Rabbi Yosef Sprung
פרשת בראשית תשע”ט בפרשתנו, פרשת בראשית, מוכיח הקדוש ברוך הוא את קין על הריגת הבל אחיו: וַיֹּאמֶר מֶה עָשִׂיתָ קוֹל דְּמֵי אָחִיךָ צֹעֲקִים אֵלַי מִן הָאֲדָמָה (בראשית ד, י). במשנה במסכת סנהדרין, לז...
האם מותר לשאוב חלב בשבת?
פרשת וירא תש”פ ותאמר מי מלל לאברהם היניקה בנים שרה כי ילדתי בן לזקוניו (בראשית כא, ז) בעבר, הנקה הייתה צורת ההזנה הבלעדית של תינוקות. עבור תינוקות שלא יכלו לינוק מאמם, היה צורך בשירותיה של מינקת. ללא חלב אם חייו...
דרכו של רבינו בעל המנחת אשר באיסור החשמל בשבת
פרשת בראשית תשפ”א וַיִּיצֶר ה’ אֱלֹקים אֶת הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה (בראשית ב, ז) הקשר שבין הגוף שיסודו מן העפר לבין נשמת החיים שהקדוש...
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Rabbi Yosef SprungWaiting to Perform Hefsek Taharah Following Artificial Insemination
Yisro 5779 “Moshe descended from the mountain to the people. He sanctified the people and they washed their clothing. He said to the people, ‘Be ready for a three-day period; do not approach a woman.” “Do not approach a...
Rabbi Yossi SprungBeis Din and the Hippocratic Oath
Vayikra 5779 “If a person will sin and will hear the sound of an oath, and he is a witness – either he saw or he knew – if he does not testify, he shall bear his iniquity.” (Vayikra 5:1) This Posuk teaches that a person...
Payment for Medical Treatment on Shabbos
Vayakel 5779 “For six days, work may be done, but the seventh day shall be holy for you – a day of complete rest for Hashem. Whoever does work on it shall be put to death.” (Shemos 35:2) Paragraph The...
Guarding Health to Guard The Soul
Vaetchanan 5779 “But you shall greatly beware (“v’Nishmartem”) for your souls, for you did not see any likeness on the day Hashem spoke to you at Chorev, from the midst of the fire.” (Devarim 4:15) Paragraph...
Giving Up One’s Life for Kiddush Hashem
Vaeira 5779 The Higher Perspective of the Mitzva of V’chai Bahem – ‘And you shall live by them’. (Danger to life overrides all of the sins in the Torah) ‘The river shall swarm with frogs, and they shall ascend and...
Are Bandages or Hair Implants a Chatzitza for Tefillin?
Tetzaveh 5779 “You shall place the Mitznefes on his head and put the crown of sanctity upon the Mitznefes” (Shemos 29:6) One of the common sha’alos in Hilchos Tefillin is: if a person has a bandage on his head (due to a...
To Give is To Receive
Trumah 5779 ‘Speak to the Children of Israel and let them take for me a portion; from every man whose heart motivates him you shall take my portion.’ ...
Kidney Donation & Bal Tashchis
Shoftim 5779 “When you besiege a city for many days to wage war against it to seize it, do not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them, for from it you will eat, and you shall not cut it down.” (Devarim 20:19...
Where Does the Glycerin Come From?
Shmini 5779 “To distinguish between the impure and the pure, and between the creature that may be eaten and the creature that may not be eaten” (Vayikra 11:47) Glycerin is a very common ingredient in the modern food and...
Are Patient Rounds Bikur Cholim?
Reeh 5779 “You shall follow Hashem your God and you shall fear Him…” (Devarim 13:5) The Gemara (Sotah 14a) derives from the words “You shall follow Hashem” that a person should endeavor to emulate Hashem’s Midos...
Food Allergies, Celiac Disease and Mishloach Manos
Tzav – Purim 5779 “To observe them as days of feasting and gladness, and sending portions to one another, and gifts to the poor.” (Esther 9:22) “What are the obligations of this meal (the Seudas Purim)? A person...
Pikuach Nefesh vs. Shmiras haMitzvos
Pinchas “Therefore say: Behold, I give him My covenant of peace. And it shall be for him and his offspring after him a covenant of eternal priesthood, because he took vengeance for his G-d, and he atoned for the...
The Quickest Seder: A Guide for Medical Professionals and Patients
Pesach 5779 Paragraph If a doctor or other medical staff is on duty in a hospital on Seder night, it is important to know how to conduct an abridged Seder in order to fulfill the special Mitzvos of the night properly. A...
