Lice, Treifot, and Premature Babies: Halacha and Mistakes about Science

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November 07 2013
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1h 3min 49s
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Gemara:
Shabbat 
Halacha:
Science & Medicine,  Shabbat,  Zmanim 
Machshava:
Science & Medicine 

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Methodology of Psak Halacha (Yeshivat Har Etzion): What happens when the scientific assumptions Halacha is based on turn out to be faulty? This shiur deals with some of the most famous instances and different approaches that can be taken. This is the fifth shiur in the series.

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