formally lifted and no longer applicable to Conservative Jews. The other formally declared the necessity of their remaining in effect and instructed Conservative Jews to continue to
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This story, however, relates another exception where Halakha requires that one surrender one's life: a situation in which a person is forced to break a law for the sake of desecrating the Torah. If a non-Jewish ruler demands that a Jew cook food for him on the Sabbath, the Jew is required to
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and said, "The governor of the city ordered me to slay a certain man, and threatened to kill me if I did not". Rava said to him, "Rather than slay another person, you must permit yourself to be slain, for how do you know that your blood is redder than his; perhaps his blood is redder than
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Someone who runs great risks or accepts great hardship for the sake of observing the religious laws of Judaism without actually sacrificing his or her life is considered especially righteous. An act of such figurative self-sacrifice and acceptance of the possible consequence is called
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through the public transgression of His commandments. The desecration of God's name is considered the harshest violation of Jewish law, at least as far as heavenly forgiveness is concerned; therefore, if the sin is to be committed in public (for these purposes, in the presence of
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on every negative or positive commandment even when not in public. This is called "Sandal straps" and refers to the traditional Jewish manner of putting on footwear (Put on right, put on left, tie left, tie right). In this situation, one must die even for "Sandal straps".
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states, "You shall not stand by the blood of your fellow." The Talmud derives from this verse that one must do everything in one's power to save the life of another Jew, even if this involves violating one or more of the
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However, if a government or any other power is not opposing the Jewish religion in itself but rather any religion, such as in Russia under the communist regime, then according to some opinions, the above does not apply.
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22:26. Referring to the case of a betrothed girl who is raped by a man, it says, "for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and slays him, even so is this matter." Thus sexual immorality is likened by the
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If these two conditions are not present, there is no requirement to give one's life, since God's name will not be desecrated by the transgression. For example, if a Jew is being forced to transgress the
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6:5 "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might," meaning that one should even surrender one's life rather than serve any divinity aside from
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between men (violations of the prohibition "thou shall not lie with a man as with a woman, it is an abomination" as agreed on by many Orthodox and some Conservative Jewish authorities).
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During a time of crisis for the Jewish faith—for example, if a government or any other power wants to force Jews not to be religious—every prohibition in Jewish law becomes
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It is also considered a crisis for the Jewish faith when a particular requirement within Jewish law is in danger of being outlawed by a government or other power.
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include those mentioned in Leviticus Chapter 18, which include adultery with a married woman, various types of incest, sexual relations with a woman in the
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of ten Jewish adults required to constitute a "public" for purposes of public martyrdom, one of a number of situations in which women count in a
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As stated above, one is normally required to let oneself be killed only for the three cardinal laws; however, in the opinion of
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recognizes rabbinic prohibitions as being a lesser type of transgression overridden by the imperative to preserve life.
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between men, as forbidden, but not included in the "die rather than transgress" prohibitions), and various aspects of
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for breaking a more minor dictate. This practice reflects the practical and perhaps malleable nature of Judaic law.
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said in the name of Rav Shimon ben Yehotzadak: 'It was decided by a vote in the loft of the house of Nitezeh in
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Judaism places a high value on life. It is therefore permitted to disregard all but three domains of Judaism's
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for the sake of the forcer's personal profit, he or she would not be required to give his or her life.
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to murder โ€“ and one is required to give one's life rather than commit murder, as discussed below.
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are excluded. The Rabbis made a number of prohibitions in sexual matters beyond those of the
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are among these rabbinic prohibitions not specifically prohibited by Leviticus 18. Although
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Jewish male adults), and the sole purpose of the persecutor is to have the Jew transgress
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There are three sins for which one is always required to die rather than transgress:
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sexual misconduct such as incest, adultery, homosexuality, or bestiality (see
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Following through and sacrificing one's life in accordance with the law of
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on Leviticus 18:3, he does not consider it sexual intercourse proper.
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and allows her sons to be killed one by one before she herself dies.
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regards lesbian conduct as biblically prohibited on the basis of
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A famous example can be found in the Babylonian Talmud
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The above three are ruled as being exceptions by the
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