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Re:Elevator Sabbath service mode (SHO) by tovmeod on Sunday May 02, 2021 @04:18AM (#27013282)
If I remember correctly there are 3 things you can't do to save a life: illicit relations, take a life and idolatry. Meaning even that if you do find yourself in a situation where cheating on your wife would actually save a life then it will still be forbidden
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Re:Elevator Sabbath service mode (SHO) by TchoBeer on Sunday May 02, 2021 @11:42AM (#27016194)
Yeah, there's actually an explicit example in the talmud.

https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.75a.2?lang=bi&with=all&lan...

definitely prohibited

EDIT: actually this gemara is an example of saving ones own life, so maybe not

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