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http://www.aish.com/spirituality/odysseys/Carrots_Dont_Cry.asp Carrots Don't Cry by Rachel Ginsberg Doctors said that Marsi Tabak would remain in a persistent vegetative state for the rest of her life. With tireless dedication and a warehouse of faith, her husband proved them wrong. "True redemption is the freedom from preconceived notions and breaking out of the bonds of hopelessness, knowing that the Almighty is with you and making miracles for you all the time," says Dr. Yacov Tabak. He should know. Seven years ago his wife, Marsi, suffered prolonged oxygen deprivation after a heart attack and was given a grim diagnosis: persistent vegetative state (PVS)....

Choose Life by Jonathan Rosenblum Hamodia April 1, 2005 Occasionally a particular event serves to capture in a nutshell the vast difference between the world which we inhabit as believing Jews and that of the larger society in which we live. The Terri Schiavo case, now winding down towards its tragic denouement, is one such case. Despite the efforts of President Bush, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and the U.S. Congress, it now seems certain that Terri Schiavo will die sometime this week of dehydration, after a Florida district court judge ordered the removal of the feeding tube that has sustained...