Shoftim 5780 Judges and officers shall you appoint in all your cities which Hashem your G-d gives you for your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. (Devarim 16:18) A Dayan (rabbinical...
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Fasting AMA (Against Medical Advice)
Devarim 5780 “You shall not tremble before any man, for judgment is God’s.” (Devarim 1:17) This Posuk obligates the Dayanim of Beis Din not to fear the litigants that stand before them, even if they are powerful or...
A Doctor’s Salary
Pinchas 5780 The Gemara (Bechoros 29a) famously rules that one may not take compensation for performing Mitzvos. This is derived from the Pasuk, “See, I have taught you statutes and laws just as Hashem...
Pikuach Nefesh After a Suicide Attempt
Kedoshim 5779 “You shall not stand over the blood of your friend.” (Vayikra 19:16) This Posuk serves as one of the sources for the Mitzva of saving human life (Sanhedrin 74a). Elsewhere, Chaza”l derive this Mitzva from...
The Conduct of Medical Practitioners in Cases Where Halacha is at Odds with the Law of the Land
Shemot 5779 ‘And the midwives feared G-d and they did not do as the king of Egypt spoke to them, and they kept the boys alive’...