Saturday, 4 June 2016

halacha - Is sky-diving forbidden because of the risk to one's life?


Is sky-diving forbidden since it might be considered a risk to once life and is not a necessary activity (like e.g., driving a car would be)?


The Torah says (Dvarim 4:15) "guard your souls" and elsewhere (Dvarim 22:8) commands us to "make a guardrail on your roof".


Does that prevent us from engaging in dangerous sports? (assume for the purpose of this question that there is a small but real risk in sky-diving).




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