Shlach “The Children of Israel were in the wilderness and they found a man gathering wood on the Shabbos day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moshe and Aaron, and to the entire assembly. They placed...
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Performing Medical Procedures on Parents
Mishpatim 5779 ‘And somebody who strikes his father or mother shall surely die’ (Shemos 21:12) Paragraph In this verse we learn of the grave sin of striking one’s father or mother. The Gemara in Sanhedrin (84b-85a)...
Should Midgestation Fetal Surgery be Considered Leidah (Halachic Birth)?
Tazria 5779 “Speak to the Children of Israel saying: When a woman conceives and gives birth to a male, she shall be impure for a seven-day period…” (Vayikra 12:2) There are many laws of the Torah that...
Traveling to and from the Hospital on Shabbos
Balak 5780 Doctors, nurses, and members of Hatzala often need to carry out their work on Shabbos. Medical personnel are sometimes unable to avoid Shabbos hospital shifts, or are summoned on Shabbos to attend to a...
End-of-Life Issues: Who Decides?
Vayechi 5781 And the time approached for Yisrael to die, so he called for his son, for Yosef, and said to him, “Please – if I have found favor in your eyes – please place your hand under my thigh and do kindness and...
Sweet Dreams
Mikeitz 5781 And Pharaoh said to Yosef, “I dreamt a dream, but no one can interpret it. Now I heard said of you that you comprehend a dream to interpret it.” (Bereishis 41:15) Parshas Mikeitz opens with the famous...
