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Editor's ForewordPrefaceIntroduction
Part I
Part II
PreludeChapter VI Artificial Feeding on Yom KippurChapter VII Prostate SurgeryChapter VIII Artificial Heart ImplantationChapter IX Animal ExperimentationChapter X Vegetarianism and JudaismChapter XI Preemptive War in Jewish LawChapter XII Of Land, Peace and Divine CommandChapter XIII The Controversy Concerning the Israeli CensusChapter XIV The Device of the "Sages of Spain" as a Solution to the Problem of the Modern Day AgunahChapter XV The Sotheby Sale
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Author: J. David Bleich
Composed: New York, c.1983 – c.1989 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.