Taking Responsibility for Torah

Rav Zevin vs. Rav Yisraeli on whether human beings own their bodies - does that map onto rights vs. duties discourse, with Rav Zevin recognizing rights only as the space created by duties, and Rav Yisraeli acknowledging rights as having independent existence?

JUly 14 2026 on Zoom

Rav Zevin in Mishpat Shylock argues that human beings do not own their bodies at all. Is his claim meaningful? Are the text he brings as evidence read compellingly? Are they sufficient to prove his point? We discuss the first text he cites, as a model for tomorrow's shiur.

at YI Sharon July 15 2026

Benjamin Friedman's DUTY AND HEALING argues that the "regime of duty" works better than the "regime of rights" for medical ethics consults. Does he succeed in defining the terms in a way that can have a nafka mina?

Two teshuvot of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach on triage

Part 1 of the American Orthodox History via Igrot Mosheh series

Horayot 13a, triage, and the relative value of different kinds of human being

Does halakhah recognize a political right to serve Hashem in accordance with one's own religious priorities?

SBM 2026 Public Shiur at YI Sharon, July 8