Medical Halachah: The Kohen as Physician

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January 15 2012
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1h 14min 47s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

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Nazir 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Medical Halacha

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Part of a CME-accredited Medical Halachah shiur for physicians. Background on issues of tumah for kohanim today, the types of tumah communicated by a non-Jewish body and the lineage of today's kohanim, and discussion of (1) Attending medical school and becoming an EMT, (2) Treating a goseis, (3) Mitigating one's situation by closing the door to a hospital room, and (4) Duchening if one lost a patient on the operating table.

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