“Whoever takes a single life it is as though he destroyed a whole world, and whoever saves a single life it is as though he saved a whole world.” --Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:5
This value and quote illustrates something very important to us all, the power of influence one can have. I'll elaborate on this idea on Wednesday, but first it is your turn. Please share your ideas of influence (and its relation to the mishna) AND your understanding of this mishna. Perhaps you have an incident or story which relates to share. This is your forum, so please take advantage of the opportunity.
I will be tabulating your postings on Wednesday morning for credit (as always with the first post of the week.)
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I'm not sure that this makes perfect sense but here it goes: I think that this mishna is basically saying that if you take someone's life, you are also talking many others away. For example, if the president was killed, it would also "kill" the country in a sense because all of the citizens would be mourning the loss of such and important figure and it would most likely cause much chaos and cause other lives to be lost.
-Chloe
Everyperson lives in his own perception and world. People who take killing and savings life lightly do not understand this quote. Every life is valuable. For example, we must never forget that the 4,000 americans who died in iraq is not just a number but real people and worlds.
Alright. Well i am not really sure what this means, but i think it means one life has a hole lot of meaning and if you take just one or save just one then that does a hole lot bad or good. I think? :/
I think this quote means if one has taken a life away then that life cannot succeed in making another person. Then that generation will cease to exsist. Every life is vaulable.
This quote is true because it doesn't matter who the person is, they will be missed by their loved ones when they die. If anyone close to me passed away, it would not only end their world, it wouldn't "end" mine so to speak, but it would take a big chunk of it away.
i dont agree because taking a life does not destroy a world. It only destroys the human itself. True their families are upset/despressed/awestruck. But some people need to let go of this.
Hakadosh Barachu chooses when people die, no one can change the fate of life and death. So people must let go.
As for saving a world, you just save the life of the human and save the sorrow of their families.
Our religion teaches us that no matter how rich someone is or how poor they are, we are all important.
I think the point that this person is trying to make is that if you kill someone you are also killing an entire genaration. They will no longer have the oprotunity to have kids or grand children....in a way you kill an entire family.
If you kill someone, then you in part, kill a part of yoursrlf, in my own opinion. Taking another's life is the worst sin possible. In a way, I must agree with Yossi, killing someone that no one really knoes will only kill that person. Killing someone will affect their loved ones with a sense of loss, but not killing them.
even the most smallest actions can change the world or influence some1 else to do such a thing to either make the earth a better place or worse
zach
i dont think that taking ones life is destroying a whole world, it candestryo mroe lifes but definatly not the whole world
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