Regarding the discussion about medical procedures such as genetic testing or vaccinations, I was sent this recording of Rabbi Tatz discussing the issue of vaccinations in a situation where is is accepted in the general population to vaccinate children. He asked Rav Eliashiv who paskened that if everyone does it then it is permitted without evaluating the risks.
The discussion of vaccinations starts at about 27 minutes
can frum Jews accept the possibility of life on other planets?
ReplyDeleteR' Norman Lamm wrote an essay on this in his famous book Faith and Doubt,
but what is the Hareidi view?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2900445/Do-photos-sediment-Mars-prove-life-existed-red-planet-Similar-structures-formed-microbes-Earth.html