[Avodah] Pinchas "All Men and Women are Created Equal in the Eyes of the Almighty"

[Rich, Joel]

Can someone explain this Sifrei in light of the general ethic of "women and children first" (eg the lifeboats on the Titanic)?

For that matter, Horiyos 3:7 (in the gemara: 13a) suggests the problem is non-trivial.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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Everything else being equal the gemara in horiyot is pretty clear that  "women and children first" is not the halachic priority.  IIUC poskim that want to get around it work on the everything else being equal issue (similar to horiyot priority to talmid chacham....)

KT
Joel Rich
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