Halacha:

Medical Ethics,  Medicine,  Mekorot / Responsa Literature,  Responsa,  Science & Medicine,  Shabbat 

Machshava:

Science & Medicine 

Personalities:

Lubavitcher Rebbe 

Collections: R' Kurtz Shu"T First, Ask Questions Later

Description

In this episode, Rabbi Yossi Kamman joins us to explore a fascinating responsum (Likutei Sichos, Vol. 16, p. 518) of the Lubavitcher Rebbe (R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson) against scheduling elective surgeries within a few days of Shabbos. Rabbi Kamman presents us with an insightful profile of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, his approach to halachah, and what made him unique and so widely renowned. A synopsis of this topic, can be found in Rabbi Kamman's publication, a A Chassidisher Derher: https://derher.org/wp-content/uploads/Kislev-5783-7.pdf This episode is sponsored by Lev Podelko in honor of the upcoming 30th wedding anniversary of his parents Marina and Dr. Alexander Podelko.