Identifying a person’s father and mother is of great significance in Halacha. A father is obligated to provide for his children; a child is commanded to honor both parents; and after the parents’ passing, the...
Category - Genetics
Rabbi Yosef Sprung
Whose Baby Is It?
Recently, a scandal at Asuta Hospital in Rishon l’Tzion attracted public attention. Genetic testing of a fetus conceived through in vitro fertilization led to the shocking discovery that there was no genetic...
Preventive Medicine and Disease Screening
Vaetchanan 5780 “But you shall greatly beware for your souls.” (Devarim 4:15) In our essay for Parshas Va’eschanan last year[1], we focused on the Mitzva found in the Posuk above – “v’Nishmartem M’od l’Nafshoseichem” –...
Rabbi Yossi Sprung
