JMAR Jewish Medical Ethics Annual Review Submit

For Jewish Clinicians

Medical Halacha for Jewish Clinicians

Practical educational resources for Jewish physicians and healthcare professionals navigating Shabbat, fast days, prayer, professional obligations, training, emergencies, and other areas where clinical practice intersects with halacha.

Training & Shabbos

For Jewish Clinicians · Training

Shomer Shabbos Residency: Elective or Imperative?

Explore the halachic framework, JPN video discussions, questions for programs, and community residency lists before you rank.

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Commuting to and from the Hospital on Shabbos

Explore scheduled shifts, emergencies, return travel, transportation, techum, call rooms, and advance planning.

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Electricity in the Hospital on Shabbos

Explore automatic doors, badges, monitors, computers, pagers, documentation, orders, and advance planning.

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Documentation (Kosev): The Right Way to Write

Explore clinical notes, orders, electronic medical records, documentation workflows, and advance planning.

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Professional obligations

Begin with current JMAR scholarship

Journal · Clinical ethics

Physician Risk and the Halachic Duty to Heal

How halacha considers the clinician’s duty to treat when care may involve personal risk.

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Is There a Halachic Obligation to Live a Healthy Lifestyle?

A scholarly examination of health protection, risk, and prevention in Jewish law.

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Related learning

Build the foundations

For a systematic introduction to Jewish medical ethics, begin with Foundations in Jewish Medical Ethics. The current module on fertility treatment and Jewish law examines how new clinical techniques meet longstanding halachic questions.

For guidance about caring for Jewish patients, rather than your own religious practice at work, see Caring for Observant Patients.

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