{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Jewish Ideas to Change the World","title":"Dina Najman - Withholding/Withdrawing Treatment of the Terminally Ill","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a1a90412\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5285,"description":"Rosh Kehila of The Kehilah in Riverdale, NY, presents her lecture, \"Withholding/Withdrawing Treatment of the Terminally Ill\" before an audience at Temple Kol Ami (www.templekolami.org/) in Scottsdale, AZ.\n\nABOUT THIS LECTURE: Pikuach Nefesh (saving a life), as well as kavod haBriyot (human dignity), are central principles in Jewish law. With 20th-21st century medical advancements, the possibility of taking measures to extend a person’s life is a reality. As a result, the Jewish value of preservation of life, even for a brief period of time, has the capacity to compete with the value of the sanctity of life and limiting suffering. When a patient is terminally ill, experiencing a great deal of physical and/or emotional pain, what does Halakha rule regarding withholding treatment?\n\nDONATE: bit.ly/1NmpbsP\nLEARNING MATERIALS: https://bit.ly/2DvJjq6\n\nFor more info, please visit: www.facebook.com/valleybeitmidrash/\nwww.facebook.com/temple.kolami.9\ntwitter.com/VBMTorah\nwww.facebook.com/RabbiShmulyYanklowitz/\n\nMusic: \"They Say\" by WowaMusik, a public domain track from the YouTube Audio Library.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/rgXhZfTlnTjybGe2Y8VJvw1nIGugVMdj7wEKsMGYlrk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI5ODEyLzE2NTEw/Nzg1NjAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}