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Killing Mosquitoes on Shabbos

Question for the Rabbi: Can I kill a mosquito on Shabbos if we live in a Zika zone? Can I use spray to keep away mosquitoes? Full Story, Video

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hubris
September 5, 2016 9:00 am

“about to bite them” ??
how does one know when a mosquito is “about to bite”?? this is really a bit pathetic.
Rabbi Eliezer Zirkind said concerning the west Nile – which is already present this year – that you can directly kill them.

Copper Mosquito
September 5, 2016 8:26 am

The mosquito is merely a messenger from Hashem and clearly this is a plague. Ironically the word Zika in Hebrew means “acquitted.” No coincidence. Please keep and spread the Noahide Code as this is our OBLIGATION (Rambam). http://www.asknoah.info

To #2
September 4, 2016 1:44 pm

Respectfully, that is completely incorrect. In fact, mosquitos kill more people annually than any other animal in the world. According to the World Health Organization, mosquitos are responsible for more than 1 million deaths per year. However, very few of those are in America, as most are because of malaria, which is not a big problem here.

Very informative
September 4, 2016 1:21 pm

Thank you

Fetus
September 4, 2016 12:57 pm

With respect Zika can do significantly more that just cause the fetus significant bodily harm !!!!

Bees
September 3, 2016 11:51 pm

Bees can be very dangerous to someone who is allergic to their venom, even more so than a mosquito
Bees and wasps cause way more death than mosquitos

Trap
September 2, 2016 3:43 pm

Can you use a trap in the zika zone that may cause the mosquito to die by dehydration? Is that tzar bale chaim? Is it permissible?

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