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# If one's limb is in danger (Heb. סכנת אבר; trans. ''sakanat ever'') is it permissible to violate a prohibition? If a loss of limb is considered like a loss of money then it is necessary to upkeep the Torah even at the expense of the health of one's limb. If a loss of limb is considered like a loss of life then it is permitted to violate the prohibition to save one's limb. The conclusion of the poskim regarding other prohibitions, besides Shabbat, is to judge loss of limb like loss and life and it is permitted to violate a prohibition.<ref>Shach 157:3 citing Rivash 387 and O.C. 328:17. See Radvaz 3:627 who seems to hold a similar position.</ref> | # If one's limb is in danger (Heb. סכנת אבר; trans. ''sakanat ever'') is it permissible to violate a prohibition? If a loss of limb is considered like a loss of money then it is necessary to upkeep the Torah even at the expense of the health of one's limb. If a loss of limb is considered like a loss of life then it is permitted to violate the prohibition to save one's limb. The conclusion of the poskim regarding other prohibitions, besides Shabbat, is to judge loss of limb like loss and life and it is permitted to violate a prohibition.<ref>Shach 157:3 citing Rivash 387 and O.C. 328:17. See Radvaz 3:627 who seems to hold a similar position.</ref> | ||
===Monetary Loss=== | |||
# To avoid violating a prohibition one has to spend all of one's money.<ref>Ran Sukkah 16a cited by Darkei Moshe 157:1 and Rama 157:1. The Mahariv 156 disagrees and thinks that only to avoid [[avoda zara]] does one need to spend all of one's money.</ref> | |||
# In order to fulfill a positive mitzvah one only has to spend a fifth of one's money.<ref>Rama O.C. 652, Shach 157:3</ref> | |||
==Kiddush Hashem== | ==Kiddush Hashem== | ||
