Murder רציחה

Unintentional murder, and its punishment

The Eglah Arufah ritual where a body is found outside a town

Logically, Murder is a Prohibition for which one must be Martyred before Transgression, even without a specific Verse to teach this: Pesachim 25b

Closing the eyes of a person who isn't yet dead: Shabbat 151b

Permissible means of causing the eyes to close: Shabbat 151b

Just as murder cannot be reimbursed, so lending on interest cannot be reimbursed: Bava Metzia 61b

Imprisoning someone who injures another person until we can see whether the victim dies of the injury: Ketuvot 33b

A murderer who believed murder was permitted: Makkot 7b

Determining Intent to kill a specific person: Ketuvot 15a

Using any means to kill a murderer, if the specific punishment prescribed is unavailable: Bava Metzia 31b

We may not accept payment in lieu of the death penalty for intentional murder: Ketuvot 37b

Punishment for accidental murder of one's enemy: Makkot 7b

Whether an enemy of the victim must be warned before he murders, in order to be liable for punishment: Makkot 6b, 9b

What if someone attempt to kill one person, but unintentionally kills someone else: Ketuvot 33a-b

Removing a murderer from the Temple, if he flees there and attempts to perform the Temple Service: Yoma 85b; Makkot 12a

Removing a murderer from the Traveling Tabernacle, if he flees there and attempts to perform the Temple Service: Makkot 12a

Fleeing to the City of Refuge, even if one killed intentionally: Makkot 9b, 10b

Whether a court is permitted to handle a murder case which they actually witnessed: Makkot 12a

Liability for payment for damage caused in the act of killing someone, whether one killed accidentally or intentionally, given the rule that we only give someone the harsher of two penalties incurred in a single action: Ketuvot 35a, 38a

Preventing Murder by Killing the Murderer: Pesachim 25b

Consuming one's own water to save one's own life, but thereby killing another person: Bava Metzia 62a

On the global consequences of the murder of two brothers: Succah 29a

Comparing the wasting of seed to murder and idolatry: Niddah 13a

Comparing lending with interest to murder: Temurah 6b



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