And you shall surely heal: the Albert Einstein College of Medicine synagogue compendium of Torah and medicine • Vol 5

Abstract

The Verapo Yerape journal is an important contribution to the fascinating world of medicine and halakhah, which has been a burgeoning field of scholarship in recent years. We live in an age where scientific discoveries, new treatments and seemingly miraculous innovations appear almost daily. Baruch Hashem, Kial Yisrael has been given a Torah system to grapple with and clarify whatever new discoveries the world of science has to offer mankind. __As the premiere institution following the philosophy of Torah u'Mada - the intense study of Torah and science - Yeshiva University is proud to play a leading role in publishing original works clarifying both the halakhic and hashkafic aspects of modern medicine. It is especially gratifying to see our students - both medical students and rabbinical students - intensely involved with this effort. It is our hope and prayer chat these exceptional young men and women will continue co be mekadeish shem shamayim through their holy work for many years to come. (from the Forward, Dean of RIETS)... __"The number five in Jewish tradition has importance in that there are five books of Moses and five sections of sefer tehillim, so that this fifth edition in the series represents a closing of the first chapter in the Birkat Shmuel medical ethics saga. It has completed a major five volume corpus containing valuable contributions which will be widely quoted. The shul's next chapter comprised of future volumes will continue to define the jewel of Yeshiva and Einstein." (from the Forward by the Dean of AECOM)