[Avodah] pikuach nefesh?

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 08:38:35AM -0800, saul newman wrote:
: maybe it wasn't so good  to have  O  in the white house.... next hetter ,
: kashrus?

Riding in a car with a non-Jewish chaufeur would be a shevus. So a
kashrus parallel might be a state function that required eating poultry
with milk. Eg, some autocrat made a point of obtaining kosher food,
but then the kitchen didn't know enough to keep the chicken and cheese
separate once bought. Do you offend the autocrat, or eat it?

Actually, this case is more about choosing to be in a position where
safety requires violating derabbnans. Should they instead choose to be
less involved in her father's presidency if it means lowering the risk
and number of piquach nefesh situations.


Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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