Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz: Medicine in the Talmud

Rabbi Steinsaltz elaborates on the various proscribed medicines in the Talmud. He notes that most medicinal treatments recommended are verbal, with little from animal and mineral products. The medicine in the Talmud seemed to remain rather independent from medicine of its surrounding culture (e.g. four-humor theory of humorism). He suggests that this may have been one reason why Jewish doctors moved away from Talmudic medicinal recommendations. The Rabbi also highlights certain medical achievements of Talmudic medicine.

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[gagnashdiak]

@TheWonderlandmotel as long as you mean "nation" = "nonjew nation". There is but no example of using "goy" as pointing on any jew, or jews. And don't even try "goy kaddesh", because that is irrelevant in the topic.

Now according to common use, dictionaries and even jewish lexicons, not to mention use of the word in the Talmud, "goy" means "nonjew" either as nation or by persona.

Zarathustra keep you away from his shadow.

[TheWonderlandmotel]

@gagnashdiak the word "goy" in Jewish or Hebrew terminoligy does indeed mean "nation" and when we speek of "goyim" we mean nations. What may cause confusion is when you hear the word "goy" used by a Jew to describe a nonJew. If you are looking for clarity this may help. If you are looking to hate it may be lacking. Shalom ppl

[gagnashdiak]

@RedsNMaduroMan "Goy" doesn't mean "nation". It means "nonjew nation". There's a solid difference.

[RedsNMaduroMan]

@gagnashdiak "Goy" means "nation."

The term used for pagan in the talmud is "akum" (worshippers of stars and constellations."

Learn the facts before you spout off.

[rebelo77]

cool hairstyle hahaha

[gagnashdiak]

goy means "heathen" in the Talmud. Don't try to lie, we're watching.

[DrBaruchdeSpinoza]

A Modern Great Sage and Tzadik (Saint) living among us today. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, By far one of the Greatest Talmudic and Torah scholars in the history of the Nation of Israel and the world. A true Superman and a descendents of the Greats Sages of the Torahs.

-Baruch de Spinoza, Ph.D., Harvard University

[JuicYouS]

Um, that is not false. Search google "Rabbi probed for circumcised infants' herpes"

[NetzariChasidJew613]

Um, That is false, U need to Read the Talmud, And thats not how the Jewish people do that anymore. U need to read the context and find out what the Rabbis were trying to say

[JuicYouS]

jews do follow it, many in new york/new jersy do. At least one child was reported to have died and many others fell severely ill because of this sick bloody ritual. want the sources??