I *have* heard those stories, from my childhood music teacher, who was a cantor. I miss him now. Thank you for the re-tellings!
And I know that it's permitted to violate any of the Laws in order to save a life. The man whose valuable ox fell down, and though it was the Sabbath, many people labored hard to get the ox back up on its feet on solid ground. And my late High Priestess (who was a JeWitch) said that instead of prohibiting organ transplants, they should encourage them to save more lives. (She had kidney problems, and she couldn't get a transplant because she had some sort of oddball immune system anomaly that would make her reject any transplants. So she died when her dialysis port got infected and opened up, and she bled to death on her kitchen floor, with the phone in her hand dialing 9-1-1. I miss her too.
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And I know that it's permitted to violate any of the Laws in order to save a life. The man whose valuable ox fell down, and though it was the Sabbath, many people labored hard to get the ox back up on its feet on solid ground. And my late High Priestess (who was a JeWitch) said that instead of prohibiting organ transplants, they should encourage them to save more lives. (She had kidney problems, and she couldn't get a transplant because she had some sort of oddball immune system anomaly that would make her reject any transplants. So she died when her dialysis port got infected and opened up, and she bled to death on her kitchen floor, with the phone in her hand dialing 9-1-1. I miss her too.