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#575: Vicious Dogs and Broken Ladders

#575: Vicious Dogs and Broken Ladders

Talmud on Parashat Ki Teitze, Devarim/Deuterononomy 22:8

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A vicious dog and a broken ladder inside a house

Devarim/Deuteronomy 22:8

כִּ֤י תִבְנֶה֙ בַּ֣יִת חָדָ֔שׁ וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מַעֲקֶ֖ה לְגַגֶּ֑ךָ וְלֹֽא־תָשִׂ֤ים דָּמִים֙ בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־יִפֹּ֥ל הַנֹּפֵ֖ל מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone should fall from it.

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