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DEUTERONOMY — 22:8 bloodguilt

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19), Source Book Keys, AMJV
Page(s): 118
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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DEUTERONOMY — 22:8 bloodguilt

Torah Book & Portion, Book of Deuteronomy, Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19), Source Book Keys, TELVOL2
Page(s): 364
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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