[Avodah] Threats Against A Judge

[Zev Sero]

David Riceman wrote:
> Zev Sero wrote:
>> Nor is kibush ha'aretz listed, and yet it's completely obvious that it 
>> does
>> override pikuach nefesh.
> This may be true (it's a machloketh), but it's certainly not "completely 
> obvious".  See Sefer haHinnuch #425, Minhath Hinnuch ad. loc. s.v. 
> "v'chathav harav ham'haber" (#3 in the M'chon Yerushalayim edition).

I haven't got it handy to look at, but how can it not be obvious?  War,
by definition, endangers life.  When nobody died in the war against Midian
this was recorded as an astounding miracle; the implication is that in
every other war, including those of kibush ha'aretz, people were expected
to die.  A mitzvah to go to war necessarily implies a requirement to put
oneself in a danger which one would be allowed to break shabbos in order
to avoid.


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