The Rabbi Who Ate on Yom Kippur: Israel Salanter and the Cholera Epidemic of 1848

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February 09 2011
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Series: Einstein Medical Halacha

Venue: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Science & Medicine 
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19th Century CE 

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It is important to consider the impact and contemporary understanding of cholera in the context of how infectious disease and life-saving interventions are treated in Halacha.

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