[Avodah] Eating on Yom Kippur

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 09:03:45PM +0000, Ben Bradley via Avodah wrote:
: That seems to means that the halacha in OC [6]18:1 is no longer applicable,
: if my interlocutors are correct.
: 
: Modern medical theory does however recognise that when someone says they
: are ill, then that needs to be taken at face value...

Halakhah too. We require the choleh eat if the choleh OR the doctor
say he needs to, even when they disagree. "And if the choleh says,
'I must', even when 100 doctors say he doesn't have to, we listen
to the choleh."

The Kaf haChaim 618:1 says that only where the was a cheshash to
begin with, we can use the choleh's determination which way to go on
the cheshash.

: Bottom line question: Is it really the case that someone is only a choleh
: in halacha when their doctor says so?

As you see, no. But again, the KhC would say you need the doctor to say
the guy isn't just being a hypocondriac, that there is /some/ cheshash
he is basing his fear on. Even if the fear isn't realistic.

GCT and :-)@@ii!
-Micha

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