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קביעת רגע המוות (מהדורה מורחבת - חדש!)

Editor: Rabbi Mordechai Halperin, MD

Collection of Essays on Establshing the Moment of Death.

416 pp., hard cover. 2007

רפואה והלכה: הלכה למעשה

This volume contains numerous important articles in the field of medicine and halacha. Most of them first appeared in various periodicals and other publications of the Schlesinger Institute. A note indicating its source is appended to each article. The volume is arranged in seven subject areas and includes a subject index as well as instruction for further search options at the Schlesinger Institute internet site.

Part I: Lifesaving – Important articles including an article on Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach’s approach to lifesaving and an article on the status of embryos.

Part II: Mental Health in Halacha – Important articles including a significant part of Rabbi Farbstein’s book on mental competence, an article on homosexual tendencies, and others.

Part III: Genetics, Stem Cells, and Cloning – Including the article on stem cells from the updated edition of Prof. Steinberg’s Encyclopaedia of Medicine and Halacha, the Report of Bioethics Advisory Committee on the use of embryonic stem cells, and other important articles.

Part IV: Circumcision – Articles dealing with washing the baby, metzitza, anaesthesia, the article on circumcision from Prof. Steinberg’s Encyclopaedia of Medicine and Halacha, and responsa.

Part V: AIDS – Responsa regarding AIDS, AIDS in the family, compulsory screening, and the treatment of AIDS patients.

Part VI: The Terminal Patient – The article on terminal patients from Prof. Steinberg’s Encyclopaedia of Medicine and Halacha, the halachic basis for the legislation on terminally ill patients, the text of the legislation, and more.

Part VII: Shabbat and Festivals – Articles on visiting the sick on Shabbat, massage and physiotherapy on Shabbat, clarification of cases involving threat to life on Shabbat, and artificial alimentation on Yom Kippur.

אנציקלופדיה הלכתית-רפואית - מהדורה חדשה

Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics (Hebrew)

By Avraham Steinberg, M.D.

Medical practice from the point of view of halacha and Jewish thought, thoroughly covering sources from Scripture through the whole of ancient, medieval, and modern rabbinic literature. Systematic surveys of related medical, scientific, philosophical, ethical, and legal material.

Articles in the Encyclopedia are in alphabetical order and cover a wide range of topics both for the medical professional and the patient. Combines halachic and medical knowledge, with full references for both. Covers the whole field, including medical, scientific, philosophical, ethical, and legal material, from Scripture and Talmud through the most recent sources.

An invaluable reference tool, including thousands of references.

Among the articles: Paternity, Suicide, Autonomy and Free Will, Hospitals, Genetics, Religion and Science, Consent, Abortions, IVF, Organ Transplantation, Conflict of Halacha and Science, Old Age, The Patient, Embalming, Malpractice, Pain, Kashrut and Shabbat, Birth, Medical Education, Human Sexuality, Limited Resources, Medical Experimentation on Humans, Surgery, Confidentiality, Fertility, Lifesaving, Causing Pain to Animals, Triage, Defining Death, Physicians, General and Jewish Ethics, and much more.

The Encyclopedia is vital for physicians, lawyers, ethicists, and halachists both in Israel and abroad.

סדרת ספרי אסיא - עשרה כרכים

ASSIA Book Series

These 10 volumes include articles which have appeared in the 16 volumes of the ASSIA Journal. Organized by topic, with indices. Among the topics in this series: Shabbat and Festival; Women and Fertility; Organ Transplantation; Premature Birth; Old Age in Judaism; Pathology in the Talmud; Smoking; Post-Mortem Surgery; Skin Banks; Male Fertility; Medical Ethics; Defining Death; Book Reviews; annotated bibliographies of medical halachic material covering the years 5733-5754; and much more.

סדרת נשמת אברהם על ארבעת חלקי השו"ע - מהדורה חדשה

Nishmat Abraham - Updated & expanded edition

By Prof. A.S. Abraham, M.D., F.R.C.P

Since the publication of the first volume of Nishmat Avraham some 25 years ago, the rapid advances in medicine each with it's own halachic questions and problems, the numerous new and unpublished responsa, both written and oral that the author received from the major poskim of today such as Rav Sh.Z. Auerbach and Rav Waldenberg zt"l, Rav Eliashiv, Rav Ovadia Yosef, Rav Wosner and Rav Neuwirth shlita and the need to collate them, each under its own section of the Shulchan Aruch, made this new expanded edition a must.

Over 40% of this four volume set of Nishmat Avraham on Medical Halacha (almost 3000 pages) consists of new responsa and new medical halachic rulings. As before, it is a commentary on the four sections of the Shulchan Aruch with detailed references from the Talmud through Rishonim and Acharonim. In it one can find thousands of rulings gleaned from the vast sea of halachic literature, including the most up-to-date material from great contemporary authorities all over the world such as Rav M. Feinstein zt"l as well as from the poskim mentioned above.

Problems as far ranging as the doctor and patient on weekdays and Shabbat, Yom Kippur and Pesach, in the hospital or at home, hospice, end of life and brain death, pregnancy and assisted reproduction, contraception and abortion, brit milah and the medical problems of niddah, medical malpractice and claims, genetic engineering and cloning, DNA and stem cells, AIDS and herpes, the threatened doctor and the psychiatric patient, Hatzalah and preventive medicine and their attendant problems in halacha are but some of the issues discussed by the author.

The opinions of all these leading authorities are of particular importance in this survey which covers virtually every issue in medical halacha. Their views are comprehensively summarized on each point, elucidating the underlying principles of contemporary issues. Thus it is ideal for structuring a systematic syllabus. In addition, its extensive and detailed indices make it a perfect reference and research tool.

The set should be required for every halachist and health professional.

מדריך כיס: דיני הרופא בשבת וביום-טוב

Halachot for the Physician on the Sabbath and Festivals

By A.S. Abraham, M.D., F.R.C.P.

A pocket guidebook of medical halacha. 128 pp., soft cover, 1995.

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מדריך כיס: דיני החולה בשבת, ביום - טוב וביום הכיפורים

Halachot for the Patient on the Sabbath, Festivals and Yom-Kippur

By A.S. Abraham, M.D., F.R.C.P.

A pocket guidebook of medical halacha. 176 pp., soft cover, 1995.

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אסופת מאמרים לקראת הכינוס הבינלאומי הראשון – עברית ואנגלית

Collections of Essays for The First International colloquium on Medicine, Ethics and Jewish Law (Hebrew and English in one book)

Edited by Rabbi M. Halperin, M.D.

Collection of Essays on: male infertility, organ transplantation, AIDS, psychiatry, fetal defects and death problems. 494 pp., soft cover.

ספר הכינוס הבינלאומי הראשון לרפואה, אתיקה והלכה

Proceedings from the First International Colloquium on Medicine, Ethics and Jewish Law (1993)

Edited by Rabbi M. Halperin, M.D., and Rabbi D. Fink, Ph.D.

Topics covered in the July 1993 Colloquium: male infertility, AIDS, organ transplantation, psychiatry, dentistry, fetal defects, and the terminally ill patient. Essays include the medical and legal background to each topic as well as responsa. 301 pp., hard cover.

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אסופת מאמרים לקראת הכינוס הבינלאומי השני

Second International Colloquium on Medicine, Ethics and Jewish Law: Collection of Essays (1996)

Edited by Rabbi M. Halperin, M.D., and Y. Primer.

Background materials published in preparation for the 1996 colloquium. Topics include: the contributions of the late Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, surrogate motherhood, alternative medicine, medical malpractice, allocation of scarce resources, medical experimentation, and the end of life. 730 pp., hard cover.

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הפתולוגיה בתלמוד ובנושאי כליו

Chapters in the Pathology of the Talmud

By Prof. Avraham Steinberg

Halachic explanations and medical interpretations pertaining to pathological knowledge in Jewish law, presented in modern medical terminology with detailed references. Vital medical halachic material for anyone interested in Hullin and Bechorot.

The sages of the Talmud contributed to medicine mostly in the field of anatomical pathology. They were pioneers in this area, one thousand years before its development in modern medicine. Some of the Talmudic rabbis devoted years to studying anatomy and pathology in both animals and humans. One said that he spent eighteen months on a farm to learn how to distinguish permanent from passing lesions (Sanh. 5b). The Talmudic rabbis were among the first to perform on humans post-mortem, embryonic, gynecological, GI examinations, and more.

In addition, they broadly studied animal anatomy and pathology to establish the principles of kashrut.

The Talmud describes a wide variety of pathological conditions, some of them rare. Published in the year 5735, the book combines medical, halachic, and historical perspectives, providing a complete picture of the Talmudic sources.

Invaluable for those already trained in anatomy and halacha.

94 pp. Hard cover.

הזיקנה ביהדות

Old Age in Judaism

Originating from the First National Conference on Aging in Judaism, and including: Geriatric Patients, Retirement, Triage, Pathology, Alzheimer and much more.

113 pp. Hard cover.