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Halachically dead & Yibum
From organ donation discussions I learned that some don't view brain death as death and only view the cessation of the heart's beating to be death.
According to that, if someone's heart was stopped a …
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Pekuach nefesh and punishment
The Sanhedrin is in place.
There is a plague going round and only one doctor has the skills to cure it. Unfortunately, this doctor is a wanton desecrator of Shabbos and has violated it in the presenc …
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Is one obligated in a promise to do an issur made pekuach nefesh?
Chaim has an exotic disease for which the only possible cure is an experimental drug.
The drug company will permit him to enter the study as long as he agrees that if he dies, he releases his body for …
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May I intentionally generate saliva on Yom Kippur
By swishing my tongue around my mouth, I can trick my glands into exuding saliva. I can then swallow this and trick my body into thinking it has drank.
Is this saliva Nolad for the purpose of Shabbos …
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Elisha's Staff and Revival
the staff wouldn't do anything but he had it placed to either a) Make some kind of placebo to calm down the parents or b) "claim" the patient so voodoo faith healers wouldn't attempt to perform quack medicine …
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May a woman with artifical metal legs wear a short skirt or pants?
May a woman (or a man) wear immodest clothing over an artificial part of her body?
(Lets assume that beged ish is not a consideration)
i.e. if she has artifical legs, may she wear short shorts?
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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 for …