The Harvest Festival of Sukkot reminds us that God gives us life, sustenance and prosperity as long as we remain close to Him and serve Him with love and faithfulness.

In Parshas Ha’azinu, Moses reminds us that children are our future. We pray that God will soon deliver us from those within our culture who wage war against our innocent unborn children.

Miraculous conceptions and births play a central role in our Rosh Hashanah readings. Like every baby created and born today, each one has a unique and vital role in the ongoing story of human existence.

Parshas Ki Tavo clearly shows a correlation between God centered living and flourishing, and a correlation between self centered humanism and suffering.

Parshas Ki Teitzei tells us to save women and babies from abortion. Harming women and killing babies in abortion is not compassionate care. It is antithetical to Judaism.

Parshas Shoftim teaches us to appoint authorities who create and enforce laws and policies that ban barbaric executions of innocent human beings in the womb.

Parshas Re'eh makes clear the damage we sustain from serving false gods who endorse child sacrifice. We must respect human life from conception or be cursed.

The value of each heartbeat in an unborn baby.

The article explores the complex interplay between Jewish law (Halacha), the sanctity of life, and the permissibility of abortion, particularly in the context of Shabbat observance and the principle of Pikuach Nefesh (saving a life).