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<DIV>A well known blogger mentions in a recent blog that some Rabbanim have
opined that in seeking a facility for drug addiction problems, get the best
therapeutic facility available even if it means a non kosher or non shomer
Shabbos facility. 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?</DIV>
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<DIV>He wrote:</DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11.3pt">It is interesting to note that when
the father consulted Rabbanim as to what kind of facility his son should go to
for addiction problems, they said it was not essential to find a Shomer Shabbos
or Kosher facility. The most important thing was to find the facility that was
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Kol tuv</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Chaim
Manaster</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>