Two Rabbis on Halachah in Plague Situations

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March 13 2020
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

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Medical Ethics,  Medicine 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Medical Halacha

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A translation of Rabbi Akiva Eiger's letter regarding communal prayer during a plague in 1831, and Rabbi Malkiel Tannenbaum's responsum regarding observing shivah during a cholera outbreak at the end of the 19th century.

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