Vaccination in Halakhah and in Practice in the Orthodox Jewish Community
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________________________________________________________ Asher Bush, a graduate of Yeshiva University and RIETS, is the rav of Congregation Ahavas Yisrael in Wesley Hills, NY, and is currently the chairman of the Rabbinical Council of America’s Vaad Halacha. He has authored over fifty articles on various halakhic topics including medical issues, and his Sho’el b-Shlomo responsa address a range of contemporary issues from prayer and kashrut to family life and education. Vaccination in Halakhah and in Practice in the Orthodox Jewish Community
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