Moshe David Tendler

Rabbbi Moshe David Tendler is the rabbi of The Community Synagogue of Monsey. He is a senior Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University's RIETS and the Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Professor of Jewish Medical Ethics and Professor of Biology at Yeshiva college. He has a Ph.D in Microbiology and is one of the world's leading experts on Jewish medical ethics.

Rabbi Tendler married the daughter of the famous posek Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.

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Rabbi Dr. Tendler received his B.A. degree from New York University (NYU) in 1947, and a Master’s degree there in 1950. He was ordained at RIETS in 1949, and following that, earned a Ph.D in biology from Columbia University in 1957.

Medical ethics

Rabbi Tendler is one of the leading expert on medical ethics as it pertains to Jewish law, and is the chairman of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) Bioethical Commission, and chair of the Medical Ethics Task Force, UJA-Federation of Greater New York. He has written extensively in the field, including works on euthenasia, infertility, end of life issues, organ donation, and brit milah ("Jewish circumcision").

Brit milah

Following a controvery in New York where two children supposedly contracted herpes from a Mohel ("circumsizor"),[1] Rabbi Tendler claimed that metzitzah violated Jewish law as it put a child's life in danger.[2] This view was rejected by the majority of Haredi rabbis and Agudath Israel of America.

Selected article by Rabbi Dr. Tendler

So One May Live - Article on the separation of Siamese twins.
dental emergencies on the sabbath written with Dr. Fred Rosner.
Halakhic death means brain death, an article explaining rabbi Tendler's position on the Jewish definition of death.
Rav Moshe on Organ donation. Rabbi Tendler's analysis of Moshe Feinstein's positions on organ donation.

Books

Pardes Rimonim [3]
Practical Medical Halakhah [4]

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