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Title: | Halachic aspects of vaccination |
Keywords: | Law, Jewish Diseases Health Care Israel, Health Care |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
Publisher: | Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (OU) |
Citation: | Reichman, E. (2008). Halachic aspects of vaccination. Jewish Action, 69(2), 10–14. |
Series/Report no.: | Jewish Action;69(2) |
Abstract: | Perhaps it is because we live in twenty-first century America, a country largely immune from true epidemics, that we take vaccination for granted and some parents even consider not vaccinating their children. A Jew living in the eighteenth century would have longed for respite from the relentless onslaught of diseases, and could only have dreamed of having a way to prevent them. The thought of refusing vaccinations would never have entered his mind. Unfortunately, nowadays, as a result of misleading information, some parents are confused about the issue and do not realize the importance of vaccinations. A cursory review of the origins of vaccination in medical and rabbinical literature may provide some perspective on the issue. |
Description: | Scholarly article / Open access |
URI: | https://jewishaction.com/religion/jewish-law/halachic_aspects_of_vaccination/ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9702 |
ISSN: | 04477049 |
Appears in Collections: | Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) -- Faculty publications |
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