Should I Sacrifice my Life or Not?
Divine Code for December 5, 2022
Today: Page 329
Topic 2:4 -- 2:5
With one exception, a Gentile is not required to sacrifice his life to avoid transgressing one of the Seven Noahide Commandments; i.e., a Gentile is permitted to transgress in order to avoid being killed. The one exception is in regard to commiting murder. Because "is your blood redder than that of your fellow?" It does not matter who it is about. For example, whether it is someone who is dying, a sick person, an embryo, etc.
In topic 9, of tomorrow, we read that although a Gentile is not obligated to sacrifice his life for the sanctification of G-ds Name, it is permissible for him to do so, and this is not considered suicide.
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Sources
The Divine Code 4e edition by rabbi Moshe Weiner
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