# "The Doctors Told Us to Say Goodbye" ft. Rabbi Jason Weiner

From **Shtark Tank with Yaakov Wolff** by Yaakov Wolff.

- **Published:** Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:10:00 GMT
- **Duration:** 00:43:48
- **Audio:** https://anchor.fm/s/e45c8048/podcast/play/124627627/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-23%2F430392519-44100-2-1f9c1a7f522eb.mp3
- **Page:** https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yaakov-wolff/episodes/The-Doctors-Told-Us-to-Say-Goodbye-ft--Rabbi-Jason-Weiner-e3npr7b
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<p>Emotional support at the end of life. Thorny halachic questions about scientific medical breakthoughs. AI and the end of work.</p><p>These are all part of the Rabbi Jason Weiner&#39;s daily routine.</p><p>Rabbi Weiner is the senior rabbi and executive director of spiritual care at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles. In this episode we cover:</p><ul><li>What a healthcare chaplain actually does, and how Rabbi Weiner fell into the role with almost no training</li><li>The hardest moments of sitting with grieving families, including an uplifting story that took nearly 20 years to find its ending</li><li>How Torah sources think about medical breakthroughs like CRISPR and GLP-1 drugs</li><li>His essay on AI and the end of work: if a machine takes your job, does it take your identity too?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>To read the full Tradition Online essay about AI and the end of work, <a href="https://traditiononline.org/ai-automation-unemployment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">click here</a></p><p>Find more from Rabbi Weiner at rabbiweiner.com, on YUTorah, on LinkedIn, or on Instagram at @rabbi_JW.</p><p><strong>Sign up for our newsletter</strong> to recieve unfiltered takes on work, Torah, family and more. Go to <a href="shtarktank.org" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ShtarkTank.org</a> and subscribe today.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>