Q&A: A Question from Last Friday's Lesson in Ra'anana
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A Question from Last Friday's Lesson in Ra'anana
Question
Hello Rabbi,
In the situation you described, where someone (A) asks a group to hand over a certain person (B) from among them, and if not he will kill them all, doesn't this scenario indicate the law of a pursuer, and therefore each member of the group is obligated to try to kill (A)? Or possibly (B), since (B) is indirectly threatening the group?
Best regards,
Answer
Certainly, if it is possible to kill the person making the threat, he should be killed. The topic deals with a situation where that is impossible. The question is whether in such a case it is permitted or forbidden to hand a person over to him.