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and the blow was powerful enough to kill him were it to land on his chest over his heart, and instead the blow landed on his loins, and it was not powerful enough to kill him when it landed on his loins, and nevertheless the victim died, the assailant is exempt. Although the assailant intended to
If one intended to kill an adult and the blow was not powerful enough to kill the adult, and instead the blow landed on a minor, and the blow was powerful enough to kill the minor and the minor died, the assailant is exempt. If one intended to kill a minor and the blow was powerful enough to kill
But if one intended to strike another on his loins, and the blow was powerful enough to kill him were it to land on his loins, and instead the blow landed on his chest over his heart, and he died, the assailant is liable, since in any event, his intent was to kill the victim and the blow was power
Talmud: The Talmud asks: With regard to which clause of the Mishnah does R' Shimon disagree? If we say that he disagrees with the latter clause of the Mishnah, concerning one who intended to kill an adult and killed a minor, the Mishnah should have employed the formulation: R' Shimon exempts him, n
Rather, he disagrees with the first clause of the Mishnah, which states: If one intended to kill an animal, and he killed a person, or he intended to kill a non-Jew and he killed a Jew, or he intended to kill non-viable newborns and he killed a viable person, the assailant is exempt from executi