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 | | |  | Tammuz 29, 5772 · July 19, 2012 | | By Yaakov Wagner |  |
|  | | | Applying the Rambam's Ideas to Today Maimonides was not only the greatest Torah scholar of his generation, but one of its leading physicians. Maimonides wrote many treatises in how to take care of one's health. But what would Maimonides say about modern medical issues? By Daniel Eisenberg |  |  | | | A Taste of Text—Massei The six constants that apply to every Jew, at all times and in all circumstances, are readily accessible to one who seeks refuge from his failings. By Chana Weisberg |  |  | | | How to Study Torah - Massei Just before entering the Promised Land, two and a half of the Twelve Tribes ask for special permission to settle on the other side of the Jordan River. If they were meant to settle in that place, then why didn't G-d assign it to them to begin with? And if they were not meant to settle there, then why did G-d agree to their request? By Mendel Kaplan |  |  | | | Professor Herman Branover is a world-renowned physicist. Living as a refusnik in Leningrad in 1972, he found the phone number to 770 in the inside page of a Jewish prayer book...(circa 1972) |  |  | | | A Jewish Ethical Perspective A leading physician asks, "When is it ethical to provide experimental or risky treatment for a patient?" Special attention is given to differences between secular and halachic principles of patient care. By Mark Glaser |  |  | | | Why Didn't G-d Create a World Without Suffering? Why did G-d create the world in such a way that we can only experience redemption after having first endured the hardships of exile? By Dov Yonah Korn |  |  | | | When One Leaves the Meal Early What do we do if the third person in a group of three left before zimun was recited? What about the tenth person in a group of ten? What if the person has not yet left but wishes to do so? Does the rest of the group recite zimun early because of him? By Mendel Kaplan |  |  | | |  | Follow Us: Featured Judaica: Witness to History The text interweaves academic content with personal accounts from a cross-section of eyewitnesses. The book is accompanied by a multi-media DVD, with coverage of Holocaust-era music, art and poetry; an animated timeline and maps; and personal testimonies of survivors and children of survivors. Price: $60.00 SALE: $54.00 | | |