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3. This is the first of the Five Precepts. It has various interpretations.
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8. In Australia: http://www.christiansforve.org.au/
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19. For example, J. David Bleich, Eliezer Waldenberg
20. Such as the writings of Daniel Sinclair, Moshe Tendler, Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Moshe Feinstein
21. See Elliot Dorff and, for earlier speculation, Byron Sherwin.
22. http://www.shj.org/physician-assisted-death/
23. http://www.ifshj.net/id91.html
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