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"A Piece of Genius" - Víkingur Ólafsson: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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William Lewis8/12/2020 8:40:45 pm PDT

re: #85 sagehen

It’s called Pikuach nefesh (Hebrew: פיקוח נפש‎, IPA: [piˈkuaχ ˈnefeʃ], “saving a life”)
is the principle in Jewish law that the preservation of human life overrides virtually any other religious rule.

Thank you. That is a lesson I need to remember.