In this weeks parsha we read about the עיר מקלט. I am sharing some Torah from Ha-Gaon
Rav Avaraham Genechovski who presented in his personal manuscripts, various questions that arouse the mind
to think harder and deeper. It should be a zchus for a person very close to me,
אלחנן בן הענא מרים, [VERY!:-)], that Hashem
should redeem him and he should have enough parnassa to live. He and his family
don't need cars [or even a car - he can't drive...], vacations [living in Israel is a lifetime vacation], fancy clothing or excessive clothing [how many white shirts and black pants does one need], or any other luxuries. Just the
basics. If Hashem wants to share from his treasure house and give more, then he
will accept with joy and share with others. In the zchus of learning and adding your own
thoughts - you should be zocheh to EVERYTHING you need!
We know that a רוצח בשוגג goes to an עיר מקלט and if he leaves, the גואל הדם may kill him. When the גואל הדם pursues him, he may run away and need
not stand in a stationary position, open his shirt and say "Open fire,
dude".
- The question is - Is he allowed
to lie and tell the גואל
הדם that the Kohen Gadol died and that his blood is no longer
permitted for the spilling?
- Another question - Is he
allowed to be מחלל
שבת to save himself? Maybe this is not in the category of פיקוח נפש דוחה שבת because
the Torah gave permission to the גוה"ד to kill him?
- If the killer left the עיר מקלט במזיד and then
the כהן גדול died it would seem that he
may not be killed [even though when he left he was מפקיר his blood, now that the כה"ג died he is off the hook]. How
then can anybody kill the יוצא
מעיר מקלט - maybe the Kohen Gadol died? The answer is that he has a חזקת חיים and you can assume he is still
alive. But let's say that he is already 80 years old and no longer has a חזקת חיים [see Gittin 28a that one
shouldn't give a get overseas to the wife of a man over 80 lest he have
died]. Maybe the גואל
הדם can't be killed lest the Kohen Gadol has died in the
interim.
What about if you are not sure if the כה"ג is 80? That would depend on the
question that the poskim discuss if you must rise for a person whom you are not
sure if he has reached שיבה [seventy years
old].
- According to the opinion in the
gemara that a רוצח may be
killed even if he lest the עיר
מקלט בשוגג - what is the halacha if someone is forcibly
dragging him out. Is one allowed to be מחלל שבת to prevent him from being forced
out? Apparently yes. Here, he is פטור and we can do everything to save him.
- According to the
opinion in the gemara that if one leaves the עיר מקלט בשוגג one may NOT kill him, what is the
din if he leaves במזיד but then
does תשובה and
changes his mind. He WANTS to return to the עיר מקלט now so maybe he is שוגג. Or maybe since he left במזיד it is too late and lights out [if
the גוה"ד gets him]? It would seem like the
latter is correct. Since he left במזיד we need a strong proof to say
that he is off the hook after he decides to return.
Now let's say he left במזיד and now wants to return and someone is preventing him from
doing so, do we say that one can be מחלל שבת in order to help him return. If he was inside and someone is
forcing him out we said that חילול שבת is permitted because he is פטור. But if he is already out במזיד and his blood is permitted, maybe חילול שבת is not permitted in order to enable him to return?
PLEASE SHARE ANY THOUGHTS OR PROOFS!!
ASK YOUR RABBEIM, WIVES, CO-WORKERS, FACEBOOK FRIENDS
ETC. ETC. FOR ANY INSIGHT, AND THEN SHARE!
