The effects of new medical discoveries and technologies on established Halachic principles have generated extensive debate. In certain areas, such as determining paternity or maternity through genetic testing...
Category - Lifestyle
Rabbi Yosef Sprung
Halachic Guidelines for Shiva Asar b’Tammuz for the Ill, Elderly, Pregnant or Nursing Women, and Medical Professionals
Five things befell our ancestors on the 17th of Tamuz… the Luchos were broken, the [daily offering of the] Korban Tamid ceased, the [walls of Jerusalem were]breached, Apostomus burned the Torah, and he set up an...
הרב ישראל מאיר מלכה
Permanent Wigs & Chatzitza
Patients receiving cancer treatment frequently experience hair loss, which can present various halachic challenges. For example, we have previously examined the permissibility of permanent eyebrow makeup in these...
Rabbi Yossi Sprung
