Abstract
The article concentrates on Jewish law approach to the notions of self-defence, necessity and duress. From this perspective the article turns to the permissibility of the surgical separation of conjoined twins when only one of the twins has the chance to survive. The parallel situations are: a birthing mother, when the lives of the child and the mother can not be saved together and terrorists claiming life of one member group, either chosen at the discretion of the group members or specifically named by the terrorists. The basic teaching which emerges as defining the criterion by which Jewish law resolves most problems is the obligation to “sanctify the divine name” that permeates all layers of Jewish legal culture.
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