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Pinpointing the Rationale for Leniency

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Pinpointing the Rationale for Leniency

7. It is possible to say that by altering the wording, Rambam is underscoring the definition of the reason pikuach nefesh overrides the Shabbos prohibitions. Saying “The [halachic authority to] whom the question is asked should be disparaged and the one who asks is [as if he] shed blood”

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