Rationalist Medical Halacha

My goal with this series is not to determine the permissibility of abortions in halacha.  Rather, I am going to take you on a journey of wha...

I have been thinking for a long time exactly how to approach the topic of abortion in this blog. The two topics that we have already discuss...

I started this discussion of treating a goy on shabbos with a description of my learning and research throughout my career, and the moral di...

Please allow me to briefly interrupt this series with a tefillah for the safety of our fellow Jews and human beings that are in harms way in...

We summarized in our last post the opinion of the Meiri regarding how one is supposed to relate to gentiles in contemporary times.  I will g...

Please forgive me if I delay a few days between posts.  Sometimes my work keeps me bogged down and makes it difficult for me to keep up with...

In our last post we reviewed the halachos of treating a goy on shabbos.  Now let me change gears a little bit and talk about my experience i...