Tuesday, 19 July 2016

parshanut torah comment - The application of "harm" in Shemot (Exodus) 21:22


Shemot (Exodus) 21:22:



And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow, he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. (Translation from Mechon Mamre)



Does "harm" here apply only to the woman or also to the born baby?





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