[Avodah] rofeh mumcheh

[Zev Sero]

Eli Turkel wrote:
>     I have heard many times from R. Zilberstein that the definition
>     today of a rofeh mumcheh is one certified by the health ministry.
> 
> 
> That makes no sense either.  It's like saying that "the definition
> today of an opera singer is a fat person".  There are indeed many
> opera singers who are fat, and non-opera-singers who are lean, but
> there is no necessary correlation between the two traits.>>
> 
> 
> Are you disagreeing with R. Zilbersetin that the health ministry defines
> today who is rofweh mumcheh of the gemara instead of the bet din

Since when did a bet din have anything to do with defining that?
Do you imagine there was some sort of licensing of doctors then?


> The gemara clearly differentiates between rofeh mumcheh and any person
> who caims he knows medicine

Yes, there is an objective difference between an expert and a not-so-
expert.  It's got nothing to do with whether some "authority" has
graciously given one a "license" to practise.


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