A person unintentionally wounds someone; the victim is assessed likely to die, and eventually does. Must the killer go into exile?
Halacha 2 rules that exile is required only when death is immediate. If the victim lingered after being wounded, wind entering the wound or other factors may have caused death, exempting the killer from exile.
Question 2
A father disciplines his son while teaching Torah; the son dies accidentally. What is the ruling?
Halacha 5 exempts a father who accidentally kills his son while administering discipline during Torah study — this is analogous to the 'permitted labor' (chopping wood) that exempts from exile.
Question 3
A blood redeemer kills a man outside the boundaries of his city of refuge. What happens to the redeemer?
Halacha 9 states clearly: when a blood redeemer kills the unintentional killer outside the refuge city's Sabbath limits, he bears no liability at all ("he is not judged as liable to die").
Question 4
An exiled killer intentionally leaves his city of refuge to perform a mitzvah. What is his status?
Halacha 8 rules that the exiled killer may never leave his city of refuge even for a mitzvah — even to save all of Israel. If he leaves, he forfeits his protection and may be killed by anyone.
Question 5
Under what condition does the altar of the Temple NOT protect an unintentional killer?
Halacha 13 rules that one who fled to the altar for fear of the king or emergency court is protected, unless he was fully convicted with testimony and warning as required for standard court execution — then he is removed from the altar.