Saving of Human Life
For more details on this topic, see pikuach nefesh.In the event that a human life is in danger, a Jew is not only allowed, but required, to violate any Shabbat law that stands in the way of saving that person. The concept of life being in danger is interpreted broadly: for example, it is mandated that one violate Shabbat to take a woman in active labor to a hospital.
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Famous quotes containing the words human life, saving, human and/or life:
“A kiss may ruin a human life.”
—Oscar Wilde (18541900)
“Oh that my Powr to Saving were confind:
Why am I forcd, like Heavn, against my mind,
To make Examples of another Kind?
Must I at length the Sword of Justice draw?
Oh curst Effects of necessary Law!
How ill my Fear they by my Mercy scan,
Beware the Fury of a Patient Man.”
—John Dryden (16311700)
“As soon as we exceed average human goodness by even a single step, our actions arouse suspicion. Virtue stands steadily in the middle.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“Its not that we have too much mother, but too little father. We cant forgive our mothers for taking the place of our fathers until we are ready to see that the point of a mans life is to be a father and a mentor, and we cant do that because we dont know how we would be a father or a mentor when we never had one.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)