Rabbi Mordechai Becher on Dimensions of the Daf Marijuana and Jewish Law

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

[Music] hi and I am what if a better welcome to Jewish broadcasting services dimensions of the Duff in which we deal with a different issue in the Talmudic law Jewish law every episode no continuity Jewish law every episode no continuity is required to understand it and each episode is like a quantum unit of Talmud and of Jewish ideas so welcome and let's start with marijuana the cannabis conundrum so as you're probably all aware cannabis or marijuana is a controlled substance in the United States in many countries in the world it's illegal to possess to sell etc by federal law however in sell etc by federal law however in approximately I think it's 22 states now in the United States marijuana is allowed to be used for medical purpose of medical marijuana and there are a few states like Colorado where recreational use is also permitted even it's interesting to note that even though in these states marijuana is permitted for medical purposes and even for recreational in some cases is still considered to be a criminal offence under federal laws does the federal government does not do anything about it government does not do anything about it so there are three basic uses for marijuana therapeutic palliative and recreational therapeutic means to heal things to heal a sickness now how how does marijuana work there well first of all sometimes people under with certain medical conditions and certainly people undergoing certain treatments lose their appetite marijuana can restore their appetite marijuana can restore their appetite so it's therapeutic in that sense it is also being used effectively and extracts from it have been used effectively in controlling and in controlling seizures children who have seizures who have had a also neurosurgery this is actually an effective drug to control those seizures which are even though not always life-threatening sometimes life-threatening but certainly

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2. 2:36sometimes life-threatening but certainly painful and problematic so it is therapeutically used in those areas palliative…
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7. 17:21although he was a physician he did not feel that intervention medicine which was interventional and…
8. 20:23something you have to ask yourself not first question you have to ask is it permitted…
9. 23:28just thousands of responses so one of the questions he was asked was is it prohibited…
10. 26:31alcohol addiction and the Talmud goes on to say that what you know he started stealing…

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