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Rabbi Yosef Sprung
Rabbi Yossi SprungBeis Din and the Hippocratic Oath
Vayikra 5779 “If a person will sin and will hear the sound of an oath, and he is a witness – either he saw or he knew – if he does not testify, he shall bear his iniquity.” (Vayikra 5:1) This Posuk teaches that a person...
Guarding Health to Guard The Soul
Vaetchanan 5779 “But you shall greatly beware (“v’Nishmartem”) for your souls, for you did not see any likeness on the day Hashem spoke to you at Chorev, from the midst of the fire.” (Devarim 4:15) Paragraph...
Are Bandages or Hair Implants a Chatzitza for Tefillin?
Tetzaveh 5779 “You shall place the Mitznefes on his head and put the crown of sanctity upon the Mitznefes” (Shemos 29:6) One of the common sha’alos in Hilchos Tefillin is: if a person has a bandage on his head (due to a...
Kidney Donation & Bal Tashchis
Shoftim 5779 “When you besiege a city for many days to wage war against it to seize it, do not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them, for from it you will eat, and you shall not cut it down.” (Devarim 20:19...
Are Patient Rounds Bikur Cholim?
Reeh 5779 “You shall follow Hashem your God and you shall fear Him…” (Devarim 13:5) The Gemara (Sotah 14a) derives from the words “You shall follow Hashem” that a person should endeavor to emulate Hashem’s Midos...
