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Listen "87. Ki Tzeitzei - Plastic Surgery in Jewish Law"
Episode Synopsis
We discuss:
- potential issues with plastic surgery, and in which circumstances it may be allowed
- how emotional pain and embarrassment hold weight in halacha
- in which cases one can perform blood letting on a parent, and why...
- proper application of "v'ahavta l'reiacha kamocha", and an interesting Rashi on this saying
- R' Moshe Feinstein's tshuva on cases involving cosmetic plastic surgery
- Chelkas Yaakov discusses different opinions on the potential danger involved in surgeries as a halachic consideration
- Ramban on the permission and mitzvah that doctors have to heal
- Potential reasons for the Tzitz Eliezer saying that plastic surgery to improve one's looks is not allowed, including the relationship of "b'tzelem Elokim" to this issue
- R Tatz' on a situation in which he says cosmetic plastic surgery would be allowed
- potential issues with plastic surgery, and in which circumstances it may be allowed
- how emotional pain and embarrassment hold weight in halacha
- in which cases one can perform blood letting on a parent, and why...
- proper application of "v'ahavta l'reiacha kamocha", and an interesting Rashi on this saying
- R' Moshe Feinstein's tshuva on cases involving cosmetic plastic surgery
- Chelkas Yaakov discusses different opinions on the potential danger involved in surgeries as a halachic consideration
- Ramban on the permission and mitzvah that doctors have to heal
- Potential reasons for the Tzitz Eliezer saying that plastic surgery to improve one's looks is not allowed, including the relationship of "b'tzelem Elokim" to this issue
- R Tatz' on a situation in which he says cosmetic plastic surgery would be allowed
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