Going to War
PADMÉ: I warn you, if you vote to create this army, war will follow. I have experienced the misery of war first-hand; I do not wish to do it again.
PADMÉ
Wake up, Senators... you must wake up! If you offer the Separatists violence, they can only show us violence in return! Many will lose their lives. All will lose their freedom. This decision could very well destroy the very foundation of our great Republic. I pray you do not let fear push you into a disastrous decision. Vote down this security measure, which is nothing less than a declaration of war! Does anyone here want that? I cannot believe they do.
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Importance of a Weapon
OBI-WAN: Here. Next time try not to lose it.
ANAKIN: Sorry, Master.
ANAKIN reaches for the lightsaber, but OBI-WAN holds it back.
OBI-WAN: A Jedi's saber is his most precious possession.
ANAKIN: Yes, Master.
He reaches for the lightsaber, OBI-WAN pulls it back.
OBI-WAN: He must keep it with him at all times.
ANAKIN: I know, Master.
OBI-WAN: This weapon is your life!
ANAKIN: I've heard this lesson before...
OBI-WAN finally holds out the lightsaber and ANAKIN grabs it.
Going to Get a Drink
ANAKIN: Where are you going, Master?
OBI-WAN: To get a drink.
OBI-WAN heads for the bar. ANAKIN blinks in surprise, then moves into the room, where ALIEN FACES look back at him with hostility, suspicion, and invitation as he moves among the tables. OBI-WAN arrives at the bar. He signals the BARMAN.
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a drinking house; for that is the end of every man, and a living one should take it to heart.
בית המשתה ובית האבל בית המשתה קודם לבית האבל
רבי ישמעאל היה מקדים בית האבל לכולם שנאמר (קוהלת ז) טוב ללכת אל בית אבל [וגו']
A house of drinking or a house of mourning, the house of drinking takes precedence over the house of mourning.
Rabbi Yishma'el used to give precedence to the house of mourning over all of them, as it is said, "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of drinking, for this is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart" (Eccl. 7.2).
Death-Sticks
ELAN SLEAZEBAGGANO: Wanna buy some death sticks?
OBI-WAN looks at him. He moves his fingers slightly.
OBI-WAN: You don't want to sell me death-sticks.
ELAN: I don't want to sell you death-sticks.
OBI-WAN moves his fingers.
OBI-WAN: You want to go home and rethink your life.
ELAN: I want to go home and rethink my life.
Defending One's Life
CLOSE. The gun is drawn from its holster and held down out of sight. The BOUNTY HUNTER starts to move toward the bar.
ANAKIN checks out ALIEN FACES. OBI-WAN signals for another drink. The gun moves toward his unsuspecting back.
The drink is poured. OBI-WAN reaches for it. The gun is raised to aim directly at his back, and suddenly OBI-WAN turns fast. His lightsaber flashes. There is a shrill SCREAM and ZAM'S ARM hits the floor. The gun drops from its twitching fingers. Blood spreads.
The room is silent. ALIENS rise menacingly from their seats, and ANAKIN is suddenly at OBI-WAN's side, his lightsaber glowing.
ANAKIN: Easy... Official business. Go back to your drinks.
תנו רבנן אין לו דמים אם זרחה השמש עליו (שמות כב, א) - וכי השמש עליו בלבד זרחה אלא אם ברור לך הדבר כשמש שאין לו שלום עמך הרגהו
ואם לאו אל תהרגהו
The Sages taught in a baraita: The verse states: “If a burglar is found breaking in, and is smitten and dies, there shall not be blood shed on his account. If the sun is risen upon him, there shall be blood shed on his account” (Exodus 22:1–2) - But did the sun rise only upon him? Rather, If the matter is as clear to you as the sun that the burglar is not coming to you in peace, but rather his intention is to kill you, arise and kill him first.
But if you are not sure about his intentions, do not kill him.
Respecting One's Teacher
ANAKIN: Don't get me wrong... Obi-Wan is a great mentor. As wise as Master Yoda and as powerful as Master Windu. I am truly thankful to be his apprentice. Only... although I'm a Padawan learner, in some ways... a lot of ways... I'm ahead of him. I'm ready for the trials. I know I am! He knows it too. He believes I'm too unpredictable... Other Jedi my age have gone through the trials and made it... I know I started my training late... but he won't let me move on.
PADMÉ: That must be frustrating.
ANAKIN: It's worse... he's overly critical. He never listens! He just doesn't understand! It's not fair!
Love
PADMÉ: Are you allowed to love? I thought that was forbidden for a Jedi.
ANAKIN: Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden. Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is central to a Jedi's life, so you might say we're encouraged to love.
(יח) לֹֽא־תִקֹּ֤ם וְלֹֽא־תִטֹּר֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י עַמֶּ֔ךָ
וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ
אֲנִ֖י ה'׃
(18) You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against your countrymen.
Love your fellow as yourself:
I am the LORD.
אמר רב דאמר רב יהודה אמר רב אסור לאדם שיקדש את האשה עד שיראנה שמא יראה בה דבר מגונה ותתגנה עליו
ורחמנא אמר (ויקרא יט, יח) ואהבת לרעך כמוך
Rav Yehudah said: "Rav said: 'It is forbidden for a man to betroth a woman until he sees her, lest he see something repulsive in her after the betrothal, and she will become repugnant to him.'"
And the Merciful One said: “And you shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18).
Cloning
LAMA SU: Apart from his pay, which is considerable, Fett demanded only one thing - an unaltered clone for himself. Curious isn't it?
OBI-WAN: Unaltered?
LAMA SU: Pure genetic replication. No tampering with the structure to make it more docile... and no growth acceleration...
רבא ברא גברא שדריה לקמיה דר' זירא הוה קא משתעי בהדיה ולא הוה קא מהדר ליה
אמר ליה מן חבריא את הדר לעפריך
רב חנינא ורב אושעיא הוו יתבי כל מעלי שבתא ועסקי בספר יצירה ומיברו להו עיגלא תילתא ואכלי ליה
Rava created a man, a golem, using forces of sanctity. Rava sent his creation before Rabbi Zeira.
Rabbi Zeira would speak to him but he would not reply. Rabbi Zeira said to him: You were created by one of the members of the group, one of the Sages. Return to your dust.
Rav Ḥanina and Rav Oshaya would sit every Shabbat eve and engage in the study of Sefer Yetzira, and a third-born calf [igla tilta] would be created for them, and they would eat it in honor of Shabbat.
Nightmares
ANAKIN moves restlessly in his sleep. He mutters to himself. Sweat forms on his forehead. He turns violently. He cries out.
ANAKIN: No...No...No...Mom!...Don't, no, don't!
EXT. NABOO LAKE RETREAT, LODGE, BALCONY OVERLOOKING GARDENS - MORNING
ANAKIN is on the balcony overlooking the gardens. After a moment, PADMÉ comes onto the balcony behind him. She sees he is meditating and turns to go.
ANAKIN: Don't go.
PADMÉ: I don't want to disturb you.
ANAKIN: Your presence is soothing.
Brief pause.
PADMÉ: You had a nightmare again last night.
ANAKIN: Jedi don't have nightmares.
PADMÉ: I heard you.
ANAKIN opens his eyes and looks at her.
ANAKIN: I saw my mother. I saw her as clearly as I see you now. She's suffering, Padme. She is in pain...They're killing her!
אָמַר רַב הוּנָא בַּר אַמֵּי אָמַר רַבִּי פְּדָת אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: הָרוֹאֶה חֲלוֹם וְנַפְשׁוֹ עֲגוּמָה, יֵלֵךְ וְיִפְתְּרֶנּוּ בִּפְנֵי שְׁלֹשָׁה.
״יִפְתְּרֶנּוּ״?! וְהָאָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא חֶלְמָא דְּלָא מְפַשַּׁר כְּאִגַּרְתָּא דְּלָא מִקַּרְיָא?
Rav Huna bar Ami said that Rabbi Pedat said that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: One who sees a dream from which his soul is distraught, should go and have it interpreted before three.
Interpreted? Didn’t Rav Ḥisda say: A dream not interpreted is like a letter not read?
Giving up
CLIEGG: This isn't the way I wanted to meet you, son. This isn't how your mother and I planned it. I don't want to give up on her, but she's been gone a month. There's little hope she's lasted this long.
Silence. Then ANAKIN stands up.
OWEN: Where are you going?
ANAKIN: To find my mother.
PADMÉ: No, Annie!
CLIEGG: She's dead, son. Accept it.
ANAKIN: I can feel her pain, and I will find her. I know she's alive.
אמר רבא לא שנו אלא זקן שלא הגיע לגבורות וחולה שרוב חולים לחיים אבל זקן שהגיע לגבורות וגוסס שרוב גוססין למיתה לא
Rava says: They taught...as the majority of moribund people proceed to die....
Being with someone as they die
ANAKIN: Mom... Mom... Mom...
SHMI'S eyelids flutter - and barely open. They are caked with blood.
SHMI: Annie...? Is it you?
SHMI'S eyes focus slowly. ANAKIN gives a little choking gasp.
ANAKIN: I’m here, Mom. You’re safe. Hang on. I’m going to get you out of here...
SHMI: I’m so glad... to see you, Annie... Now... I am complete...
ANAKIN: Just stay with me, Mom. I’m going to make you well again. Everything’s going to be fine.
SHMI: You look so handsome. My son... my grown-up son. I’m so proud of you, Annie... so proud... I missed you so much... I love...
This is also taught: One who enters to visit a sick person may neither sit on the bed nor sit on a bench or on a chair that is higher than the bed upon which the sick person is lying. Rather, he deferentially wraps himself in his garment and sits on the ground, because the Divine Presence is resting above the bed of the sick person, as it is stated: “The Lord will support him upon the bed of suffering,” and it is inappropriate for one to sit above the place where the Divine Presence rests.
Killing Out A Tribe
Going to a Stadium
The Sages taught: With regard to one who goes to stadiums [le’itztadinin] where people are killed in contests with gladiators or beasts, or to a camp of besiegers [ulkharkom] where different forms of entertainment are provided for the besieging army, and he sees there the acts of the diviners and those who cast spells, or the acts of the clowns known as bukiyon, or mukiyon, or muliyon, or luliyon, or belurin, or salgurin, this is categorized as “the seat of the scornful”; and with regard to such places the verse states: “Happy is the man that has not walked in the council of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the Torah of the Lord” (Psalms 1:1–2). You learn from here that these matters bring a person to dereliction of the study of Torah, since had he not sat in “the seat of the scornful,” he would delight in the study of Torah.
ורמינהי [הולכין] לאיצטדינין מותר מפני שצווח ומציל ולכרקום מותר מפני ישוב מדינה ובלבד שלא יתחשב עמהם ואם נתחשב עמהם אסור
And they threw another text: One is permitted to go to stadiums, because he can scream and save the life of a Jew who would otherwise be killed there; and it is permitted to go to a camp of besiegers, because at times one can provide for the public welfare by petitioning the besiegers and saving the residents of the town, provided that he is not counted as one of them; but if he is counted as one of them, it is prohibited.
תניא אין הולכין לאיצטדינין מפני מושב לצים
ור' נתן מתיר מפני שני דברים אחד מפני שצווח ומציל ואחד מפני שמעיד עדות אשה להשיאה
It is taught: One may not go to stadiums, because they are considered “the seat of the scornful.”
And Rabbi Natan permits attending stadiums due to two reasons; one is because he can scream and save the life of someone who would otherwise be killed, and the other one is because even if he cannot save the man’s life, he can provide testimony that a woman’s husband died, which will enable her to marry again.