Illness and Healing
$47.00
Why we do not use the medical treatments outlined in the Talmud? An examination of “Guard Your Health”, what this extends to and which risks are acceptable.
Through this 2-part series, you will discover:
- Why the body isn’t perfect
- The spiritual dimensions of illness and healing
- Triage principles as outlined by Torah sages
- Why we do not use the medical treatments outlined in the Talmud
- An examination of “Guard Your Health”, what this extends to and which risks are acceptable
- And more…
Class 1: Delve into the fundamental question of why our body gets sick altogether. Explore the connection between fish and healing and the type of healing we are capable of today.
Class 2: Explored your obligation to seek and offer healing and its basis in Torah. Learn the principles of the types of treatment one must pursue and when alternative treatments are acceptable.
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Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz is a South African born physician, author, and lecturer. He studied medicine in Johannesburg with elective work at Washington University in St. Louis. He spent a number of years concurrently practicing medicine and engaging in Talmudic study in Israel.
Founder and director of the Jerusalem Medical Ethics Forum, Rabbi Dr. Tatz teaches and promotes knowledge of Jewish medical ethics internationally. He is the author of the textbook Dangerous Disease and Dangerous Therapy in Jewish Medical Ethics.
Rabbi Akiva Tatz has also written a number of books on the subjects of Jewish philosophy, including Anatomy of a Search, Living Inspired, Worldmask, Letters to a Buddhist Jew, Will, Freedom & Destiny, and As Dawn Ends the Night. His books are also available in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian and Portuguese translations.
Rabbi Dr. Tatz is a Jewish Workshops community leader, building personal relationships with his members and offering an in-depth learning experience. He also teaches at the Jewish Learning Exchange in London and lectures to a diverse audience worldwide.
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Rabbi Tatz’s TORAH is transparent, decentralized and immutable and if you don’t have someÖ˛ YOU BETTER ADD TATZ’s TORAH TO YOUR PORTFOLIO!!!!
You have opened so very many gates to learning (“new ears” with each shiur!).
Rabbi Tatz’s shuirim somehow “zooms” into personal dilemma’s which has given me the clarity/wisdom to make choices.
