Halakhah for Terumot 8:5
שִׁעוּר הַמַּיִם הַמְגֻלִּין, כְּדֵי שֶׁתֹּאבַד בָּהֶם הַמָּרָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, בְּכֵלִים, כָּל שֶׁהֵן, וּבַקַּרְקָעוֹת, אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה:
The amount of water that may be left uncovered [without being rendered forbidden] is [greater than or equal to] the amount that can neutralize in it the poison. Rabbi Yosi says, in vessels, all [quantities of water are forbidden], and in the ground, forty <i>Se'ah</i> [specific unit of volume, is the minimum quantity of water that may be left uncovered and still be permitted].
Sefer HaChinukh
The matter of murder, they, may their memory be blessed, learned by way of reasoning (Sanhedrin 74a); and they said by way of a metaphor, "What do you see that your blood is redder? Perhaps the blood of that man is redder." [That is] meaning, the murdered might be fitting to perform more commandments than the one that killed him. And therefore it is not right that anyone kill his fellow, even if he will be killed for [not doing so]. And they may their memory be blessed, said further (Yerushalmi Terumot 8:4) that even if there were several thousand Israelites and the coercers said to them, "Give us one of you; and if not, we will kill all of you" - they should all be killed and not give over one soul of Israel. And [that is] only when they say "one," unspecifically. But if they specified him explicitly, such that they said, "Give us x; and if not, we will kill all of you," they are permitted to give him over - like the well-known matter of Sheva ben Bichri. This is also the law with women - if the gentiles say to them, "Give us one of you [to rape], etc.," as it is [found] in Tractate Terumot, the eighth chapter (Mishnah Terumot 8:12).
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