פרשת וירא תש”פ ותאמר מי מלל לאברהם היניקה בנים שרה כי ילדתי בן לזקוניו (בראשית כא, ז) בעבר, הנקה הייתה צורת ההזנה הבלעדית של תינוקות. עבור תינוקות שלא יכלו לינוק מאמם, היה צורך בשירותיה של מינקת. ללא חלב אם חייו...
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Rabbi Yosef Sprungדרכו של רבינו בעל המנחת אשר באיסור החשמל בשבת
פרשת בראשית תשפ”א וַיִּיצֶר ה’ אֱלֹקים אֶת הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה (בראשית ב, ז) הקשר שבין הגוף שיסודו מן העפר לבין נשמת החיים שהקדוש...
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Waiting to Perform Hefsek Taharah Following Artificial Insemination
Yisro 5779 “Moshe descended from the mountain to the people. He sanctified the people and they washed their clothing. He said to the people, ‘Be ready for a three-day period; do not approach a woman.” “Do not approach a...
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...
Payment for Medical Treatment on Shabbos
Vayakel 5779 “For six days, work may be done, but the seventh day shall be holy for you – a day of complete rest for Hashem. Whoever does work on it shall be put to death.” (Shemos 35:2) Paragraph The...
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...
Giving Up One’s Life for Kiddush Hashem
Vaeira 5779 The Higher Perspective of the Mitzva of V’chai Bahem – ‘And you shall live by them’. (Danger to life overrides all of the sins in the Torah) ‘The river shall swarm with frogs, and they shall ascend and...
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...
To Give is To Receive
Trumah 5779 ‘Speak to the Children of Israel and let them take for me a portion; from every man whose heart motivates him you shall take my portion.’ ...
