Rabbi Address led “The Art of Caregiving,” a webinar for Valley Beit Midrash, Scottsdale, AZ, on June 4, 2025.
In this session, we will discuss the new life stage of Caregiving and how Jewish texts and tradition have approached this issue. Based on the 5th Commandment, we will examine how our tradition has looked at this life stage from the Talmud through contemporary commentaries. We will look at what it means to “honor” and “respect”, the issue of who and how an adult child “pays”, as well as when it may be permissible to cede care to a third party. We will look at difficult questions, such as do we need a new vocabulary for caregiving in light of technology and the challenges of “quality of life” and the emerging issue of Medical Aid in Dying.
You can watch the discussion in the player below. Download the study guide here.
You can also listen to the program as an audio podcast in the player below.
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