Elective Cosmetic Surgery
Verses in Tanach
Talmud / Midrash and commentaries
Bava Kama 91a-b
Ketuvot 32b-33a
Sanhedrin 84b
Shitah Mekubetzet Bava Kama 91b
Tosafot Bava Kama 91b "Ela Hai"
Tosafot Sanhedrin 68a
Yam Shel Shlomo Bava Kama 8:49
Aruch leNer Yevamot 13b
Pnei Yehoshua Bava Kama 91b
Post Talmud / Midrash, Pre-Rishonim
Mishneh Torah and commentaries
Hilchot Chovel UMazik 5:1
Hilchot Sanhedrin 16:12
Hilchot Shevuot 5:17
Rishonim [Pre-"Code of Jewish Law"]
Tur, Shulchan Aruch ["Code of Jewish Law"] and Commentaries
Tur, Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 116
Tur, Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat 420:1, 427:8-10
Bach Choshen Mishpat 420 "HaChovel beAtzmo"
Acharonim [Post-"Code of Jewish Law"]
Recent Authorities
Contemporary Halachic Problems I pg. 119-123, R' J. David Bleich
Journal of Halachah and Contemporary Society Vol. 15, Rabbi David B. Ettengoff, "Halachic Implications of Cosmetic Surgery"
Igrot Moshe Choshen Mishpat 2:66; Orach Chaim 3:78; Yoreh Deah 3:36
Minchat Yitzchak 6:105:2
Tzitz Eliezer 11:41:8-9
Yabia Omer 8:Choshen Mishpat 12
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