The blood liberator and the permission to kill
The Rabbi said in several of his lessons that there is no such thing as “permission to kill.” Because such a permission would automatically become a prohibition due to the importance of life.
But it is a fact that the blood avenger can kill a murderer, even an accidental murderer.
One could say that the Torah does not address the moral prohibition as such, but it is strange that on the other hand it offers a legal mechanism to save the erring one.
If in principle you don’t want the blood liberator to kill, then simply forbid him, right?
It is not clear that blood redemption is only a permission. There is disagreement about this. The opinion that it is only a permission is indeed an exception. It turns out that the person is obligated to die (he has no blood according to the definition of the Gerizh at the beginning of his book), but there is no obligation to realize it.
Is there really an opinion that says that Yonatan Shimriz should have killed the soldier who accidentally shot Alon? Doesn't that sound extreme to you, bordering on trolling?
If you have a question, I suggest you ask. I don't know who Yonatan Shmeriz is and who Alon is, and what the connection is to our discussion here. Blood redemption laws do not exist today, and they have different conditions regarding the nature of the offense in question, etc.
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