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Does the Torah permit Jews to kill in self defence?

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The rabbis do establish a duty of self‑defense for each individual on the basis of Exodus 22:1. ... Even if we expand our vision to encompass the obligation that each Jew has to intervene to stop a pursuer (rodef) from killing another person, we cannot, according to ... (Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Laws of the Sabbath 2:23). read more

Self defence tool: Strikepen Free Giveaway (CB) — apesurvival. Ideally, a Jew would rather have peace than war. read more

Self-defence is limited to when a person is in danger and does not include intent or futile attempts to kill – otherwise we would have to kill many more people for merely having the evil of anti-Semitism inside them. read more

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