Necessity knows no law/ necessity is a cruel master/ "must" is a bitter word

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Necessity knows no law/ necessity is a cruel master/ "must" is a bitter word

Necessity knows no law/ necessity is a cruel master/ "must" is a bitter word

A necessity that cannot be denied. A thing that must be done and is not bound by shame.

("And yet, since nothing is done of his own free will except by force, the rapist will not be condemned for it. If so, the action that a person praises, whether it is good or condemns, whether it is evil, is the action that a person knows at the time of doing it, that he does it, and chooses it because of its cheapness, and desires to do it - Sefer Ha-Iqarim, Ma'mar 4, Chapter 27, And so: "And the blow only forced him to do against his will, and what was done by force has no effect on him, and as the publisher says, the forced one will neither be praised nor condemned" - Beth Halevi Shemot Chapter 4)

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Expression (Hebrew)

הֶכְרֵחַ בַּל יְגֻנֶּה, הֶכְרֵחַ לֹא יְגֻנֶּה

Definition (Hebrew)

צֹרֶךְ שֶׁאֵין לְגַנּוֹת אִתּוֹ. דָּבָר שֶׁחַיָּבִים לַעֲשׂוֹת וְאֵינָם כְּרוּכִים בְּבוּשָׁה.

("וְאוּלָם אַחַר שֶׁאֵין נַעֲשֵׂית בִּרְצוֹנוֹ אֶלָּא מֵהֶכְרֵחַ הָאֹנֶס לֹא יְגֻנֶּה עָלֶיהָ, אִם כֵּן הַפְּעֻלָּה שֶׁיְּשֻׁבַּח הָאָדָם עָלֶיהָ אִם הִיא טוֹבָה אוֹ יְגֻנֶּה אִם הִיא רָעָה הִיא הַפְּעֻלָּה שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ הָאָדָם בְּעֵת עֲשִׂיָּתָהּ שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה אוֹתָהּ וּבוֹחֵר בָּהּ עַל זוּלָתָהּ וְרוֹצֶה בַּעֲשִׂיָּתָהּ- סֵפֶר הָעִקָּרִים מַאֲמָר ד פֶּרֶק כז, וְכֵן:"וְרַק הַמַּכָּה הִכְרִיחַתּוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת נֶגֶד רְצוֹנוֹ, וּמָה דנעשׁה בְּהֶכְרֵחַ אֵין בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ, וּכְמַאֲמַר הַמְּפֻרְסָם הַהֶכְרֵחַ לֹא יְשֻׁבַּח וְלֹא יְגֻנֶּה"- בֵּית הַלֵּוִי שְׁמוֹת פֶּרֶק ד)

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