Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg

Years: 1915–2006

Primary city: Jerusalem

Biography

Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg was a posek and dayan in Jerusalem, particularly recognized as an authority on medical halacha. He authored the multi-volume shu"t Tzitz Eliezer, a comprehensive work of responsa noted for its extensive treatment of issues in medicine and technology. Serving for decades as a dayan on Israel's Supreme Rabbinical Court and as the rav of the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, he was one of the twentieth century's formative poskim on medical ethics.

Works

  • Tzitz Eliezer
  • Shvisas HaYom
  • Hilchos Medina
  • Devar Eliezer
  • Hilchot Medinah
  • Shvita b'Yam
  • Ein Ya'acov

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