Evaluative+Experience

=**Please read the following stories in Tanach before the EE on Thurs. Email or text me with any questions and I will do my best to answer you in real time.**= = Themes: Resurrection/ Pulling the Plug/ Never Giving up Hope =

1. Elisha and the Shunamite Woman's Son: Melachim Bet, פרק ד, פסוקים ח-לז:
Themes: Suicide/Assisted Suicide 2. Achitophel: Shmuel Bet Perek 17 3. Shaul's Demise: Shmuel Aleph, 31:4 4. Masada History 5. Bait Yaakov girls during the Holocaust. See this article and poem for more information: [] 6. Bat Yiftach: Shoftim 11 (towards the end of the perek) 7. Shimshon's Demise: Shoftim 16 Themes: Surrogate Motherhood and Halachic IVF 8. Bilha and Zilpa: Bereshit 30 9. Yehuda's Sons: Bereshit 38 10. בראשית ט:ו ** שֹׁפֵךְ דַּם הָאָדָם - בָּאָדָם דָּמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵךְ .** 11. פרו ורבו ומלאו את הארץ וכבשוה - בראשית א:כח

**Opinion:**

 * ===== In Certain Circumstances ===== ||
 * ===== Never ===== ||
 * ===== Always ===== ||

Mira says, “ You shouldn’t change the body you were born with in any way. I would also not like to cause unnecessary pain to myself.”
**Based on what we learned what is your personal opinion on Mira’s topic of Plastic Surgery.**

If there is no other source then a non-kosher animal then it is acceptable. But if your able to get it from “a kosher” source then you go with that.
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1. Who killed King Saul? A. God b. himself c. his weapon-bearer d. Philistines (answer: b)
====2. Why would Saul’s story be under the category of assissted suicide? (answer: because he asked his weapon bearer to kill him, even though it did not actually happen) ====

3. Saul wanted to be killed by his weapon-bearer because he did not want to be killed by _. (non-jews)
====4. If Dinah got pregnant when she was raped, would it be okay according to Halacha to get an abortion in the third trimester? (answer: no) ==== ====5. Genesis 9:6 reads: "He who sheds the blood of man, through man [i.e., through the human court of law] shall his blood be shed." Explain how this quote connects to abortion and whether it is okay or not. ====

Halacha:
====1. Which of the ten commandments applies to suicide/assissted suicide? (Don’t kill) ==== ====2. According to Halacha, when is a baby considered a full-fledged human being? (When it emerges from the womb) ==== ====<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. What is a baby considered when it is still in the womb? (a partial life) ==== ====<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. According to Halacha, if the baby inside the womb is threatening its mother’s life, is it okay to get an abortion? (yes, because the baby is considered a ‘pursuer’ of the mother) ====

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Other: <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. According to Halacha, is it okay to ever get an abortion in the third trimester? (no) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. What is your opinion of assissted suicide?

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">ANNIE AND DANIELLES EVALUATIVE EXPIRIENCE

Match the person to their opinion of their topic:

A. Danielle (on assisted suicide) 1. Pro choice PLEASE CONSIDER HALACHIC OPINION IN YOUR OPINION B. Liat (Organ donation) 2.Every situation is different - PLEASE EXPLAIN THE OPTIONS C. Mira (plastic surgery) 3.depending on the case - PLEASE EXPLAIN THE OPTIONS D. Sarah (pulling the plug) 4.No plastic surgery E. Hannah (surrogacy) 5.As long as the animals no harmed GRAMMAR F. Talya (brain death) 6. Depends on dircumstance - PLEASE EXPLAIN THE CIRCUMSTANCE G. Tamar (abortion) 7. Still alive

YOUR FEEDBACK: What is your oppinion on this project? What was the best part about it. And what was the part you didn’t like as much.

_<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">_ _<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">_ <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 20pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">Express Personal Opinions! by mira and talya <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) Name one of the reasons Eric feels that stem cell research is a good idea. A) He believes that it will one day find cures for terminal diseases such as cancer.

<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) Sarah shared a very moving story that helped show her opinion on pulling the plug. What was the story and how do you think it affected her? <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; text-indent: -0.25in;">A) Her teacher was in a coma and then came out of it. Sarah thinks it should depend on the circumstance.

<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3) Chose a halvah to back Talya’s opinion on brain death of not taking someone off life support. <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">A) There are many possible answers one of which could be saving a life (Pikuach Nefesh). The other is "Do Not Murder."

<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4) Some people believe they do not look as amazing as they really are and need plastic surgery to help them. What is Mira’s opinion? (please explain) A) She is against it. She doesn’t think you should cause unnecessary pain to yourself.

<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">5) You walk into a hospital and you see a young woman crying she looks about 18. You ask, “what’s wrong?” She tells you with tears coming out of her eyes that she is pregnant. The father is out of the picture, and her parents are very religious. She doesn’t know what to do and asks you to help her decide if she wants an abortion or not. Can you find evidence to support your opinion? <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">A) Answers may vary. PLEASE EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE HALACHA AND CHECK YOUR SPELLING!

6) In Book Two of Shemuel, an Amalekite helped kill Shaul to end his suffering. When King David heard of this, he had the man killed. Name a Halachic belief that supports David's decision.

7) what is the halach if a mother is pregnant and the baby is hurting/killing her? A) abort the baby _<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">_ _<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">_ _<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">_ _<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">_ _ _

d) Research on how stem cells develop and how to use them to replace body parts
=== Scotty: under what circumstances can one abort a baby (according to halacha)? THESE RESPONSES ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING ACCEPTED FOR A PROPER GRADE! EACH RESPONSE SHOULD MOTIVATE THE STUDENT TO CONTEMPLATE HALACHA AND ITS FUNCTIONALITY. ===

d) If it is killing the mother
sophie ouaknine mathew denitz PERSONAL OPINION Abortion:tamar QUESTIONS Q.What is tamars opinion in Abortion? <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 258.75pt; tabstops: 258.75pt;">A: : she thinks a woman has a right to choose what she wants to do with her body and her life.

Q. What is her reasoning? <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 258.75pt; tabstops: 258.75pt;">A.she believes a woman has authority over the fetus which may or may not be alive.

<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 258.75pt; tabstops: 258.75pt;">Q.do you agree with tamar, why or why not?

<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 258.75pt; tabstops: 258.75pt;">Q.What happened in the story of Dina? <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 258.75pt; tabstops: 258.75pt;">A. One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the Canaanite women. When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of that region, saw her, he took her and raped her. But he found the young woman so attractive that he fell in love with her and tried to win her affection

<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 258.75pt; tabstops: 258.75pt;">Q .what happened in the story of tamar? <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 258.75pt; tabstops: 258.75pt;">A. she was raped but if it would save the woman from severe mental anguish (Whether the abortion would take place in the 1st or 2nd trimester would go according to halacha).

Q.What did the case of Roe V. Wade ultimately decide? A. abortion became legal

Assisted suicide:danielle <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Q1.Under what circumstances can or can’t someone assist in suicide? (According to Danielle) <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">A1.Unless someone has a terminal condition that will get worse over time it should not be allowed. <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Q2.do you agree with danielle,why or why not? <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Q3.What Halacha are we breaking in assisted suicide? <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">A3. do not murder Q4.where in the torah has this happened? <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">A4.In Shmot (2:1-5), there is the basis for the law on assisted suicide. This is the place in the Torah where Moshe is being put into the river, thinking that he would probably be killed, because Batya unfortunately could not take care of him, so this could be taken as assisted suicide.