[Avodah] Medications On Shabbos

[Prof. L. Levine]

From

https://torah.org/torah-portion/weekly-halacha-5758-vayechi/
Medications On Shabbos • Torah.org<https://torah.org/torah-portion/weekly-halacha-5758-vayechi/>
FOOTNOTES. 1. There are different opinions as to when a child is no longer treated as a “patient not dangerously ill”. Some (Chazon Ish O.C. 59:4; Harav S.Z. Auerbach in Nishmas Avrohom 328:54; Harav S.Y. Elyashiv in Eis la-Ledes, pg. 57) quote the age of 2-3; others (Tzitz Eliezer 8:15-12) say six, while yet others (Minchas Yitzchak 1:78) are lenient till the age of nine.
torah.org
Behold your father is ill (48:1)
Until Yaakov fell ill, no one was sick…(Bava Metzia 87a<https://www.sefaria.org/Bava_Metzia.87a?lang=he-en&utm_source=torah.org&utm_medium=sefaria_linker>)


One of several Rabbinical decrees that our Sages enacted in order to guard the sanctity of Shabbos concerns the use of medications. In the opinion and experience of the Rabbis, easy access to medicine may lead to the transgression of Shabbos Labors such as “grinding” (when preparing certain medications) or “smoothing” (when applying certain medications). While issuing the decree, however, the Rabbis were bound by the halachic principle of being as lenient as possible with those suffering pain or distress. Thus, they established guidelines for determining when it is permitted to take medication on Shabbos and when it is not. In the following discussion, we will list several common conditions which normally require medication and how they are dealt with on Shabbos.

See the above URL for a list of ailments and conditons.

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