DEUT1143 The commandment to send away the mother bird before taking the eggs in the nest [this verse] sends a message to man to have mercy on the mother bird and not let her see her eggs being taken from her.

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DEUT1144 See [[DEUT316]] Deuteronomy 6:24 survival AGUS 117-8

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DEUT1145 See [[DEUT780]] Deuteronomy 15:10 bless SPERO 25-6

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DEUT1147 Do not leave or create hazards. See [[DEUT1153]] Deuteronomy 22:8 fence CHINUCH 351-2

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DEUT1146 [This verse]. This is an injunction against one's keeping a vicious dog in his home, and an unsteady ladder in his house.

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DEUT1148 It was taught: R. Nathan says: Whence is it derived that one should not raise a vicious dog in his house or stand a broken ladder in his house? From: "and you shall not place blood in your house" (Ketuvoth 41b)

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DEUT1152 The Torah mandates that age you protect his or her home--not with guns, but with a fence that must be placed surrounding a (Stray) roof which will prevent family members and strangers from accidentally falling often killing themselves [this verse]. Rashi defines dispense is something that protects the occupants inside, and even if a person falls accidentally, here she probably "had it coming" as retribution for some other sin. Nevertheless, each Jew has responsibility to see that this does not happen (Rashi commentary on this verse). That's, just as a gun is bought to protect one's home and family, like The fence, from coming to unnecessary harm. Rabbeinu Bechaye expands this concept to mandate that each person must guard himself and others from any type of danger that may come. ... [Continued at [[LEV400]] Leviticus 19:14 stumbling AMJV 118].

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DEUT1150 Rabbi Nathan said: How do we know that a person should not keep a vicious dog in his home, or keep an insecure ladder in his home? Because the Torah says, “You should not bring bloodguilt on your house” (Deuteronomy 22:8). Babylonian Talmud Bava Kamma 15b

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DEUT1151 See [[GEN693]] Genesis 9:5 reckoning DORFFBOD 29-30

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DEUT1149 It is forbidden to put it another person's life or well-being needlessly at risk. Thus, we may not keep a vicious dog or an unstable ladder in our home. If we do and they cause injury, guilt rests on our head (Ketubot 41b). Therefore, if we possess a broken or hazardous object, we should fix it or get rid of it. Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair would not enter Rabbi Judah's home : "The Angel of Death is in this man's house, and I should accept his hospitality?" (Chullin 7b). Today, such an attitude should prompt us to avoid attending parties at which drinking a great deal of liquor (or using prohibited drugs, which is, of course, also illegal) is encouraged, so that departing guests are at risk of being killed, or killing others, in driving accidents.

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