[Avodah] The Gaon/Medicine

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Jan 19, 2008 7:22 PM, Rich, Joel <JRich at sibson.com> wrote:

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>  Here or on the blogs there has been discussion that the Gaon's father
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> > I was just listening to a shiur from R' HS where he said the gaon's
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> >  was that one did not go to doctors but prayed for a refuah.
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Then how doees he explai v'rapo yerapeh?
Why be mehallel Shabbos for piku'ach nefesh
Why not just daven?

If this construction is true it goes against  a large body of Talmud and
Poskim.
OTOH if it was for his own personal health, perhaps he was on the madreiga
for davening to work.
OTOH if he was recommending this for the masses it seems dangerously
simplistic to expect everyone to daven for good health - Lehavdil Jewish
Science?


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