When medical professionals and religious scholars grapple with life-and-death decisions, their differing frameworks for understanding human life create profound ethical tensions. A structured dialogue between rabbis and physicians reveals how theoretical frameworks developed in academia often clash with the practical realities of clinical decision-making. Through examination of specific cases involving premature infants, fetal viability, and experimental procedures, participants debate fundamental questions about determining human life, distinguishing between "right to life" versus "right to be born," and weighing quality of life considerations. The methodology pairs religious scholars with medical professionals to analyze biomedical ethics issues including fetal experimentation, infanticide, and end-of-life care. Major findings demonstrate that as scientific understanding advances, Jewish law has paradoxically become more restrictive rather than permissive, while tensions persist between metaphysical beliefs about life's sanctity and empirical medical knowledge. The dialogue emphasizes that religious perspectives provide essential metaphysical grounding for medical ethics, particularly regarding life's indivisible sacredness, while acknowledging that practical clinical experience must inform theoretical frameworks. This interdisciplinary collaboration proves crucial for addressing complex bioethical dilemmas in a pluralistic society where both empirical medical knowledge and religious values play vital roles.