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Shabbat Community

LIST OF TOPICS FOR PRESENTATIONS IN

MEDICINE AND HALACHAH - Rabbi Professor Steinberg

1. Abortion

2. In-vitro fertilization / Pre-implantation diagnosis

3. Definition of father / mother / human being

4. Stem-cells

5. Cloning

6. Definition of the moment of death / organ transplantation

7. Scarce resources / triage decisions

8. Artificial insemination

9. Terminally ill

10. General medical ethics vs Jewish medical ethics

11. Torah & science

12. Patients' rights: disclosure, informed consent

13. Medical aspects in circumcision

14. Modern genetics and Halacha

15. Personal experience with gedolei hador on medicine and halachah

These are the different options of imbuing the topics:

These are the different options of imbuing the topics:

  1. 3-4 lectures during the Shabbat + Dvar Torah during the davening service.

  2. Shiurim according to sources sheets on different topics.

  3. Shiurim/ lectures to special groups – Rabbanim and physicians.

  4. Q&A on pre-defined topics.

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