You are not alone.
Even in the Final Moments of Your Loved Ones Lives, Tzohar is with You.
Tzohar Ad 120:
Halachic-Ethical Guidance For Patients and Families
Service is provided Free of charge, throughout the country
Tzohar accompanies you throughout the Jewish life-cycle, in days of joy and celebration, and, when need be – also through painful moments.
What is Tzohar Ad 120?
“Tzohar Ad 120 ” is a resource for families facing difficult decisions, questions, and Halachic topics regarding their loved ones who are reaching the end of life.
The development of modern medicine is also a major blessing –improving the quality of life and the average length of days. Along with this blessing, medical progress many families are faced with difficult dilemmas as their loved ones approach the end of their lives. Many families grapple with questions such as:
- Should we continue cardiopulmonary resuscitation of patients who are about to die at any cost?
- How should we act in the case of a patient who requests to stop his/her treatment?
- Is it permissible according to Halacha to discontinue a patient’s feeding tube?
- What is the Halacha’s stance regarding “mercy-killing”?
- Is it permissible to use painkillers even if they may shorten a patient’s life?
- In terms of connections to, and disconnections from, a breathing device – what is Halachic?
In complex situations as these, when your loved ones hang between life and death, you are called upon to make decisions about urgent Halachic and ethical dilemmas.
We're Here for You:
Individualized support for patients and their families
Immediate answers to ethical and Halachic questions 24/6
Compassionate and experienced team of rabbis and social workers
Service available throughout the country – free of charge
Tzohar Ad 120 is staffed by a team of trained rabbis and social workers to guide patients and their families grappling with ethical and Halachic questions. Our staff are available for you six days a week, 24 hours a day, free of charge. We will come to any place we are needed, in order to assist with decision-making, and to provide strength and support.
For an immediate conversation, you are invited to call the Hotline *9253
Advisory Committee
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
Director of the Tzohar Center for Jewish Ethics
Rabbi Cherlow is a world-respected expert in issues of ethical practice and Jewish law.
He serves on many professional committees and is a sought-after lecturer in Israel and around the world.
Rabbi David Stav
Chairman of the
Tzohar Rabbinical Organization
Rabbi Uriel Ganzel
Director of the Tzohar Center for Jewish Ethics
Prof. Nachmi Baum
Director of the
School of Social Work at
Bar Ilan University
Dr. Dror Dicker
Director of Internal Medicine
Sharon Hospital of
Rabin Medical Center
Prof. Pierre Zinger
Director of the Intensive Care Unit and
The Institute for Nutrition Research at Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva
Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Sackler Medical School
Rabbi David Stav
Chairman of the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization
Rabbi Uriel Ganzel
Director of the Tzohar Ethics Center
Prof. Nachmi Baum
Dr. Dror Dicker
Prof. Pierre Zinger
Director of the Internal-General Department and The Institute for Nutrition Research at Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva
Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Sackler Medical School: Challenges in Intensive Care, Nutrition and Metabolism
Prof. Charles Sprung
Director Emeritus, General Intensive Care Unit
Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital
Prof. Charles Sprung
Dr. Hagit Padova
Deputy Director General for Patient Quality and Safety
Expert in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology
Sourasky-Ichilov
Tel Aviv Medical Center
Dr. Adir Shaulov
Department of Hemotolgy and Center for Supportive Care, Hadassah Medical Center
Specialist in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Palliative Medicine
Dr. Boaz Tadmor
Specialist in Internal Diseases, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Dr. Tadmor managed Beilinson Hospital for eight years and was a member of the hospital’s ethics and patient law committees
Dr. Netanel Horowitz
Director of the Lymphoma Service and Hematology Clinical Trials
Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Dr. Hagit Padova
VP Patient Quality and Safety
Expert in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology
Sourasky-Ichilov Tel Aviv Medical Center
Dr. Adir Shaulov
Association – Department of Hemotolgy and Center for Supportive Care, Hadassah Medical Center
Specialist in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Palliative Medicine
Dr. Boaz Tadmor
Specialist in Internal Diseases, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
He is instrumental in many decision-making processes in complex cases
He managed Beilinson Hospital for eight years and was a member of the hospital’s ethics and patient law committee
Dr. Netanel Horowitz
Head of the Hospital Administration, Director of ambulatory unit, Hematology division.
Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
