 WHEN 4 Tuesdays, 8:00-9:30pm Instructor: Rabbi Eli Pink This course is being offered for both zoom and in-person attendees LOCATION Chabad Lubavitch Leeds MORE INFO Rabbi Eli at education@judaismlive.com Course Overview
Explore the guiding Jewish values that help inform choices on common medical questions. |
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Lesson Outline
LESSON ONE
Experimental Treatments
When emerging treatments offer hope of recovery, when is the risk justified? Who is entitled to be a decison maker? Discover the Jewish ethics of risking one's life in the hope of extending their long-term prospects.
LESSON TWO
Extending Life
How does Judaism balance the desire to preserve life with concerns of reducing suffering? See how Jewish values inform a dignified approach to end-of-life care and advance medical directives.
LESSON THREE
Pregnancy Questions
Explore questions of pregnancy through the lens of Jewish texts. Is a fetus a human life, or a part of the mother’s body? When pregnancy endangers a woman’s life, may she, in good conscience, carry the pregnancy to term? Where does mental health factor in?
LESSON FOUR
A Body’s Dignity
Might autopsy violate the dignity of the human body? Are MRI scans a blessing or a further delay? Learn the Jewish view on the respect to which the deceased is entitled and how the sanctity of human life continues after death.