87. Ki Tzeitzei - Plastic Surgery in Jewish Law

We discuss: - potential issues with plastic surgery, and in which circumstances it may be allowed - how emotional pain and embarrassment hold weight in halacha  - in which cases one can perform blood letting on a parent, and why... - proper application of "v'ahavta l'reiacha kamocha", and an interesting Rashi on this saying - R' Moshe Feinstein's tshuva on cases involving cosmetic plastic surgery - Chelkas Yaakov discusses different opinions on the potential danger involved in surgeries as a halachic consideration - Ramban on the permission and mitzvah that doctors have to heal - Potential reasons for the Tzitz Eliezer saying that plastic surgery to improve one's looks is not allowed, including the relationship of "b'tzelem Elokim" to this issue - R Tatz' on a situation in which he says cosmetic plastic surgery would be allowed