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Category: Health
Are Non-Kosher Animals Permitted for Organ Transplants?
Are non-kosher animals permitted for organ transplants? Rabbi Shai Cherry explains the recent teshuvah from the CJLS.
Rav Shai Cherry
July 10, 2024
Animals
CJLS
Mourning a Miscarriage
While there are no specific rituals for mourning a miscarriage, there are practices and rituals to use in that time that can help healing.
Rabbi Miriam C. Berkowitz
June 19, 2024
Children
Death and Dying
What does Judaism say about Abortion?
An overview of what Judaism says about abortion based on the decisions and analysis of the Rabbinical Assembly.
Rabbi Susan Grossman
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Rabbi Avram Israel Reisner
December 10, 2023
CJLS
Halakhah
What Does the Month of Iyar Have to Do with Healing?
Iyar and healing refer not just to a named ailment, but overall wellness and health both internally and externally.
Risa Finkelstein Sugarman
May 14, 2023
Health
Illness
Fasting While Ill
It is considered forbidden to fast on fast days if injurious to one’s health, for the sake of performing positive commandments.
Rabbi Carl Astor
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The Observant Life (Book)
May 10, 2023
Fasting on Tisha B'av
Health
Jewish Viewpoints on Serious Illness
We give thanks to God every day for the gift of life, but recognize that we are mortal and that illness and death will come.
Rabbi Carl Astor
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 10, 2023
Health
Illness
Jewish Customs Showing Care for People who are Ill
Visiting the sick is counted as one of the mitzvot that is rewarded both in this world and also in the World to Come.
Rabbi Carl Astor
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 10, 2023
Health
Illness
Hold Onto This Rope
Rabbi Jessica Fisher reflects on the overturning of Roe: Mitzvot are a rope tossed overboard to haul us up from the depths and back to ...
Rabbi Jessica Fisher
August 10, 2022
Health
Living
Before a Prayer for our Country: A reflection on the Repeal of Roe
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld shares his reflection, before the prayer for our country, on the impact and our civic obligation.
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
August 5, 2022
Health
Living
I Cried: A Reflection on the Overturning of Roe
Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal reflects on the overturning of Roe, the emotions she experienced, and the wisdom of Rabbi Chanina.
Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal
August 5, 2022
Health
Living
The Four Questions and Living with Mental Illness
We have the opportunity to help teens create long-lasting positive connections to the very traditions they are appropriately questioning.
Risa Finkelstein Sugarman
March 31, 2022
Health
Illness
Freedom and Food Allergies
How is one with food allergies supposed to feel free when they can’t partake in the matzo balls, charoset, cake, or anything else?
Rachel Packer
March 29, 2022
Food
Health