jewish healing
Treating Addiction With Jewish Values
Messages from Jewish tradition to help combat substance abuse and other addictions
The Spirituality of Caring for Our Bodies
We may need to work on our spiritual health in order to ensure our physical health.
Smoking, Alcohol, and Drugs
As a culture that values sobriety, individual responsibility, and health, Judaism is wary of substances that may cause more damage than the enjoyment they may bring their users.
What Does Judaism Say About Wine?
Wine is an essential part of major Jewish rituals — but the Torah is also wary of the dangers of over-consumption.
Jewish Health & Healing Practices
Jews' close connection to healing, both as patients and physicians, is ancient and rooted in both theology and history.
Medicine, Healing and the Jewish Tradition
Despite early theological objections, Jewish law views the practice of medicine as a mitzvah.
Saving a Life (Pikuach Nefesh)
Most of Jewish law can and should be set aside in order to avoid endangering a person's health or safety.