[Avodah] FW: Yehareig velo ya'avor

[Rich, Joel]

I posted on this issue here and on another list:

> If a Ben Noach [Noahide, i.e. non-Jew] is being forced to abrogate
> one of his 7 mitzvot, does he have a requirement to give up his life
> rather than comply?  Presumably he is not directly covered by vechay
> bahem [you shall live in them].
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I received this:

If you accept the authority of Rambam, this is black-letter law.  See Sefer
Shoftim, Hilkhoth Mlakhim UMilxmotheyhem, Chapter 10, Paragraph 2: "A Ben-Noax
who is compelled to violate one of his commandments is allowed to do so

Jay F. ("Yaakov") Shachter
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Thanks for the cite!  If you check out the mishneh lmelech there he refers to the parshat drachim derech atarim ( drasha #2) who makes exactly the argument I proposed as why a ben noach would be required to give up his life rather than kill someone.
KT
Joel Rich

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