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Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep

Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep

Taught by Rabbi Uri Cohen, this Halacha Mastery Program course is an optional but highly recommended review and prep course for Rabbi Fink’s “Medical Ethics & Halacha” course.

These sessions will provide you with an opportunity to review the material learned as well as prepare the upcoming mekorot (sources). While attendance is not mandatory, WebYeshiva.org has created this course as an opportunity to enhance your experience and in the Halacha Mastery Program.

For more information about the Halacha Mastery Program please CLICK HERE.

October 16, 2018 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 1
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ABORTION PART 1:  Shmot, Onkelos, Rashi, Mekhilta, Mishnah Ohalot, Gemara Niddah, Rambam

October 23, 2018 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 2
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ABORTION, PART TWO:  Igrot Moshe, Tzitz Eliezer

October 30, 2018 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 3
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SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY PART 1:  Shulchan Arukh,  Even HaEzer, Gra, Bach, Maharshal, Beit Shmuel, Birkei Yosef

November 6, 2018 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 4
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SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY PART 2:  Tzitz Eliezer 11:78, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Tzitz Eliezer 10:25

November 13, 2018 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 5
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SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY, PART 3:  Besamim Rosh,  R’ C.L.Y.T. Teitelbaum, Lev Aryeh,  Yaskil Avdi,  Kovetz Teshuvot (R’ Elyashiv), Shevet HaLevi, Ibn Ezra

November 20, 2018 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 6
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EUTHANASIA & ASSISTED SUICIDE, PART 1:  Shulchan Arukh,  Rema,  Taz, Shakh, Beit Lechem Yehudah

November 27, 2018 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 7
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EUTHANASIA, PART 2: Arukh HaShulchan, Minchat Shlomo, Igrot Moshe

December 11, 2018 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 8
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EUTHANASIA, PART 3: Igrot Moshe (2nd of 2),  Minchat Asher (1st of 3)

December 18, 2018 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 9
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EUTHANASIA, PART 4:  Minchat Asher (2nd and 3rd of 3)

December 25, 2018 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 10
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GOSES: Tur,  Igrot Moshe, The Steipler Rav Halevy

January 1, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 11
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HEALER AND PATIENT (PART 1): Shmot, Gemara Berakhot, Rashi, Tosafot, Daat Kohen,  Rambam, Torah Temimah,  Rashba,  Birkei Yosef

January 8, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 12
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HEALER AND PATIENT (PART 2):  Ramban (on the Torah), Ramban (Torat HaAdam),  Birkei Yosef

January 15, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 13
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HEALER AND PATIENT (PART 3):  Yechaveh Daat,  Chazon Ish, Ibn Ezra x 2, Rabbenu Bechaye,  Mateh Moshe

January 22, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 14
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HEALER AND PATIENT (PART 4:) Avnei Nezer,  Shem MiShmuel

Handouts
January 29, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 15
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SHABBAT AND MEDICINE (PART 1): Ramban, Shulchan Aruch, Rema, Maggid Mishneh, Ramban, Vilna Gaon, Chochmat Shlomo, Shevet HaLevi, Yabia Omer, Tzitz Eliezer

February 5, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 16
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SHABBAT AND MEDICINE (PART 2):  Over 20 sources cited!

February 12, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 17
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SHABBAT AND MEDICINE (PART 3): Ramban, Rema, Rosh, Aruch HaShulchan, Rambam, Maggid Mishneh, Gra, Avnei Nezer

February 19, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 18
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SAVING A NON-JEW ON SHABBAT (PART 1): Shulchan Aruch, Magen Avraham, Mishnah Berurah, Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchetah, Shulchan Shlomo, Igrot Mosh

February 26, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 19
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SAVING A NON-JEW ON SHABBAT (PART 2): Tzitz Eliezer,  Yabia Omer

March 5, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 20
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SHABBAT AND CHOLEH SHE-EIN BO SAKANAH, PART 1: Asking a Non-Jew to do it– Rambam, Maggid Mishneh

Having a Jew Do It (4 Opinions)– 1) : Rambam, Maggid Mishneh  2) Ran 3) Gemara Ketuvot 4) Eglei Tal, Chayei Adam, Mishnah Berurah, Kesef Mishneh

Doing a Torah Violation with a Shinui:– Tur, Taz, Mishnah Berurah, Shaar HaTziyun

March 12, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 21
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SHABBAT AND CHOLEH SHE-EIN BO SAKANAH, PART 2: Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchetah, Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Shevet HaLevi, Ohr LeTzion

March 19, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 22
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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, PART 1: Rambam, Chida, Radvaz, Mishnah Berurah, Rashba, Rav Moshe Feinstein, Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv

March 26, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 23
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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, PART 2: Rav Shlomo Aviner, Rav Nahum Rabinovitch, Mishneh Halachot, Minchat Yitzchak, Rav Shmuel HaLevi Wozner

April 2, 2019 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Halacha Mastery: Medical Ethics & Halacha Prep: Lesson 24
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Rabbi Uri Cohen has been teaching at Midreshet Moriah since 2005. He learned at Yeshivat Shaalvim and Yeshivat Hamivtar, and received Semikhah from RIETS (YU) and Yeshivat Hamivtar. He also holds Masters degrees in Medieval Jewish History and Jewish Education from Yeshiva University. For two years, he was an ATID Fellow. Through Torah MiTzion, he and his wife Dr. Yocheved Engelberg Cohen served as the first members of the Syracuse Kollel, and later as the first couple of the Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) at Princeton University. They now live in Ramat Beit Shemesh. His eclectic lecture topics have included Talmudic Misogyny in Context, Harry Potter and the Value of Fantasy, Contemporary Orthodox Responses to Homosexuality, and How Not to Do Outreach.