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

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:29:57 -0400
Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

...

> 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.

Exactly.  Why do you even think that "women and children first" is
accepted by Judaism?

Yitzhak
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