Commentary for Pesachim 50:2

ע"ז הא דאמרן גילוי עריות ושפיכות דמים דתניא ר' אומר (דברים כב, כו) כי כאשר יקום איש על רעהו ורצחו נפש כן הדבר הזה וכי מה ענין רוצח אצל נערה המאורסה

Now, what connection has a murderer with a betrothed maiden? Thus this comes to throw light, and is itself illumined.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the verse shows that the case of a murderer throws light upon that of a betrothed maiden, but is also itself illumined thereby.');">⁴</span> The murderer is compared to a betrothed maiden: just as a betrothed maiden must be saved [from dishonour] at the cost of his [her ravisher's] life, so [in the case of] a murderer, he [the victim] must be saved at the cost of his [the attacker's] life.

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