A halakhic ethic of care for the terminally ill.

نویسنده

Avram Israel Reisner

چکیده

This paper was adopted by the CJLS on December 12, 1990 by a vote of thirteen infavor, one opposed, andfour abstaining (13-1-4). Members voting in favor: Rabbis Ben Zion Bergman, Stanley Bramnick, Jerome M. Epstein, David M. Feldman, Sam Fraint, Howard Handler, Reuven Kimelman, Herbert Mandl, Lionel E. Moses, Mayer E. Rabinowitz, Avram I. Reisner, Joel Rembaum, Joel Roth. Member voting against: Rabbi Morris M. Shapiro. Members abstaining: Rabbis Kassel Abelson, Elliot N. Dorff, Amy Eilberg, Dov Peretz Elkins.

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