Through those near to Me I show Myself holy,
And gain glory before all the people.โ
And Aaron was silent.
Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, โCome forward and carry your kinsmen away from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.โ They came forward and carried them out of the camp by their tunics, as Moses had ordered. And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, โDo not bare your heads and do not rend your clothes, lest you die and anger strike the whole community. But your kin, all the house of Israel, shall bewail the burning that ืื has wrought. And so do not go outside the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die, for "โs anointing oil is upon you.โ And they did as Moses had bidden.
Pikuach nefesh is the term used to describe the halachic [Jewish legal] rule that decrees in any instance where a life is at risk, saving that life is more important than a potential or actual mitzvah [commandment or obligation]. The generally accepted categories of prohibitions that one may not violate even to save a life are idolatry, sexual sin, and murder.
(ื) ืึผืฉืึฐืึทืจึฐืชึผึถึคื ืึถืชึพืึปืงึผึนืชึทืึ ืึฐืึถืชึพืึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธืึทึื ืึฒืฉืึถึจืจ ืึทืขึฒืฉืึถึฅื ืึนืชึธึื ืึธืึธืึธึื ืึธืึทึฃื ืึผึธืึถึื ืึฒื ึดึื ืืื (ืก)
(5) "You shall keep My laws and My rules, and humankind shall do them and live by them: I am Adonai."
(16) Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor: I am Adonai.
(ื) ืฉืื ืืืืื ื ืคืฉ ืืืช ืืืฉืจืื. ืืขืื ืขืืื ืืืชืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืขืืื ืืื. ืืื ืืืงืืื ื ืคืฉ ืืืช ืืืฉืจืื ืืขืื ืขืืื ืืืชืื ืืืืื ืงืืื ืขืืื ืืื.
(5) Anyone who destroys a life is considered by Scripture to have destroyed an entire world; and anyone who saves a life is as if he saved an entire world.
For this reason, one individual was created first, to teach that anyone who causes one life to be lost from Israel it is as if they have destroyed the entire world. And anyone who saves one life from Israel- it is as if they have preserved an entire world.
(ื) ืึฐืืึผืึธื ืึดืื ืฉืึทืึผึธืช ืึตืฆึถื ืกึทืึผึธื ึทืช ื ึฐืคึธืฉืืึนืช ืึผึดืฉืึฐืึธืจ ืึผึธื ืึทืึผึดืฆึฐืึนืช. ืึฐืคึดืืึธืึฐ ืืึนืึถื ืฉืึถืึผึตืฉื ืึผืึน ืกึทืึผึธื ึธื ืขืึนืฉืึดืื ืืึน ืึผึธื ืฆึฐืจึธืึธืื ืึผึฐืฉืึทืึผึธืช ืขึทื ืคึผึดื ืจืึนืคึตื ืึปืึผึธื ืฉืึถื ืืึนืชืึน ืึธืงืึนื. ืกึธืคึตืง ืฉืึถืืึผื ืฆึธืจึดืืึฐ ืึฐืึทืึผึตื ืขึธืึธืื ืึถืช ืึทืฉึผืึทืึผึธืช ืกึธืคึตืง ืฉืึถืึตืื ืึน ืฆึธืจึดืืึฐ. ืึฐืึตื ืึดื ืึธืึทืจ ืจืึนืคึตื ืึฐืึทืึผึตื ืขึธืึธืื ืึถืช ืึทืฉึผืึทืึผึธืช ืึฐืจืึนืคึตื ืึทืึตืจ ืืึนืึตืจ ืึตืื ืึน ืฆึธืจึดืืึฐ ืึฐืึทืึผึฐืึดืื ืขึธืึธืื ืึถืช ืึทืฉึผืึทืึผึธืช ืฉืึถืกึผึฐืคึตืง ื ึฐืคึธืฉืืึนืช ืึผืึนืึถื ืึถืช ืึทืฉึผืึทืึผึธืช:
(1) Like all the other commandments, Shabbat is overridden by danger to life. Hence we execute all of the needs of an ill person in mortal danger according to the word of an expert physician in that place on Shabbat. When there is a doubt whether there is a need to profane the Shabbat for him or there is not a need, and likewise if [one] physician said to profane the Shabbat for him but another physician said he does not need [it], we profane the Shabbat. For [even] a doubt about [danger to] life overrides the Shabbat....