A Case Study in Halachic Decision-Making When Life Is at Risk The Appeal from Kobe and the Two Rulings Throughout 1941, Jewish refugees arrived in Japan, among them students of the Mir Yeshiva. They had traveled through...
Category - Moadim
Rabbi Yosef Sprung
A Collection of Rulings from Maran Rav Asher Weiss Shlit”a, Regarding Yom Kippur for Cholim – Part 3
The earlier parts of this essay discussed general guidelines, Shiurim, suitable foods for a Choleh when fasting is forbidden, artificial feeding, and several specific conditions. F. Patients with very advanced age...
A Collection of Rulings from Maran Rav Asher Weiss Shlit”a, Regarding Yom Kippur for Cholim – Part 2
The first portion of this essay[1] covered General Guidelines (including how a Choleh may gauge in advance whether he can fast, why the treating physician’s judgment carries special weight, and how to understand a...
Rabbi Yossi Sprung
