Question

Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin, Yigal Amir, controversially justified his killing by invoking a Jewish law against these people. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this type of person who must be stopped at all costs according to Jewish law. Far-right Israelis have controversially claimed that Palestinians who voted for Hamas can be treated as these people.
ANSWER: rodef (“ro-DEFF”) [or pursuer; accept din rodef or law of the pursuer]
[10e] Description acceptable. The law of the pursuer in the Babylonian Talmud does not protect people who commit this crime of violating the first Commandment. This sin, called avodah zarah (“ah-vo-DAH za-RAH”), was committed by worshippers of the golden calf.
ANSWER: idolatry [or idol worship; accept any answer indicating not worshipping the God of the Bible or God of the Old Testament or Yahweh or God of Judaism; accept polytheism; accept strange worship; accept paganism or heathenism; prompt on Gentiles or non-Jews]
[10m] Laws against pursuers and idolaters feature in this body of Jewish law, which is mostly sourced from the Babylonian Talmud.
ANSWER: halakha [accept Shulchan Aruch]
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Berkeley ABerkeley C0101020
Berkeley BStanford A010010
Stanford MStanford L0101020
Columbia BBard A0101020
Rowan AHaverford A010010
Columbia AJohns Hopkins A0101020
Penn BPenn State B0101020
Penn State APenn A010010
Rutgers CLehigh A0101020
Notre DameWashU D010010
UIUC BPurdue A010010
SIUE AUChicago B010010
UChicago DUIUC D010010
Indiana AUIUC A010010
UIUC CUChicago A010010
UChicago CWashU B010010
Northwestern AWashU C0101020
CWRU D (DII)CWRU B (UG)0000
Kenyon B (DII)Michigan C (UG)010010
Michigan State B (UG)Kenyon A (UG)010010
CWRU A (UG)Michigan State C (UG)010010
Ohio State B (DII)Pitt B (UG)010010
Michigan BOhio State C (DII)010010
Michigan DPitt A010010
Indiana BPurdue D010010
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Central OklahomaNYU A010010
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MissouriTexas B010010
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NYU BTexas A010010
Texas CTexas D010010
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UW BUBC A010010
UBC BAlberta010010
UW ASFU010010
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UF AUF B10101030
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Durham BCambridge D010010
EdinburghDurham A010010
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Cambridge CLSE B010010
LSE ASouthampton A010010
Southampton BSouthampton A100010
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Warwick ABristol A010010
A Brandeis SupremeBoston University B10101030
Amherst AWilliams A010010
Bowdoin AYale B0101020
CarabrandeisBrown A001010
Clark ABowdoin B010010
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Brandeises BrewHarvard A0101020
Tufts BYale A0101020
Tufts AYale C10101030