Vayelech 5780 Moshe spoke these words to all of Israel. He said to them, “I am a hundred and twenty years old today; I can no longer go out and come in”… (Devarim 31:1-2) Although this Pasuk implies that Moshe was...
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Rabbi Yosef Sprung
The Risk-Averse Physician
Ki-Teitzei 5780 “…and so shall you do for any lost article of your brother that may become lost from him and you find it; you cannot hide yourself.” Devarim 22:3 Many readers are familiar with the famous Derasha...
Tattoo Removal and Erasing the Shem Hashem
Reeh 5780 You shall break apart their altars; you shall smash their pillars; and their sacred trees shall you burn in the fire; their carved images shall you cut down; and you shall obliterate their names from that...
Preventive Medicine and Disease Screening
Vaetchanan 5780 “But you shall greatly beware for your souls.” (Devarim 4:15) In our essay for Parshas Va’eschanan last year[1], we focused on the Mitzva found in the Posuk above – “v’Nishmartem M’od l’Nafshoseichem” –...
All in the Family
Matot-Masei 5780 The daughters of Tzelafchad, as described in the Posuk above, married their first cousins. Previously, Moshe Rabbenu had been told that they could “marry whomever was good in their eyes, but they should...
Inserting Vascular Catheters on Shabbat
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...
