Thursday, April 11, 2024

Mila is dangerous?

 Chazal state that wounding with iron is life threatening - so why is mila done with a metal knife?

Sanhedrin (76b) Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: It is revealed and known before He Who spoke and the world came into being that an iron instrument of any size kills. Therefore, the Torah did not provide a measure for it. The Gemara comments: And this statement applies only when the murderer stabbed him with the iron instrument. But in a case where the murderer struck another with an iron instrument, he is liable only if the instrument was at least a certain measure capable of causing death.

2 comments:

  1. Why isn't the answer that doing the mitzvah protects from harm?

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    1. when danger is common the mitzvah doesnt protect
      Kiddushin (39b) Those who are engaged on a precept are never harmed, either when going or returning ? and where injury is likely one must not rely on a miracle.

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