יום שלישי, 10 בינואר 2012

Risking One's Life To Save Others - Shemos 5770


4:19 There is a Shaila in the Poiskim if a person can put himself in Sakana to save other people who are also in Sakana. The understanding is, that it is a Rishus and not an obligation; however, there is a certain amount of debate. The Ohr Sameiach discusses this both in the Sefer Ohr Sameiach and in the Meshech Chochmoh. He holds that it is Assur. Chayecha Koidmin is an obligation that you have to take care of yourself first. He brings a Raya from the Parsha, וַיֹּאמֶר יְ־רוָ־ר אֶל מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְיָן לֵךְ שֻׁב מִצְרָיִם כִּי מֵתוּ כָּל הָאֲנָשִׁים הַמְבַקְשִׁים אֶת נַפְשֶׁךָ For Moshe, going to Mitzrayim was a Sakana because he was sentenced to death in Mitzrayim. We can make a Diyuk from that Posuk that were it not for the fact that all the people who wanted to kill Moshe had already died, it would have been Assur for Moshe to go to Mitzrayim because of the Sakana. This Pshat of the Ohr Sameiach is good if you only learn this one Posuk. However, if you look through the narrative, you will see that the Pshat doesn’t fit well.

First, the Ribboinoi Shel Oilam asked Moshe Rabbeinu to go to Mitzrayim and he doesn’t say that the people who want to kill him are dead already. The 7 days of the S’neh come to an end by Shishi. Than Moshe says to Yisroi that he is going back to Mitzrayim and Yisroi says Leich L’shaloim. Then we have the Posuk that Hashem says that the people died who want to kill Moshe. It seems that this message came for another reason but not that it was the Mattir for him to go.

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