When you besiege a city for many days to wage war against it to capture it, you shall not cut down its trees, to swing an axe against it, for you eat from it – you shall not cut it down – for is a tree of the field a...
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Rabbi Yosef Sprung
האם מותר להוציא דם טבורי בשבת?
השימוש בתאי גזע לצרכי רפואה הוא אחד הנושאים הנחקרים והמתפתחים ביותר בשנים האחרונות במדע הרפואי, כאשר ככל שעוברות השנים מתפתחים שימושים רפואיים נוספים שניתן לבצע בעזרת תאים יקרי ערך אלו. המקור העיקרי והיעיל ביותר לתאי...
Fasting Pills on Shabbos Erev Tisha b’Av
Fasting Pills on Shabbos Erev Tisha b’Av [We are interrupting the discussion of Mumin and Kohanim as this essay is particularly relevant this week. We will return to that topic next week.] There is a growing...
The Child or Blind Kohen
In the absence of the Beis haMikdash, there is little practical relevance to the Halachos of Mumin (defects or deformities) that disqualify Kohanim from performing the Avoda. However, during the eras of the Mishkan and...
By Your Blood Shall He Live
The Torah obligates us to do everything possible to save lives, including incurring financial loss (in fact, according to the Chafetz Chaim[1], a person is obligated to spend all of his money to fulfill this mitzvah)...
Natural vs. Unnatural Actions in Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos
There is a well-known Machlokes Rishonim regarding Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos. According to some Rishonim, Shabbos is “Dechuya” (overridden) in cases of Pikuach Nefesh, while according to others it is “Hutra” (completely...
