[Avodah] pikuach nefesh
Zev Sero
zev at sero.name
Mon Apr 16 16:15:18 PDT 2012
On 16/04/2012 4:52 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 09:31:47AM -0400, Rich, Joel wrote:
> : It seems that 1/1000 is the halachic definition of not existing-
> : I wonder if this might be the basis for us not so frumers using tap
> : water on pesach.
>
> Chazal explitcly say "afilu be'elef lo bateil".
WRT a beryah, the Noda Biyhuda suggests that "afilu be'elef" means
that it is batel in *more* than 1000.
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