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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The question asked to me was practical<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, my post to Avodah was intended to cover the halacha from both theoretical and practical viewpoints.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>RZS writes ..that one may take "life" to mean "life or limb",<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Or that that rape of a single woman who is tehorah and not related to her attacker can also be regarded as included in arayos, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>and in the right the Torah gives to kill the would-be rapist of an ervah.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I see no evidence whatsoever of this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>RDE brought several sources that do not answer my question.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>He shows that the nirdaf (and family) could kill the attacker in the classic torah case of rodef<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>He shows that the nirdaf (and family) could hit an attacker in rtn in cases of assault<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I wanted to know if a nirdaf is allowed to kill their attacker (NOT in the classic torah case of rodef - murder or arayos) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>(ie they ‘know’ that the attack is not a case of attempted murder or arayos, but ‘just’ to rape a penuaya or beat them)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for your comments<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>KVCT, Mc<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>