Murder רציחה
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Unintentional murder, and its punishment
The Eglah Arufah ritual where a body is found outside a town
The Prohibition Against Murder
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
Judgment and Punishment for Murder
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
Handling a person who is attempting to Kill רודף
Preventing Murder by Killing the Murderer: Pesachim 25b
Murder by omission
Consuming one's own water to
save one's own life
, but thereby killing another person: Bava Metzia 62a
Beyond the Laws
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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