Building on ban by Va’ad Halacha, RCA calls for smoke-free shuls and Yeshivot, as well as educational and therapeutic initiatives to eliminate smoking among Orthodox Jews. May 1, 2007 — The Va’ad Halacha of the Rabbinical Council of America is to be commended for issuing its authoritative and comprehensive halachic ruling banning the use of Continue Reading »
Recognizing dangers of second-hand smoke, RCA bans smoking at its events and urges Jewish community to do same. Jun 13, 1991 — Whereas it is an established fact that Halacha prohibits the inflicting of injury on another and Whereas it is an established fact that the inhaling of secondhand smoke constitutes a real and present health Continue Reading »