Questions tagged [medicine]
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Unclean due to an organ transplant, in the context of the rebuilt temple
This question pertains to a related question.
Leviticus 7:20-21 says:
כ וְהַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר-תֹּאכַל בָּשָׂר, מִזֶּבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים אֲשֶׁר לַיהוָה, וְטֻמְאָתוֹ, עָלָיו--וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא,...
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Acceptable to receive transplant of organs grown inside pigs?
If scientists could grow human organs inside of pigs, would it be halachically acceptable to receive a transplant of such an organ?
A recent article in National Public Radio about US and British ...
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If someone is halachically dead and then resuscitated, does his wife need a get to be divorced (is she already a widow)? [duplicate]
If someone is considered halichically dead (apparently this is somewhat of a dispute), and then he is "brought back" through modern day medical techniques, does his wife need a get to be divorced, or ...
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Are Lactaid tablets Chametz Gamur?
I have a veritable million little lactaid chewable tablets sitting around my house. I cannot find a single person who is clear on whether or not they're chametz Gamur, or even Kitniyot for that matter....
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Rav Moshe's Psak on Fertility Treatments
I recently read an interview with Rav Dovid Feinstein and he referenced a two year period of Rav Moshe's life that were troubling due to backlash he received following a controversial psak regarding ...
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Are there any halachic issues involved with using jscreen?
jscreen.org is an organization that provides genetic testing for Jews to help potential spouses better know if their children might have the potential to develop different diseases.
The issue is that ...
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Difference Between Brit and Medical Circumcision
I have recently encountered a number of non-Jews who were protesting circumcision in front of the U.S. White House. While I found most of their notions somewhat absurd, I was given pause to question ...
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How to determine that someone is a גוסס?
Is there any article or guidebook that tells how to determine that a sick person has reached the stage of being a גוסס (gosess) to the extent that any kohen present should leave?
A gosess is a ...
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Info on Levonah
Considering the current parshios mentioning of Levonah (Frankincense, Olibanum), I decided to look into it a bit.
According to the wiki entry here there are therapeutic and medicinal properties ...
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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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An obligation to intervene?
I was posed a hypothetical question about medical ethics today. I am not looking for a psak as much as for sources on the discussion about halachic responsibility.
Case 1:
You are personally told by ...
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Peru Urevu Halacha question [duplicate]
If a jewish male donates sperm to a jewish couple who cannot have children for whatever purpose. By donating sperm does the donor fulfill the mitzvah of Peru Eruvu?
If the answer is yes, then the ...
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What is the basis to allow heart transplatation?
If someone needs a heart transplantation, we first need to take off his old heart. At this very moment, the person is halakhically dead since he/she has no heart. A heart transplantation is therefore ...
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Yichud with a transgender person?
Suppose there was a man, A, that underwent an operation whereby afterwards A now considers themselves female. Suppose one is generally unclear as to the specifics of the operation, but that A ...
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Are there any sources for a story about an angel coming down and healing people at a pool? [closed]
The Christians have a story about an angel coming down to a pool (at Bethesda) and dispensing healing. (It sounds like they were anticipating this event.) Are there any Jewish sources for this story?...
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Healing in the Torah and Talmud, how to receive healing from Hashem? [closed]
Healing in the Torah and Talmud, how to receive it? We see many in the Torah are healed by Hashem. I wonder is there some knowledge how to receive it and what is the connection? Like if you have pain ...
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Homeopathic or unscientific medicine on shabbos
On shabbos there is a rabbinic prohibition against doing many medicinal things. Is the whole requirement that he is doing it for medicine and that it looks medicinal, or must it actually be ...
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Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery is a medical procedure with the purpose of alteration or restoring the form of the body. But can everyone change the shape of their body and make it look like they want to?
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Use tefillin without permission?
May one use another person's tefillin without his permission to perform the mitzvah of donning the tefillin?
What if you have a skin condition such as eczema?
If somebody did end up borrowing your ...
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Is one allowed to have his child take a non-kosher oral vaccine if the law requires it to attend school?
Many state laws require that toddlers be vaccinated prior to attending elementary school.
Years ago, the Sabin Polio oral vaccine was used. I'm uncertain if oral vaccines are used, now. Let's say ...
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Why does medical marijuana need a kosher supervision?
Today, NY State joined several others in opening clinics to dispense medical marijuana. Distribution of this is restricted to patients who have severe illnesses such as Parkinson's Disease, epilepsy, ...
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Is it permissible to listen to a Rabbi instead of a doctor?
Recently, an article published on a popular Jewish website, told the story of man who was told by a doctor that he needed to have surgery. He went to a Gadol Hador (great Rabbi) to ask him for advice ...
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The question of euthanasia
How does the law treat euthanasia for palliative patients? Is it ok to ask for it and how would the act be treated (as a murder or ?)
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May a normally impotent Jewish man marry if he can use Viagra?
This is a question regarding the marriageability of a Jewish man who knows he has ED. Does the Law say he must still be naturally capable of sexual intercourse without chemical assistance in order to ...
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Yom Kippur and IV drips
This is a somewhat silly question, but I'm sure it has a good answer and I'd like to know what it is.
Unfortunately, I was hospitalized recently and I ended up being in hospital over Yom Kippur. (...
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What is the bracha for a petroleum-derived product?
Suppose I am taking an antidepressant medication, and my research indicates that it is produced by a complex synthesis beginning with the substances propionic acid and benzene.
As an antidepressant, ...
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Sources that permit applying sunscreen on shabbos?
Since it's put on to prevent medical conditions, are there recognized halachic authorities who say that applying sunscreen (a cream NOT lotion) is muttar (permitted) on shabbos?
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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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Caffeine pills vs. suppositories on Yom Kippur
It seems to be commonplace today for people to use caffeine suppositories on Yom Kippur, in order to deal with caffeine withdrawal from not being able to drink coffee.
I have to assume that this is ...
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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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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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taking off a band-aid for washing of hands for bread?
when one needs to wash his hands for bread, and he currently has a band-aid on his hand, to keep a cut covered to avoid infection, does he need to remove the band-aid for the washing process?
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Medically treating a 'rodef' (/terrorist)
Although this is done routinely in Israel, is a doctor halachically allowed to treat a terrorist that has been injured, given that they would be considered a rodef. Or is rodef an 'in the act' status, ...
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Medicine before davening
Suppose the doctor prescribes some medicine (consumed orally) that is supposed to be taken "first thing in the morning." It would still be effective if you waited until after davening to take it, but ...
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Can one schedule an operation on Motza'ei Shabbat?
Some operations require fasting an entire day. I understand that one is not allowed to fast on Shabbat (except on Yom Kippur.)
The scenario:
Let's say a patient needs has had knee osteoarthritis. It ...
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Can one take "pre-op" medicine on Shabbat?
As an extension of this M.Y. question,
Can one take medication on Shabbat on preparation for a procedure that occurs the next day or in a few days?
For example, can one take:
amoxicillin for oral ...
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Is there a way to minimize soreness or getting a lip blister from blowing the shofar?
Each year after I blow the shofar on Rosh Hashannah, the area on my lip at the right corner of my mouth where the shofar had rested gets very sore and sometimes I get a small blister which is a bit ...
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Can I donate blood on yom tov?
The next blood donation clinic at my university is on Rosh Hashana and not for particular recipients. Would donating blood be halachically sound?
I don't think I could anyway because of all the ...
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Performing a C-section in the Time of Chazal
The Mishna (Bekhorot 8:2) refers to two children born to the same mother, the first by C-section and the second by regular delivery. The Rambam famously comments that it seems exceedingly strange to ...
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Do any halachot change for a eunuch?
Do any halachot change if a man becomes (or is born) a eunuch? For example is he rabbinically allowed to listen to a woman's singing voice or be exposed to other sexually stimulating things if he is ...
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Is one allowed to wear a medical emergency bracelet or necklace on Shabbat?
Let's say a person has allergies (such as penicillin). He is in good health, currently. However, if he were unconscious, EMT technicians would want to know about such info as this would affect the ...
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Can a woman clean her father, when he is naked, if he cannot?
Let's say an elderly man needs to be cleaned: he cannot clean himself because of extreme weakness. Can his daughter do this or must she hire someone else?
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Receiving an Aliyah/Dukhening While Wearing a Catheter
Can a man wearing a catheter Dukhen (say the priestly blessing) or get an Aliyah?
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The catheter drains urine through tubing to a bag attached to the body. Everything is hidden ...
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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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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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Getting heat rash from tefillin
Summer is here, and it seems to have brought me some problems.
I seem to be getting heat rash from my tfillin shel yad. During, and for another half hour or so after davening, my arm gets all red and ...
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Surgery During the "The Three Weeks" and Tisha b'Av
Are there restrictions having surgery during the "Three Weeks" and Tisha b'Av? What are the sources for restrictions/limitations if there any?
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Kosher nicotine replacement therapy?
I've tried to quit nicotine cold turkey and find it difficult. Are there any replacement therapies -- such as nicotine gum or lozenges -- that are kosher? Aside from possible kashrut issues, are ...
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What does the Rambam mean by בשרו חם?
In Hilkhot De'ot 3:7 (3:2 in non-Yemenite versions) the Rambam writes:
For example, a person with warm constitution (בשרו חם) should not eat meat or
honey...
What exactly is meant by "warm ...
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Can Kohanim enter a hospital?
As a Cohen is prohibited from deliberately defiling himself through contact with a dead body, may he enter a hospital where there is a high probability that someone might die and render the Cohen ...
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