Yoma 85: Life and Death
More on pikuach nefesh. The case of the person who is buried under a collapsed building. Painful, today, in the context of the ongoing search in Surfside, Florida. The discussion becomes a more abstract, yet very practical discussion of how we know when a person is alive. Which brings is to the development of a fetus and the question of the beginning of life in utero. And yet, the conditions may differ for pikuach nefesh. The structure of the first half of the daf is a bit unusual,as well. Also, the new and final mishnah of Yoma. Returning us to korbanot for the needs of atonement, and the…
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