Here is the crucial text for our purposes:
Rabbi Ishmael and Rabbi El'azar the son of Azariah and Rabbi Akiva were walking on the way and Levi Hasaddar and Rabbi Ishmael the son of Rabbi El'azar the son of Azariah were walking behind them. And the question arose among them: "From whence do we know that the saving of a life supersedes the Sabbath?"
Rabbi Ishmael answered: Behold it says: "If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the defender is not guilty of blood-shed; but if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of bloodshed" [Exodus 22:2-3]. And this os true even if we are not sure whether he came to kill oronly to steal. Now the reasoning is from the light to the heavy: Just as the killing of a person which pollutes the Land and pushes the divine presence away supersedes the Sabbath (in such a case of one caught at night breaking and entering), even more so the saving of a life!"
Rabbi El'azar spoke up with a different answer: "Just as circumcision which [saves] only one member of a person supersedes the Sabbath, the entire body even more so!" ...
Rabbi Akiva says: "If murder supersedes the Temple worship which supersedes the Sabbath, saving a life even more so!"
Rabbi Yose Hagelili says: "Whrn it says 'But keep my Sabbaths,' the word 'but' makes a distinction: There are Sabbaths that you push aside and those that you keep [i.e., when human life as at stake, this supersedes the Sabbath]."
Rabbi Shim'on the son of Menasya says: "Behold it says: Keep the Sabbath because it is holy to you; to you the Sabbath is delivered and not you to the Sabbath." Rabbi Nathan says: And the Children of Israel kept the Sabbath to keep the Sabbath for their generations. Profane one Sabbath for him [the sick person] in order that he may keep many Sabbaths!"
(Mekhilta, Tractate Sabbath,1)
Rabbi Ishmael answered: Behold it says: "If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the defender is not guilty of blood-shed; but if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of bloodshed" [Exodus 22:2-3]. And this os true even if we are not sure whether he came to kill oronly to steal. Now the reasoning is from the light to the heavy: Just as the killing of a person which pollutes the Land and pushes the divine presence away supersedes the Sabbath (in such a case of one caught at night breaking and entering), even more so the saving of a life!"
Rabbi El'azar spoke up with a different answer: "Just as circumcision which [saves] only one member of a person supersedes the Sabbath, the entire body even more so!" ...
Rabbi Akiva says: "If murder supersedes the Temple worship which supersedes the Sabbath, saving a life even more so!"
Rabbi Yose Hagelili says: "Whrn it says 'But keep my Sabbaths,' the word 'but' makes a distinction: There are Sabbaths that you push aside and those that you keep [i.e., when human life as at stake, this supersedes the Sabbath]."
Rabbi Shim'on the son of Menasya says: "Behold it says: Keep the Sabbath because it is holy to you; to you the Sabbath is delivered and not you to the Sabbath." Rabbi Nathan says: And the Children of Israel kept the Sabbath to keep the Sabbath for their generations. Profane one Sabbath for him [the sick person] in order that he may keep many Sabbaths!"
(Mekhilta, Tractate Sabbath,1)
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