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Displaying 281 - 300 of 445
| Title | Authors | SA Code | Year | SA Category | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assisted Suicide | Dorff, Elliot | YD 345.1997a | 1997 | Yoreh Deah, Mourning | |
| Display of Pasul Torah in Museum Case | Abelson, Kassel | YD 282.1997 | 1997 | Yoreh Deah, Torah Scroll | |
| Maternal Identity and the Religious Status of Children Born to a Surrogate Mother | Mackler, Aaron | YD 268:6.1997 | 1997 | Yoreh Deah, Conversion | |
| Tattooing and Body Piercing | Lucas, Alan | YD 180.1997 | 1997 | Yoreh Deah, Tattooing | |
| Curiouser and Curiouser | Reisner, Avram | YD 87:10.1997 | 1997 | Yoreh Deah, Milk and Meat | |
| May Women Tie Tzitzit Knots? | Gelfand, Shoshana | OH 14:1.1997 | 1997 | Orah Hayim, Tzitzit | |
| Mix and Match: The Use of Aramaic Phrases in Legal Documents Written in Hebrew | Moses, Lionel | EH 126:1.1996 | 1996 | Even HaEzer, Divorce | |
| Solemnizing a Marriage Between a Kohen and a Convert | Goodman, Arnold | EH 6:8.1996 | 1996 | Even HaEzer, Marriage and Fertility | |
| Solemnizing the Marriage Between a Kohen and a Divorcee | Goodman, Arnold | EH 6:1.1996 | 1996 | Even HaEzer, Marriage and Fertility | |
| Exhuming the Dead | Geller, Myron | YD 363.1996 | 1996 | Yoreh Deah, Mourning | |
| What's In a Name?: A Concurrence and Dissent" | Bergman, Ben Zion | YD 340:30.1996b | 1996 | Yoreh Deah, Responding to a Death | |
| What Should Jewish Practice Be Following a Stillbirth? | Dickstein, Stephanie | YD 340:30.1996a | 1996 | Yoreh Deah, Responding to a Death | |
| Organ and Tissue Donation Card | Prouser, Joseph | YD 336.1996 | 1996 | Yoreh Deah, Visiting the Sick and Medicine | |
| Induction Leading to Birth of a Baby on Shabbat and Brit Milah | Kurtz, Vernon | YD 266:2.1996 | 1996 | Yoreh Deah, Circumcision | |
| Family Violence | Dorff, Elliot | HM 424.1995 | 1995 | Hoshen Mishpat, Harming Others | |
| Participation of Non-Jewish Parents or Grandparents in Home Religious Ceremonies | Epstein, Jerome | EH 16.1995 | 1995 | Even HaEzer, Interpersonal Relations | |
| In Vitro Fertilization | Mackler, Aaron | EH 1:3.1995 | 1995 | Even HaEzer, Marriage and Fertility | |
| Peri- and Neo-Natology: The Matter of Limiting Treatment | Reisner, Avram | YD 339.1995 | 1995 | Yoreh Deah, Visiting the Sick and Medicine | |
| Chesed or Chiuv: The Obligation to Preserve Life and the Question of Post-Mortem Organ Donations" | Prouser, Joseph | YD 336.1995 | 1995 | Yoreh Deah, Visiting the Sick and Medicine | |
| Delay of Pidyon HaBen | Kurtz, Vernon | YD 305:11.1995 | 1995 | Yoreh Deah, Pidyon HaBen |