Pandemic Ethics Shavuaton: Grand Re-Opening? Calculating the Costs and Benefits of Extending Stay-At-Home Orders

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April 30 2020
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32min 46s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:
Medical Ethics,  Medicine 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Medical Halacha

References: Gittin: 45a ,  Nedarim: 81a ,  Nedarim: 80b  

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Audio from a video filmed in preparation for the Sunday May 3 Zoom session of our Beit Midrash Shavuaton on the Pandemic, we look at sources in Jewish law on calculating the costs and benefits of lockdowns meant to prevent contagion. For the Zoom address, please email [email protected]. The source sheet is posted here as well. For more on the Shavuaton, please go to www.torontotorah.com/pandemic.

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