Talk:Rodef

In Israeli law

Has this any standing in actual Israeli law? Would it (to any extent) be usable as a defense? If so (or even if not), please note this. MadMaxDog 10:07, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, quite possibly you're allowed to kill someone who's about to murder someone else (I'm pretty sure that's true in many countries), but I don't think this is an area where religious law has much influenced Israeli law. The din rodef was unknown to most without heavy Talmudic education until it acquired this political edge; it's a fairly minor law because, of course, it's rarely applicable unless you extend it to stuff like giving away land. I'm about 99.9997% sure that it can't be used to justify political assassinations under Israeli law, given that Amir is in prison. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 04:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Honestly it's typical in religious law, any feature that can allow for summary killing will eventually find itself being abused for political purposes by religious judges. This happens all the time in Islam, the judges abuse takfir and blasphemy laws to give fanatical followers divine blessing to murder assassinate political opponents. Rabin is the elected sovereign and had the right to do what was best for his nation, however reactionaries had a different set of political opinions and issued false rulings because they want to be kings. 2601:140:8900:61D0:C47A:7ACF:7475:35F (talk) 15:07, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Sanhedrin link

Can anybody explain why this link [http://www.come-and-hear.com/sanhedrin/sanhedrin_73.html] is considered unreliable source and was removed? What is reliable source for English language Talmud?--Magabund 00:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

John Hagee section removed

I have removed the section of this article about American pastor John Hagee ([1]), as it appeared to be entirely unrelated to the subejct of the article: as far as I can tell, he has never used the word 'rodef' or referred to this concept of Jewish law. That controversy was on a different subject entirely. Robofish (talk) 19:24, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Trotsky?

Amos Gitai's film, "Rabin: The Last Day" mentions the Russian revolutionary leader Trotsky in this connection, as one who deemed a "rodef." Is this true? Do you have information about who may have designated Trotsky a rodef? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.162.253.101 (talk) 19:51, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

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