(This law applies equally to someone coming to kill someone else — you’re obligated to kill the murderer in order to save his intended victim.) “If someone is coming to kill you, rise against him and kill him first.” —From the Talmud, derived from Deuteronomy 22:26, hundreds of years ago. The Talmud is a large … Read more
“If someone is coming to kill you, rise against him and kill him first.” From the Talmud, derived from Deuteronomy 22:26, hundreds of years ago (This law applies equally to someone coming to kill someone else — you’re obligated to kill the murderer in order to save his intended victim.) The Talmud is a large … Read more
The federal prosecutors have rightfully sought the death penalty in the Pittsburg synagogue shooting in which 11 people were killed, the deadliest attack on Jews in US history, notwithstanding statements from some rabbis from one of the more leftist denominations of Judaism. The classical statement of Jewish self-defense from the Talmud, the central text of … Read more