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#If a terrorist threatens you "either give me your sword so that I can kill another Jew or I'll kill you," some say that you may not give up your sword in that case, while most hold that should give up your sword.<ref>Radvaz holds that you may not give your sword in that case. However, Yavetz (Migdal Oz Otzer Hatov pina 1 n. 82) argues because you only need to give up your life not to actively kill someone, but you don't need to give up your life not to passively watch another Jew die.</ref> | #If a terrorist threatens you "either give me your sword so that I can kill another Jew or I'll kill you," some say that you may not give up your sword in that case, while most hold that should give up your sword.<ref>Radvaz holds that you may not give your sword in that case. However, Yavetz (Migdal Oz Otzer Hatov pina 1 n. 82) argues because you only need to give up your life not to actively kill someone, but you don't need to give up your life not to passively watch another Jew die.</ref> | ||
# A minority position holds that it isn't necessary to endure difficult pain in order to save someone else's life, but most poskim disagree and hold that is necessary.<ref>Yavetz (Migdal Oz Otzer Hatov pina 1 n. 83) holds that it isn't an obligation to go through pain in order to save someone's life. However, Magen Avraham and Yabia Omer 9:12 disagree.</ref> | # A minority position holds that it isn't necessary to endure difficult pain in order to save someone else's life, but most poskim disagree and hold that is necessary.<ref>Yavetz (Migdal Oz Otzer Hatov pina 1 n. 83) holds that it isn't an obligation to go through pain in order to save someone's life. However, Magen Avraham and Yabia Omer 9:12 disagree.</ref> | ||
#Some say that it is permissible to endanger yourself to save your only son if you're too old to fulfill pru urevu again.<ref>Yavetz (Migdal Oz Otzer Hatov pina 1 n. 85). Rav Zilberstein (Shabbat Shabbaton p. 172-3) quotes Yavetz that a person may not endanger himself to save someone else unless the other person is a bigger talmid chacham and a tzaddik than you, your father, or your rebbe. Even to save your only son it is forbidden to endanger your life for him, unless the father is too old to fulfill pru urevu anymore. Rabbi Zilberstein asks why this is permitted and suggests that since the child could have more children it is like endangering yourself to save many people which is allowed. He also quotes a story about the Shaar Efraim that when his son was deathly sick he davened to Hashem to take him instead and so it happened that his son was healed and he died. However, it isn't a clear proof, says Rav Zilberstein, since davening isn't the same as doing an action.</ref> | |||
#It is permissible to endanger yourself to save many Jews.<ref>Gemara Tanit 18b, Rav Zilberstein (Shabbat Shabbaton p. 173)</ref> | |||
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