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Hillel Kovacs
Orphaned by Design
Halacha has confronted many complex questions over the past century as a result of enormous advances in medicine and technology. The field of fertility and reproductive medicine is no exception. If anything...
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Rabbi Yosef Sprung
ย (C-PAF) ืืืฉืืจืื ืืื ืืขืช ืืื ื ืฉืืื ืืฉืื ื ืืฉืืช
ืืืช ืืืขืืืช ืืฉืื ื ืืืืืจืืช ืืืืชืจ ืืื ืชืืคืขืช “ืืื ื ืฉืืื ืืฉืื ื”. ืืกืืืืื ืืืขืื ืื, ืื ืืืื ืฉืืืืื ืฉืื ื ืืืงืื ืืืื ืืืืฉืื ืฉืืื ื ืกืืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืืกืืื ืืช ืคืชืื ืืขืืจ ืืืืืจ. ืืชืืฆืื ืืื ืื ืืื ื ืืกืืืืื ืื ืฉืื. ืืืืื ืฉืืฆื...
Neither Snow nor Rain โ nor Yisurim
The following words of the Rambam (Hilchos Talmud Torah, 1:8) are well known: Every man of Israel is obligated in Talmud Torah โ whether he is poor or rich, whether his body is healthy and whole or afflicted with...
ืืื ืืืชืจ ืืืกืืจ ืงืขืงืืข ืฉื ืฉื ืืฉื?
ืคืจืฉืช ืจืื ืชืฉืข”ื ืึฐื ึดืชึทึผืฆึฐืชึถึผื ืึถืช ืึดืึฐืึผืึนืชึธื ืึฐืฉึดืืึทึผืจึฐืชึถึผื ืึถืช ืึทืฆึตึผืึนืชึธื ืึทืึฒืฉึตืืจึตืืึถื ืชึดึผืฉึฐืืจึฐืคืึผื ืึธึผืึตืฉื ืึผืคึฐืกึดืืึตื ืึฑืึนืึตืืึถื ืชึฐึผืึทืึตึผืขืึผื ืึฐืึดืึทึผืึฐืชึถึผื ืึถืช ืฉึฐืืึธื ืึดื ืึทืึธึผืงืึนื ืึทืืึผื. ืึนื ืชึทืขึฒืฉืืึผื ืึตึผื...
Sense-Less Brachos
Many Halachic issues are impacted by disturbances of any of the five senses โ vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. Impaired vision or hearing raises fundamental questions about the Mitzva obligations of the blind...
ืืืื ืฉืืื ืื ืกืื ื ืืชืฉืขื ืืื โ ืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืคืืืช ืืืฉืืขืืจ?
ืืฉืืฉื ืขื ืืื ืื ืขืืงืจืืื ืืืืจ ืชืฉืขื ืืื ืืฉืืจ ืืฆืืืืช (ืฆืื ืืืืื, ืขืฉืจื ืืืืช, ืชืขื ืืช ืืกืชืจ ืื”ื ืืชืืื): ืืฉืืจ ืืฆืืืืช ืืชืืืื ืืชืขื ืืช ืืขืืืช ืืฉืืจ, ืืชืฉืขื ืืื ืืืืืื. ืืฉืืจ ืืฆืืืืช ืืขืืืจืืช ืืื ืืงืืช ืืื ื ืืชืขื ืืช, ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืชืฉืขื ืืื...
Are Bandages or Hair Implants a Chatzitza for Tefillin?
Tetzaveh 5779 โYou shall place the Mitznefes on his head and put the crown of sanctity upon the Mitznefesโ (Shemos 29:6) One of the common shaโalos in Hilchos Tefillin is: if a person has a bandage on his head (due to a...
Do You Know What You Just Said?
It is fairly common for elderly people to say Kadish in Shul, even if they are not cognitively intact, such as individuals with dementia or Alzheimerโs disease. Is it permissible to answer Amen to their Kadish? A...
ืืื ืื ืื ืืืืฆื ืื ืืจืื ื ืืฉื ืื ื ืืืืช?
ืคืจืฉืช ืืงืช ืชืฉ”ืค ืืืช ืืืจืืื ืื ืคืืฆืืช ืืืืื ื ืืื ืืขืช ืืืจืืื (ืืขืืงืจ ืืชืงืืคื ืืืืฉืืช), ืืื ืืื ืกื ืฉื ืืชืงื ืชืื ืจืืื (IUD). ืืฉื ื ืืื ืกืืืื ืฉืื ืื ืฉื ืืชืงื ืื, ืืืฉืจ ืืขืืงืจืื ืื ืืืืืงืื ืืืชืงื ืื ืืืจืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืจืืื ืืืื. ืืจืืืช...
ย Pressured to Sleep (C-PAF)
One of the most common sleep-related disorders is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which is characterized by repeated episodes of upper airway obstruction during sleep that lead to apnea or reduced inspiratory airflow...
