Halacha – Health – 8th Tammuz, 5769

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Halacha – Health – 8th Tammuz, 5769

Rav Moshe Feinstein: On The Dangers Of Becoming A Professional Athlete

Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe CM 103) was asked if someone may embark on a career as a professional athlete despite the danger involved (this tshuva focused only on the danger and not any other halachic or hashkafa issue).

Rav Moshe said it was permissible to earn a livelihood that involves danger despite the fact one in a few thousand can be seriously injured or even killed. This applies to any hazardous profession where the odds are very low, yet still a danger is present. Moreover says Rav Moshe, it is permissible to do work that may end with you causing the death of another person.

He brings proof from the gemara (Bava Metzia 112) that discusses the wages of an employee, and brings a pasuk that a worker risks his life by climbing high trees to cut the produce. Rav Moshe’s reasons that there is no difference between the issur of killing yourself and killing others. Either way if the chances are very slim, then to earn a living it is permissible. If this wouldn’t be so, says Rav Moshe, then how was the owner able to employee this daredevil worker? However, says Rav Moshe, it is only permissible to employ someone for a dangerous task if the person is aware of the dangers involved and consciously accepts the risks.

Important Note: We try to convey the Tshuva to the best of our ability. We admit that our understanding may not be accurate. One should learn the tshuva to verify the accuracy of our interpretation. Please also understand that this Tshuva may not be the final word on this topic. One should consult a Rav before drawing any conclusions.

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From the book of ARI
"The Tree Of Life",
part I

Behold, that before the emanations were emanated and the creatures were created,
The upper simple light had filled the whole existence.
And there was no vacancy, such as an empty atmosphere, a hollow, or a pit,
But all was filled with simple, boundless light.
And there was no such part as head, or tail,
But everything was simple, smooth light, balanced evenly and equally,
And it was called the Endless Light.

And when upon His simple will, came the desire to create the world and emanate the emanations,
To bring to light the perfection of His deeds, His names, His appellations,
Which was the cause of the creation of the worlds,
He then restricted Himself, in the middle,
Precisely in the center,
He restricted the light.
And the light drew far off to the sides around that middle point.

And there remained an empty space, a vacuum
Circling the middle point.
And the restriction had been uniform
Around the empty point,
So that the space
Was evenly circled around it.

There, after the restriction,
Having formed a vacuum and a space
Precisely in the middle of the endless light,
A place was formed,
Where the emanated and the created might reside.

Then from Endless Light a single line hung down,
Lowered down into that space.
And through that line, He emanated, formed,
Created all the worlds.

Before these four worlds came to be
There was one infinite, one name, in wondrous, hidden unity,
That even for the closest of the angles
There is no attainment in the endless,
As there is no mind that can perceive it,
For He has no place, no boundary, no name...

From the book of ARI "The Tree Of Life", part I

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