Rabbi Yosef Sprung
One of the more complex questions in the Halachos of Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos arises when the danger is neither obvious nor immediate. A person encounters a potential risk that, under certain circumstances, could...
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The International Dateline and Yom Kippur in Japan – Part II
A Case Study in Halachic Decision-Making When Life Is at Risk The Appeal from Kobe and the Two Rulings Throughout 1941, Jewish refugees arrived in Japan, among them students of the Mir Yeshiva. They had traveled through...
The International Dateline and Yom Kippur in Japan – Part I
On the eve of Yom Kippur in 1941, leading Poskim faced an extraordinary question: On which day should Jews in Japan fast? According to the local calendar, Yom Kippur fell on Wednesday, but according to the Chazon Ish’s...
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How Dangerous Is It?
One of the more complex questions in the Halachos of Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos arises when the danger is neither obvious nor immediate. A person encounters a potential risk that, under certain circumstances, could...
The International Dateline and Yom Kippur in Japan – Part II
A Case Study in Halachic Decision-Making When Life Is at Risk The Appeal from Kobe and the Two Rulings Throughout 1941, Jewish refugees arrived in Japan, among them students of the Mir Yeshiva. They had traveled through...
The International Dateline and Yom Kippur in Japan – Part I
On the eve of Yom Kippur in 1941, leading Poskim faced an extraordinary question: On which day should Jews in Japan fast? According to the local calendar, Yom Kippur fell on Wednesday, but according to the Chazon Ish’s...
A Collection of Rulings from Maran Rav Asher Weiss Shlit”a, Regarding Yom Kippur for Cholim – Part 3
The earlier parts of this essay discussed general guidelines, Shiurim, suitable foods for a Choleh when fasting is forbidden, artificial feeding, and several specific conditions. F. Patients with very advanced age...
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How Dangerous Is It?
One of the more complex questions in the Halachos of Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos arises when the danger is neither obvious nor immediate. A person encounters a potential risk that, under certain circumstances, could...
The International Dateline and Yom Kippur in Japan – Part II
A Case Study in Halachic Decision-Making When Life Is at Risk The Appeal from Kobe and the Two Rulings Throughout 1941, Jewish refugees arrived in Japan, among them students of the Mir Yeshiva. They had traveled through...
The International Dateline and Yom Kippur in Japan – Part I
On the eve of Yom Kippur in 1941, leading Poskim faced an extraordinary question: On which day should Jews in Japan fast? According to the local calendar, Yom Kippur fell on Wednesday, but according to the Chazon Ish’s...
A Collection of Rulings from Maran Rav Asher Weiss Shlit”a, Regarding Yom Kippur for Cholim – Part 3
The earlier parts of this essay discussed general guidelines, Shiurim, suitable foods for a Choleh when fasting is forbidden, artificial feeding, and several specific conditions. F. Patients with very advanced age...
A Collection of Rulings from Maran Rav Asher Weiss Shlit”a, Regarding Yom Kippur for Cholim – Part 2
The first portion of this essay[1] covered General Guidelines (including how a Choleh may gauge in advance whether he can fast, why the treating physician’s judgment carries special weight, and how to understand a...
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How Dangerous Is It?
One of the more complex questions in the Halachos of Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos arises when the danger is neither obvious nor immediate. A person encounters a potential risk that, under certain circumstances, could...
The International Dateline and Yom Kippur in Japan – Part II
A Case Study in Halachic Decision-Making When Life Is at Risk The Appeal from Kobe and the Two Rulings Throughout 1941, Jewish refugees arrived in Japan, among them students of the Mir Yeshiva. They had traveled through...
The International Dateline and Yom Kippur in Japan – Part I
On the eve of Yom Kippur in 1941, leading Poskim faced an extraordinary question: On which day should Jews in Japan fast? According to the local calendar, Yom Kippur fell on Wednesday, but according to the Chazon Ish’s...
A Collection of Rulings from Maran Rav Asher Weiss Shlit”a, Regarding Yom Kippur for Cholim – Part 3
The earlier parts of this essay discussed general guidelines, Shiurim, suitable foods for a Choleh when fasting is forbidden, artificial feeding, and several specific conditions. F. Patients with very advanced age...
A Collection of Rulings from Maran Rav Asher Weiss Shlit”a, Regarding Yom Kippur for Cholim – Part 2
The first portion of this essay[1] covered General Guidelines (including how a Choleh may gauge in advance whether he can fast, why the treating physician’s judgment carries special weight, and how to understand a...
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Rabbi Yosef SprungThe International Dateline and Yom Kippur in Japan – Part II
A Case Study in Halachic Decision-Making When Life Is at Risk The Appeal from Kobe and the Two Rulings Throughout 1941, Jewish refugees arrived in Japan, among them students of the Mir Yeshiva. They had traveled through...
A Collection of Rulings from Maran Rav Asher Weiss Shlit”a, Regarding Yom Kippur for Cholim – Part 3
The earlier parts of this essay discussed general guidelines, Shiurim, suitable foods for a Choleh when fasting is forbidden, artificial feeding, and several specific conditions. F. Patients with very advanced age...
Home Hospice: A Kohen’s Dilemma – Part II
[Editor’s note: In Part I, we introduced the question of a Kohen whose mother-in-law is terminally ill and expected to receive palliative care in his home: may he bring her into his own home, given the concern that the...
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How Dangerous Is It?
One of the more complex questions in the Halachos of Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos arises when the danger is neither obvious nor immediate. A person encounters a potential risk that, under certain circumstances, could...
The International Dateline and Yom Kippur in Japan – Part I
On the eve of Yom Kippur in 1941, leading Poskim faced an extraordinary question: On which day should Jews in Japan fast? According to the local calendar, Yom Kippur fell on Wednesday, but according to the Chazon Ish’s...
A Collection of Rulings from Maran Rav Asher Weiss Shlit”a, Regarding Yom Kippur for Cholim – Part 2
The first portion of this essay[1] covered General Guidelines (including how a Choleh may gauge in advance whether he can fast, why the treating physician’s judgment carries special weight, and how to understand a...
