Why does the Torah deal with secretions of a person’s body? What is the Torah’s approach towards death? And what is the meaning behind the halachot of purity and impurity?

We tend to push away death and avoid discussing it; At times due to fear, other times the heart is not free to deal with these issues and at times we are worried about the “Evil Eye”. From Yaakov Avinu we can learn quite the opposite.

Experience teaches us that the family does not always act in the patient’s best interests. What should we do, then, in a situation of doubt?

Chapter 13 from the booklet The Halakhot of Treating a Terminally Ill Patient and a Patient Suffering From Dementia

Chapter 12 from the booklet The Halakhot of Treating a Terminally Ill Patient and a Patient Suffering From Dementia

Chapter 11 from the booklet The Halakhot of Treating a Terminally Ill Patient and a Patient Suffering From Dementia

Chapter 10 from the booklet The Halakhot of Treating a Terminally Ill Patient and a Patient Suffering From Dementia

Chapter 9 from the booklet The Halakhot of Treating a Terminally Ill Patient and a Patient Suffering From Dementia

Chapter 8 from the booklet The Halakhot of Treating a Terminally Ill Patient and a Patient Suffering From Dementia

Chapter 7 from the booklet The Halakhot of Treating a Terminally Ill Patient and a Patient Suffering From Dementia