[Avodah] R Avraham

[Ben Waxman via Avodah]

How can a rav decide what level of risk is acceptable if he isn't an 
expert in the field?

Meaning, if the doctor says "there is a high probability (or even a good 
probability (does anyone expect a doctor to say 52.3% chance?)) of the 
patient suffering consequence X* if he fasts" on what basis is a rav 
going to say "that's acceptable"?

*X means a consequence serious enough to warrant eating

Ben

On 9/9/2016 11:48 AM, Eli Turkel via Avodah wrote:
> Thus there are 3 steps in any psak. 1) derive the graph and statistics 
> - this is the job of the expert
> 2) decide what level of risk is acceptable - this is the job of the rabbi