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PrefaceIntroductionPreludeChapter I Torture and the Ticking BombChapter 2 Sacrificing the Few to Save the ManyChapter 3 In the Wake of Birkat ha Hammah 5769Chapter 4 The Hetter Iska and American CourtsChapter 5 Medical Malpractice and Jewish LawChapter 6 Medical QuestionsChapter 7 New York City WaterChapter 8 Piscatorial ParasitesChapter 9 Is the Milk We Drink KosherChapter 10 Formula Fed VealChapter 11 Issues Concerning KohanimChapter 12 The Case of the Poisoned SandwichChapter 13 Cadavers on DisplayChapter 14 A $25,000,000 Funeral
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Author: J. David Bleich
Composed: New York, c.2006 – c.2012 CE
Contemporary Halakhic Problems is a multi-volume book of halakhic (legal) reasoning on modern issues by Rabbi J. David Bleich, a distinguished bioethicist and professor of law and Talmud. Rabbi Bleich provides lucid summaries and analyses of classic halakhic questions alongside pioneering applications of Jewish law to current social, political, technological and religious issues. The work is not a practical halakhic guide, but is rather devoted to theoretical analysis.