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# 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> | # 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> | ||
# To avoid a rabbinic prohibition a person should give up all of his money.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva 157:4 quotes the Pri Megadim who was unsure about this. Chavot Yair 183 says you do, while in Chavot Yair 182 contradicts this. Radvaz 1:145 also holds that to avoid a rabbinic prohibition one should give up all of his money. Igrot Moshe EH 1:57, Gra 157:4, Chafetz Chaim (Klal Rechilut Bear Mayim Chayim 1:12) concur.</ref> | # To avoid a rabbinic prohibition a person should give up all of his money.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva 157:4 quotes the Pri Megadim who was unsure about this. Chavot Yair 183 says you do, while in Chavot Yair 182 contradicts this. Radvaz 1:145 also holds that to avoid a rabbinic prohibition one should give up all of his money. Igrot Moshe EH 1:57, Gra 157:4, Chafetz Chaim (Klal Rechilut Bear Mayim Chayim 1:12) concur.</ref> | ||
===Forbidden Foods=== | |||
# It is permitted to eat forbidden foods in order to save one's life. Nonetheless, one may not have intent to benefit from the food.<ref>Rambam Machalot Asurot 14:12, Even Haezel Shabbat 1:5 s.v. ivra</ref> | |||
==Sacrificing an Individual to Save a Group== | ==Sacrificing an Individual to Save a Group== | ||
