First, Do No Harm
I recently recorded a lecture, and published an article, on the Halachah of malpractice; as usual, both are available, along with my lecture notes, at the Internet Archive. The former covers both...
View ArticleAvoiding צרעת Like the Plague
Artscroll declares: For hundreds of years, the popular translation of צרעת [tzaraas] has been “leprosy,” and it was commonly accepted that prevention of the disease’s spread was the reason for the...
View ArticleThere Is That Is Destroyed Unjustly
For S.B., who is blameless and has not yet tasted sin. A provocative Talmudic agadah asserts that some deaths are unjust, citing as an example the bizarre tale of a minion of the Angel of Death whose...
View ArticleAlicorns and Amulets
From the NetHack Wiki: A unicorn horn (or unihorn) is an important tool for curing your adventurer. … For medical application Cures from uncursed and blessed application An uncursed or blessed unicorn...
View ArticleOf מקרה and Medicine
My weekly halachah column for this past parashas Behukosai: Parashas Bechukosai begins with Hashem’s promises that if we obey His statutes and commandments, He will bestow upon us all manner of...
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