[Avodah] Seeking a facility for drug addiction problems

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:20:44AM -0400, hankman wrote:
: I am curious as to the basis for this psak. Is it in some sense a case
: of pikuach nefesh, so get the best possible treatment even at the cost
: of kashrus or chilul Shabbos, or is some other logic at play here?

I know of the Novominsker advising similarly in the case of someone
needing psychiatric care. His reasoning was parallel to piquach nefesh,
but I do not think he actually called it piquach nefesh. We are mechallel
Shabbos for PN because "chalal alav Shabbos achas kedei sheyishameir
Shabbasos harbei", which should be true for someone incapable of keeping
Shabbos in their current condition for other reasons. Especially when
no one else is being called upon to violate Shabbos on their behalf.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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