Rabbi Yosef Sprung
Acharei Mot – Kedoshim 5780 And you shall not place a stumbling block before the blind. (Vayikra 19:14) This Pasuk defines the prohibition of Lifnei Iveir – causing another Jew to stumble in any manner...
Rabbi Yosef SprungShowering on Shabbat after Working with Infectious Patients
Emor 5780 For six days labor may be done, and the seventh day is a day of complete rest, a holy convocation, you shall not do any work; it is a Sabbath for Hashem in all your dwelling places. (Vayikra 23:3) One of the...
The ECMO Lottery: Allocation of Limited Resources in Halacha
Behar – Bechukotai 5780 And your brother shall live with you. (Vayikra 25:36) The allocation of limited resources is a famously difficult quandary in medical ethics and Halacha. The Poskim grapple with...
Miscarriages, Ultrasound, and Pidyon haBen
Bamidbar 5780 “And Hashem spoke to Moshe saying, “Behold! I have taken the Levi’im from among the Children of Israel, in place of every firstborn, the first issue of every womb among the Children of Israel, and the...
Refua and Halacha: You Can’t Have One Without the Other
Shavuos – Naso 5780 R’ Yishmael (his) son [of R’ Yochanan ben Broka said: One who studies Torah in order to teach is given the opportunity to study and to teach; and one who studies in order to practice is given...
ברוך דיין האמת – הרב אליהו בקשי דורון זצ”ל
יחד עם כל בית ישראל קיבלנו את הבשורה המרה על הסתלקותו של הראשון לציון, מרן הגאון הרב אליהו בקשי דורון זצ”ל בזכרוננו עוד טרי הרושם העמוק מאירוע פתיחת בית המדרש להלכה ורפואה, לפני יותר משנה, כאשר בין גדולי...
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Ki Tisa 5780 And Hashem said to Moshe: “Take for yourself spices – stacte, onycha and galbanum – spices and pure frankincense: These shall all be of equal weight. You shall make it into a spice-compound (Ketores), the...
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