Questions tagged [medicine]
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Is general anesthesia or coma considered sleep?
Is general anesthesia or coma considered Halachicly as sleep and in what aspects (like should one say Hamapil before or Birkas Hatorah after or wash hands etc)?
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Is altering human genetics wrong in Judaism?
So, our colonists of the oceanic planet Mayim (yes, that's its name), of whom every single one is a Jew, have encountered a problem: there is no more room on the buoyant-colony-thing that they live in,...
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Charlie Gard's parents from a Halachic Perspective
As this question is somewhat extensive, I have divided the post into headers in order to make it easier to read and follow.
Background
Charlie Gard is a British baby who has a rare genetic disorder ...
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Is one allowed to brush teeth on yom kippur with toothpaste without any water?
Is one allowed to brush teeth on Yom Kippur with toothpaste on a toothbrush without rinsing toothbrush before and without rinsing mouth after? What if its prescription which I would think probably ...
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Can members of Hatzolah learn how to deliver a baby?
This seems like a very simple thing. Is there anything wrong with male members of Hatzolah (a frum Jewish emergency medical organization) learning how to deliver a baby? I recently heard that Rabbonim ...
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Is there an obligation to reattach a severed body part?
If a part of a person's body is severed for whatever reason, is there an obligation on the person who lost it to reattach it?
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responsibility for passing on a virus (medical)
Would one be obligated to pay any of the five types of damages paid upon wounding someone, if they were to infect that someone with a viral/bacterial disease, whether through:
Peshia (negligence)?
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Fasting for Medical Recovery
Yesterday, a request was publicized in the name of R' Chaim Kanievsky to accept a fast in the afternoon to fast today for the medical recovery of R' Y.S. Elyashiv, unless it interferes with one's ...
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Medicines v. Spices on Shabbos
Medicines are forbidden on shabbos for the non-critically ill because in the old days, they had to be ground with a pestle beforehand.
Must not spices also be ground? How come spices are not also ...
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Doctors losing their licence/ r'shut beit din
Various sources refer to doctors acting with the permission of the beit din; some suggest that this is a mandatory requirement and that it is forbidden to practice medicine without such permission (eg ...
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Donating Blood on Chol Hamo'ed
I was asked to donate platelets this week because the local blood center is looking specifically for my blood type. The only practical time for me is over chol hamo'ed (as I am off from work). I have ...
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Medicines on fast days which need to be taken with food
I had seen on this Halachipedia page in the name of R' Shlomo Zalman Auerbach that one may drink a minimal amount of water, as needed, in order to swallow pills. However, R' Belsky, as quoted in this ...
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Is there a bias against marijuana in the orthodox community?
Note: I'm not trying to promote marijuana. I strongly dislike marijuana and cigarettes and I would never use nor recommend either. I'm concerned about health and the awareness of the dangers of drugs.
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Taking Tylenol on a Taanith: Defining "ill"
With regard to hilkhoth shabbath, a choleh she'ein bo sakana (one with a non-life-threatening illness) is allowed to engage in therapeutic activites, such as taking medication. This is not the case ...
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How to handle cadavers which are highly likely to be Jewish
This question How to handle cadavers asked what should be done where a student had to handle cadavers in their medical (dentistry) classes.
A comment took the view that outside of Israel, the ...
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Difference between 'rafa' and 'ripa'
The root רפא, "heal", is used in various places in Tanach, sometimes in binyan paal and sometimes in binyan piel. I wonder what the difference is between these. Does any Tanach commentator, or the ...
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Two people but only one kidney
if there are two patients about to die of kidney failure and there is only one kidney available, does the halacha have a way to choose who gets the kidney? (such as lottery)
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Vaccines using aborted fetal cells
A friend of mine informed me that a few coronavirus vaccines might have used aborted fetal cells during development and/or production. What I have found by so far is that these cells were grown in ...
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To know in advance when one is a niddah
The gemoro and shulchan aruch has much to say about 'vestos', way to find out in advance when one will be a niddah, which rarely work today. There are modern methods which do work: does one have to ...
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Receiving animal based organ transplants
I was looking at the idea of receiving an organ transplanted from an animal as in this question. One issue which was not raised is that of tum'ah. Though the transplant might be acceptable for many ...
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How can heart transplants be permitted?
Are there authorities who hold that a stopped heart constitutes halachic death, but yet permit heart transplants? Stopping and taking out the recipient's heart would seem to be technically considered ...
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What is the criteria of safek pikuach nefesh?
An expert in a particular field (a doctor, an actuary, etc.) can advise on the risk of mortality from a specific activity of anywhere between 0% and 100%. At what threshold of risk would the halacha ...
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Is the base for bloodletting in the Talmud purely "scientific" or traditional?
Bloodletting (הקזת דם) was a commonplace medical procedure in the Mishnaic times (see Shabbos 129).
It is widely accepted that the ancient healers believed that:
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What medical conditions are considered Treyfah nowadays?
This question is a part of a series on "death hastening".
As I understand, the Treyfah condition in humans is when one is destined to die in the foreseeable future (12 months?) with a high degree of ...
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Neti pot on Yom Kippur?
Can one use a neti pot on Yom Kippur?
It is an ayurvedic technique for clearing the sinuses, basically pouring warm salt water through one nostril and out the other.
It doesn't go into your mouth. ...
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Antibiotics, Strep and Taanit Esther
Can someone with a bacterial infection, such as strep throat, but can not swallow the antibiotics dry or with minimal water, take the medicine using a full glass of water and/or dissolving the ...
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Rinse with baking soda and water on Shabbos?
Are you allowed to mix a pinch of baking soda with water and rinse your mouth with it instead of using mouthwash?
Also there are two way to mix it: place some baking soda on your finger/hand and ...
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Why do we have an appendix according to Torah sources?
Is there any significance in Torah literature, attributed to the appendix and its function in the body?
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Can a kohen have a child by IVF with a divorce. What is the status of the child?
Is there any workaround avialable for thousands of kohanim who want to have children but are older singles and can't get married because of the high percentage of divorcees in the female population ...
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Medical Term for Aylonit איילונית
Is there a modern medical term for an איילונית? Is this someone just lacking female hormones?
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Prayer before a general anaesthetic
Every night, prior to bed, people recite the Shema. Affixed to that recitation is a variety of psukim and brokhes, requesting of Hashem that He ensure that we will sleep well, without any disturbance, ...
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Would cryogenic freezing while still alive be permissible?
As answered here and here, halachic death is defined as an irreversible heart [and/or respiration, and/or brain] cessation.
If so, would cryogenically freezing someone while they're still alive1 be ...
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Does melatonin need to be kosher?
I'm not certain if it's medication or not. I'm speaking of plain, non-flavored powder capsules.
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Medicine Under the Bed
Although the Shulchan Aruch YD (116:5) writes
ולא יתן תבשיל ולא משקים תחת המטה מפני שרוח רעה שורה עליהם - don't put cooked food or drinks under the bed due to ruach ra'ah
does that issue ...
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Medical dental supplies Kashrut for Passover considerations
Should one be suspicious of any dental supplies for being hametz when one goes for a dental appointment during Passover?
Let's put rules of labor and scheduling-for-hol hamoed aside: I'm asking ...
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Chametz on Pesach in products other than food
Is it allowed to have products for cosmetics or medicine which contain elements of what's considered chametz during the Pesach?
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Fast days for a person with an eating disorder
Does anyone know of a posek who has written about people with eating disorders (I know there are many types of eating disorders) or people who have recovered from an eating disorder regarding whether ...
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Taking Tylenol on a Taanis
A choleh she'eyn bo sakana (one with a non-life-threatening illness) is not obligated to fast on any fast other than Yom Kippur (see Mishna Brurah 550:4 and Aruch Hashulchan 550:6). A choleh she'eyn ...
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Does one need a new toothbrush for Pesach or can he scrub his current toothbrush in Listerine?
Must one necessarily use a new toothbrush for Pesach on can he soak the toothbrush and scrub it in Listerine?
AFAIK, Listerine is KP, based on what I saw fairly recently, on I think, Star-K site. ...
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Source for Chazal's Cure for Paralysis
The Chazon Ish was quoted in a shiur as saying that Chazal had the medical knowledge to know how to cure certain paralysis, but it had the side effect of causing sterility. Where is the source for ...
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יהי רצון שיהיה לרפואה on optional pills
Many say יהי רצון שיהיה לרפואה before taking pills and other forms of medicine:
Flavorless medicine, such as pills that you swallow, do not require a blessing—but we do say a prayer that the medicine ...
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Have there been notable Rabbinical opinions on hemp derived CBD oil for personal health?
Marijuana politics is getting complicated in the west with more and more countries legalizing the stuff for both medicinal and personal use.
My question has less to do with Marijuana and more to do ...
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Can a Jewish doctor refuse to treat a wicked non-Jew?
Ignoring any Secular law issues,
Is a Jew obligated to save the life of a wicked non Jew? Does it make a difference whether his refusal will become publicly known?
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If a non-Jew who is a ...
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Is chicken collagen considered fleishig or parve?
I have seen a few brands of Type 2 collagen in a pill form contain chicken collagen. Regarding taking pills, I have asked 2 local rabbanim who agreed with this general rule:
Preferably, one should ...
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If a man passes away and has a lot of acquired assets where do these assets go to?
A man passes away with two children: the elder is a daughter, who has children of her own, and the younger is a son, who is infertile but has adopted.
My question is where do all the deceased's ...
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Children of a Cohen who had a vasectomy
A previously asked question on this site was whether a Cohen who had undergone a vasectomy may get married. Assuming that he is permitted to marry in such a case - if he has a child (through invitro ...
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Must a woman cover her hair during childbirth?
Does a woman need to cover her hair during childbirth or other major medical procedures?
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Ingesting premixed medicine for recreational purposes on Shabbos
Can one ingest usually-medicinal substances for recreational purposes on Shabbos? As a concrete example, consider a pill of Tylenol with codeine (or codeine itself). A person would like to enhance ...
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