<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 19, 2008 7:22 PM, Rich, Joel <<a href="mailto:JRich@sibson.com">JRich@sibson.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial"><span>Here or on the blogs there has been discussion
that the Gaon's father told him not to study medicine because then he would
have to heal people (take time away from learning)<br><br>I was just listening
to a shiur from R' HS where he said the gaon's shita
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<div><br>For himself or for everyone?f<br> </div>
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<div><font face="Arial"><span>was that one did not go to doctors but prayed for
a refuah.</span></font></div><br>
<div><font face="Arial"><span>KT</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><span>Joel
Rich</span></font></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Then how doees he explai v'rapo yerapeh? <br>Why be mehallel Shabbos for piku'ach nefesh<br>Why not just daven?<br></div></div><br>
If this construction is true it goes against a large body of Talmud and Poskim.<br>OTOH if it was for his own personal health, perhaps he was on the madreiga for davening to work. <br>OTOH if he was recommending this for the masses it seems dangerously simplistic to expect everyone to daven for good health - Lehavdil Jewish Science?
<br clear="all"><br><br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br><a href="mailto:RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com">RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com</a><br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>