Vaccination and Rabbinic Authority: Part 3

(Daas Torah part 4)

The halachic obligation to prevent a serious (possibly fatal) risk by taking a much more minor risk.

How does this apply to vaccination?

Rav Asher Weiss, Rabbi J. David Bleich, Rav Elyashiv, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach rule that vaccination is obligatory.

Forcing parents to vaccinate their children & schools refusing admission to unvaccinated children.

Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky and vaccination.

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Delivered at the OU Israel Center, May 22nd, 2019, 17 Iyar 5779 This shiur is sponsored by Tabby and John Corre in honor of their Golden Anniversary