Parshas Beshalach: Embalming, Autopsies and Cremation in Halacha Part 2

What’s said in this shiur

The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

also okay right you can't there's many things you can't do because it's not a cover to the body again so the gamar asks what if I'm sorry what if it's not a disgrace to the body what if you're going to be honoring the body as a result of an autopsy to find out that he didn't die from natural causes maybe somebody killed him we'll have to see we'll have to see and we don't allow it unless the government uh enforces it we don't allow it okay so the gamar seems to be saying maybe the reason why we kill the murderer is because we check the Maze and then the gamar ask okay very nice you're being manav the but maybe we need to be manav the m to save the life of the murderer and the gar says no because even an autopsy would not save his life you know why because maybe you're going to end up cutting him up and there's going to be a m in the place where you're cutting and you won't be able to know whether there's a mum or there's not a mum anyway and therefore you're not going to be sa saving anyone's life and it must be why do we kill the dead why do we kill the murderer it's because we follow the it's a we follow and this is one of the RAS in ch that an autopsy is prohibited another R it's not on the she talks about a case where uh somebody y the piece of land and then he sold it and there's a claim by by the original owners of the land that this kid sold the land as a minor he wasn't a godal he was less than uh he was less

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1. 0:31also okay right you can't there's many things you can't do because it's not a cover…
2. 6:28London that kidney stones some kind of stones right some gold stone a stone okay the…
3. 12:29able to learn from this it is certain we do not push off because of this…
4. 18:55cure that disease right can't do it can't do it you know this the flu this…
5. 25:29his body for anything you're getting a you're deriving a benefit if you'd have to go…
6. 31:57no yeah you're there three you're allowed to violate any a to Save a Life except…
7. 37:48life even if you even if you want to try to apply you cannot apply to…
8. 43:46save Raa says if that was if one would be obligated to learn the information necessary…
9. 50:04unless there's a clear and present situation is it Noble is it good is it a…
10. 56:19the and he learns like that under normal circumstances you cannot do an autopsy but if…

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