[Avodah] Costa Concordia and halachah

[Rich, Joel]

> If I am wrong and RGS is correct, then it seems that his logic would
> also apply to soldiers, who would then be allowed to abandon their units
> and seek safety under the "chayechah kodmin -- each man for himself"
> rule. That is obviously not the case, and I really don't see why the
> halacha would be different for ships' captains, firefighters, or police
> officers.

The laws of law are different for exactly this reason. I have not seen a
halachic analysis of the level of danger a first responder must (vs. is
permitted) to undertake halachically. If anyone is aware of any (I'm
guessing there must be some in artzeinu hakedosha), I'd love to see it.

KT 
Joel Rich 
 
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