Pasuk Yud Daled in Perek Kaf Aleph states :
וְכִֽי־יָזִ֥ד
“But if a man plots delibritaley”
Rashi asks:
Why is it written as delibritaley?
He answers by first giving examples of people not trying to kill someone, yet still trying to punish them in a way
A teacher disciplining his student
A father who strikes his son
An unintentional killer
A doctor who kills his patient (ie. via surgery)
By giving these examples, he is answering the question by saying that a man who DELIBERATELY kills someone, deserves to die, rather than someone with different intentions. It use this language to show what the law is ( that if you have the intention of killing someone, you deserve death because of your intent).
Abby Pollack
ReplyDeleteSforno says; “this is what ought to be the judgment against the offender, if we were to apply the principle of the punishment fitting the crime in all its severity. However, according to tradition only financial compensation is exacted as we cannot accurately measure how to apply the principle of “an eye for an eye” literally.” I like this idea because I feel ask though if one were punished an eye for an eye, it may be too harsh. Yes, they might deserve it based on what they did, but it still may be too harsh towards someone.
The Ibn Ezra points out that the passuk says "A man plots TO kill his friend" instead of "A man plots AND kill his friend" shows his intentions from the beginning and how the intentions are part of the sin. This is similar to "כי תחלל נפשה לזנות" where she intends to be a prostitute and she prepares herself for it, which is a part of the sin.
ReplyDeleteI think this makes a lot of sense because obviously if he plans to kill it is a part of the sin.
-Kayla Markovitz
ReplyDeleteThe Torah Temima says that this Pasuk teaches us that the Torah requires a warning to be given to someone who is planning on a murder in order for the Beit Din to be able to punish him.
I think this makes sense because the person doing murder could say "I didnt know I couldnt kill him!"
Rabbeinu Bahya says that the word בערמה, cunning, is included to show that most murderers will hide the fact that their act was really intentional. In addition, this sin goes all the way back to the serpent, who had an agenda to make אדם and חוה guilty of death. He had planned that out. In this pasuk, it’s wriiten as deliberately to show how serious this is and how it’s a whole separate category than unintentional murder.
ReplyDeleteI think this makes a lot of sense, and is very powerful when the snake is brought in. Comparing people to the snake really shows how terrible of a sin it is.
-Naomi Kutin
Rav dessler talks about how HaShem judges in this world based on actions and not only based on intent. He could in theory punish us for having evil thought, but he doesn’t-he only judges based on actions which is Him showing kindness. And vice versa, if we do an evil action by accident with no intent, he punishment is way less severe, because still intent is very important in Judaism. I think this makes a lot of sense because there are times when we all sin accidentally because we are human, but if we have intentions to be good and actually try our best, then we should not be punished
ReplyDelete-Hannah