[Avodah] eit laasot

[Joel Rich]

>From President Lincoln:

“By general law life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be
amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb.
I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by
becoming indispensable to the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong, I
assumed this ground, and now avow it.”

Interesting – eit laasot?  How do we feel about current political leaders
who seem to act in this way? Rabbinic leaders who don’t claim this as their
reason?


KT
Joel Rich
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