March 4, 2024
Published by Rabbi Yosef A. Cohen, MD at March 4, 2024
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A Note on Shomer Shabbas Residency

There is much discussion regarding the attitude religious medical students should have when considering ranking shomer shabbas residencies. There are two components to keeping shabbas. One is the prohibition from doing certain actions (basically, the 39 melachos) and two is the obligation to celebrate shabbas (rest, make kiddush, not fast […]
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October 13, 2023
Published by Rabbi Yosef A. Cohen, MD at October 13, 2023
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Shmini Atzeret

Today we face a halachic crisis. Over the Yamim Noraim our task was clear, we had reached the pinnacle point of spirituality and were devoting a day exclusively to bonding with Hashem. Over Sukkot, we knew what we needed to do. As we discussed, our goal then was to allow […]
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April 27, 2023
Published by Rabbi Yosef A. Cohen, MD at April 27, 2023
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HaChnassat Sefer Torah

Now that we have a ספר תורה, we should probably ask the question: did we just do a מצווה? The ספר החינוך counts the very last מצווה in the Torah as writing a ספר תורה. The רא”ש introduces the novel notion that writing other ספרים that we use more readily […]
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