Zusammenfassung der Ressource
7.5 - Pikuach Nefesh = Sanctity of Life
- Life is holy and belongs to God
- Man is made in Gods image
- What do Jews believe about the value of ones life?
- The Talmud says that Adam was created alone to teach us the significance of each individual
- "Anyone who destroys a human life is considered as if
he had destroyed an entire world"
- "And a man - if he strikes mortal any human life,
he shall be put to death" LEVITICUS
- Anyone who kills should be put to death themselves
- "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' EXODUS
- You should revenge and if someone does something
bad then something bad should happen to them
- If someone does something wrong then
they should ask for forgiveness
- Human life is holy and should be valued
- Pikuach Nefesh Today
- Breaking Shabbat
- Shabbat laws can be broken to save a humans life as long as their life isnt put at risk
- Organ donation
- It is allowed in Judasiam if it will save someones life
- It is not allowed if it can risk that persons life
- Abortion
- It is allowed if it saves the life of the mother or
for mental health reasons
- Orthodox Jews say that it can only
be performed if it saves the life of
the mother or for her mental health
- Reform / Liberal allow abortion for other reasons
like social or medical issues
- Euthanasia
- Jews are not allowed to do
anything that speeds up
death because it is the
same as murder
- Euthanasia, assisted suiside and suicide is not
allowed because human life is holy and cannot be
destroyed