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You shall not bring blood into your house.

שו”תYou shall not bring blood into your house.
asked 2 years ago

Hello, Rabbi.
Ita in Bava Kama (46): “Rabbi Nathan says: Whence does a person not raise a bad dog in his house, and not set up a rickety ladder in his house? As it is said: And you shall not put blood in your house.” And the Z”l Sefer Chinuch (Mitzvah 1557): “That we should not place obstacles and mines in our lands and in our houses so that people will not die or be injured by them, and concerning this it is said [Deuteronomy 22:8] and you shall not put blood in your house.” The Ministry of Education explains that the prohibition also applies to the matter of “not causing harm,” even though the simplicity of the verse indicates the laws of souls, and I saw that it was supported by the Responsa Devar Avraham (Chapter 37). Perhaps it can be explained by the words of the HaG, which go beyond the Sabbath work of the Torah for the purpose of preventing harm from many, and as you explained (Turim 529-531) the relationship to the categorical imperative, and to this day the creation of harm to many is defined as the act of “bloodshed.”

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מיכי Staff answered 2 years ago

It’s hard to accept that this private home is considered a harm to many. It’s not for nothing that they talked about a metal ember in the Rabbinate.
I don’t think this generalization is difficult. What’s wrong with me being a prisoner, what’s wrong with me being a pirate?! Therefore, there’s no need to look for explanations.

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