On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 02:01:18PM -0500, Lisa Liel wrote: > On 5/13/2012 3:26 PM, Harvey Benton wrote: >> is torture ever allowed in halacha??? > Is it ever not allowed in halakha? If tza'ar baalei chaim isn't allowed, lo kol shekein humans. So, there has to be a criterion for justification. Tir'u baTov! -Micha