tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post2853795394640931215..comments2024-03-29T12:21:24.976+03:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Suicide & teshuva: Shevus Yaakov IIDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-2871660929705078512010-09-15T21:37:25.169+02:002010-09-15T21:37:25.169+02:00Why don't you instead quote the teshuva that o...Why don't you instead quote the teshuva that outlines the circumstances under whom suicide is indeed halachically permissible? Hint for the other readers: it was written in Europe in the 40s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-15209540377541239602010-09-15T20:32:31.427+02:002010-09-15T20:32:31.427+02:00Notwithstanding the fact that the commentator'...Notwithstanding the fact that the commentator's crime is not punished by the earthly court -- being intimate with a niddah is punishable by kares and nothing else.<br /><br />ISTM from a casual reading of your translation of the teshuva that in order for the suicide to be an acceptable repentance, it must be in a manner similar to the prescribed death penalty. Since a person cannot self-inflict kares, ISTM that his only recourse is the standard method of teshuva (viduy, charata, azivas hachet...).<br /><br />The WolfBrooklynWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.com