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Moshe David Tendler was born on 7 August, 1926 in Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York, is an American rabbi (1926–2021). Discover Moshe David Tendler's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?

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Occupation Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Professor of Jewish Medical Ethics and Professor of Biology at Yeshiva College
Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 7 August 1926
Birthday 7 August
Birthplace Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York
Date of death 2021
Died Place Rochelle Park, New Jersey
Nationality United States

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1926

Moshe David Tendler (August 7, 1926September 28, 2021) was an American rabbi, professor of biology and expert in medical ethics.

He served as chairman of the biology department at Yeshiva University.

Moshe David Tendler was born in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City on August 7, 1926.

1947

He received his B.A. degree from New York University in 1947 and a master's degree in 1950.

1949

He was ordained at the Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) in 1949, and earned a Ph.D. in microbiology from Columbia University in 1957.

1951

In 1951, Yeshiva University's Samuel Belkin encouraged Tendler to lead the Great Neck Synagogue for one year as an intern, thereby becoming the community's first rabbi.

He later became the long-time rabbi of the Community Synagogue of Monsey, New York.

Tendler served as a senior rosh yeshiva (dean) at RIETS, and the Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Professor of Jewish Medical Ethics and Professor of Biology at Yeshiva College.

He was noted as an expert on Jewish medical ethics and their relationship to halakha (Jewish law).

Tendler was the son-in-law of Moshe Feinstein, a world-renowned posek.

Some of Feinstein's "Iggerot Mosheh" responsa are addressed to his son-in-law.

Orthodox opinion began to shift in 1951, after Tendler examined swordfish and decided that it was not kosher due to the lack of scales.

1960

Tendler's opinion provoked strong debate among halakhic authorities during the 1960s.

Among Mediterranean Jews, however, there was a longstanding minhag of considering swordfish kosher.

Swordfish was, and possibly still is, consumed by Jews in Italy, Turkey, Gibraltar, Morocco, Tunisia, and England

2007

His wife, Shifra, died in October 2007.

Tendler died on September 28, 2021, in Rochelle Park, New Jersey.

Tendler wrote and lectured widely on medical ethics.

He translated various medical oriented responsa of Feinstein into English, even though Feinstein expressly forbade such translations.

Tendler advocated the theory that complete and irreversible cessation of function of the entire brain renders a person "physiologically decapitated", and they are thus considered legally dead according to Jewish law.

Tendler also asserted that once organ donation has been deemed permissible under the given conditions, it is indeed mandatory, falling under the rubric of the legal obligation of Jews to preserve the lives of others.

In addition, Tendler has written extensively on euthanasia, infertility, end of life issues, organ donation, and brit milah (Jewish circumcision).

Tendler was a strong advocate for the use of a tube when performing metzitzah, suction of blood during circumcision.

Serving on an RCA panel on stem cell research, Tendler expressed respectful disagreement with the Bush administration's position.

Tendler was the posek for the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists and its past president.

Tendler voiced his objection to the tactics employed by the New York divorce coercion gang, an outfit of rabbis that utilized kidnapping, and sometimes torture, to force Jewish men to grant their wives religious divorces, saying "The idea that a beth din can issue an order for coercion is baloney, a hoax."

While conceding that he had had previous dealings with Mendel Epstein, a leader of that group, Tendler nevertheless characterized him as being "unreliable".

Regarding Martin Wolmark, another member of that group, Tendler stated, "He's a very intelligent fellow, and he's American. I can't imagine him getting involved in such a dirty business."

Epstein was later convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and Wolmark was convicted of conspiracy to commit extortion.

Tendler was responsible for the fact that modern-day Orthodox Jews in the United States and Israel generally do not consider swordfish to be a kosher fish.

Kosher fish must have both fins and scales, and while swordfish are born with scales, they shed them as they grow into adulthood.