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Just as the Rabbinate never condemned the "practical kabbalists" who tried to bring about Rabin's death by invoking the help of "angels of evil," so ” with the exception of a few courageous outsiders ” no representative religious body within the Orthodox establishment has so far issued a clear ruling that the third-century term rodef no longer applies, or at the very least cannot be applied to a democratically elected Israeli government.

'Israel's Demons': An Exchange Auerbach, Jerold S. 1996

There is a law in the Talmud called the rodef -- the pursuer.

Scott Perlo: Religion, Metaphor And Getting The 'Nazi' Out Of Our Rhetoric Scott Perlo 2011

There is a law in the Talmud called the rodef -- the pursuer.

Scott Perlo: Religion, Metaphor And Getting The 'Nazi' Out Of Our Rhetoric Scott Perlo 2011

There is a law in the Talmud called the rodef -- the pursuer.

Scott Perlo: Religion, Metaphor And Getting The 'Nazi' Out Of Our Rhetoric Scott Perlo 2011

Judaism states that a fetus that endangers the life and/or health of a mother is classified as a rodef, a pursuer, and is considered to be the same as a person “pursuing” the woman with the intent to maim or kill her, hence the term.

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A fetus that endangers the life or health of a woman is termed a rodef, a pursuer, and you take whatever steps are necessary to protect that woman’s life and health.

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Soloveichik, the rodef concept includes the intention to save the victim and the possibility of stopping the pursuer even at the cost of his life.

Abortion. leBeit Yoreh 2009

Bleich discusses the halakhic status of the fetus as a “limb of its mother” and the possible change in that status as the birth process begins, noting that only in the case where the fetus is considered a rodef could abortion be allowed.

Abortion. leBeit Yoreh 2009

He cites the reasons upon which some authorities rely to permit abortion for those who consider it biblically prohibited: the fetus does not yet have the status of nefesh, the status of the mother is greater than the status of the fetus, or the fetus is acting as a rodef.

Abortion. leBeit Yoreh 2009

Both terms, rodef and nefesh, are used by Maimonides (Hilkhot Rozeah 1: 9), making it possible to interpret that he acknowledges and applies both concepts, i.e. prior to the birth of the head or the majority of the body in a breech birth, the fetus is not a nefesh.

Abortion. leBeit Yoreh 2009