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== Lo Tamod- You Shall Not Stand on Blood == | == Lo Tamod- You Shall Not Stand on Blood == | ||
The Torah prohibits a person from not assisting someone in mortal danger. The Talmud also explains that there exists a mitzvah to save someone from death as a fulfillment of returning a lost item | The Torah prohibits a person from not assisting someone in mortal danger.<ref>Vayikra 19.16</ref> The Talmud also explains that there exists a mitzvah to save someone from death as a fulfillment of returning a lost item.<ref>Sanhedrin 53a</ref> | ||
The Talmud says that in a case where someone sees another person in need- you must try all you can to save the person, including the rescuer spending his own money. | The Talmud says that in a case where someone sees another person in need- you must try all you can to save the person, including the rescuer spending his own money.<ref>Sanhedrin 53a</ref> | ||
The commentators explain that while the rescuer is liable to spend his own money in the moment, but that the rescued must later compensate the rescuer for expenses. | The commentators explain that while the rescuer is liable to spend his own money in the moment, but that the rescued must later compensate the rescuer for expenses.<ref>Rosh Sanhedrin 8.2</ref> | ||
== Property in a Rodef Case == | == Property in a Rodef Case == | ||
