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# One may use liquid or spray insect repellent on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Shemiras [[Shabbat]] K’hilchasah 14:35; Shalmei Yehudah, pg. 179, [http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5760/chukas.html Rabbi Doniel Neustadt on Torah.org]</ref> | # One may use liquid or spray insect repellent on [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Shemiras [[Shabbat]] K’hilchasah 14:35; Shalmei Yehudah, pg. 179, [http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5760/chukas.html Rabbi Doniel Neustadt on Torah.org]</ref> | ||
===Birth control=== | ===Birth control=== | ||
# It's permissible to take birth control pills on [[Shabbat]] (assuming she received halachic permission to take these pills). <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2228 Rabbi Mansour on DailyHalacha.com]</ref> | # It's permissible to take birth control pills on [[Shabbat]] (assuming she received halachic permission to take these pills). <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2228 Rabbi Mansour on DailyHalacha.com], Chacham Ovadia Yosef [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDefault.asp?HalachaID=3319 Halacha Yomit]</ref> | ||
===Bone fracture=== | ===Bone fracture=== | ||
# For a simple bone fracture a non-Jew may be asked to do anything necessary, e.g., make a phone call, drive a car, take x-rays or put on a cast. [If a non-Jew is not available, some poskim permit a Jew to do these acts if they are done with a shinui, in an abnormal manner. <Ref> This is the view of Shulchan Aruch ha-Rav 328:19 and Eglei Tal ([[Tochen]] 18). Some poskim (Rav S.Z. Auerbach, quoted in Shemiras [[Shabbat]] K’hilchasah 33, note 18; Shevet ha-Levi 8:93) rule that one may rely on this view, especially when there is “danger to a limb.” Note, however, that Mishnah Berurah, Aruch ha-Shulchan and most poskim do not agree with this leniency. </ref>] If there is even a small chance of internal bleeding, e.g., the thigh or pelvis bone was fractured, or if the elbow was shattered, all [[Shabbat]] restrictions are lifted. <Ref> The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)</ref> | # For a simple bone fracture a non-Jew may be asked to do anything necessary, e.g., make a phone call, drive a car, take x-rays or put on a cast. [If a non-Jew is not available, some poskim permit a Jew to do these acts if they are done with a shinui, in an abnormal manner. <Ref> This is the view of Shulchan Aruch ha-Rav 328:19 and Eglei Tal ([[Tochen]] 18). Some poskim (Rav S.Z. Auerbach, quoted in Shemiras [[Shabbat]] K’hilchasah 33, note 18; Shevet ha-Levi 8:93) rule that one may rely on this view, especially when there is “danger to a limb.” Note, however, that Mishnah Berurah, Aruch ha-Shulchan and most poskim do not agree with this leniency. </ref>] If there is even a small chance of internal bleeding, e.g., the thigh or pelvis bone was fractured, or if the elbow was shattered, all [[Shabbat]] restrictions are lifted. <Ref> The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)</ref> | ||
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===Chapped lips=== | ===Chapped lips=== | ||
# For dried or cracked lips one may not apply chap stick or any other medication, liquid or otherwise. <Ref> 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 2, pg 481), The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)</ref> | # For dried or cracked lips one may not apply chap stick or any other medication, liquid or otherwise. <Ref> 39 Melachos (Rabbi Ribiat, vol 2, pg 481), The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)</ref> | ||
===Conception Pills=== | |||
# Some poskim permit taking pills to help a woman give birth. <ref> Chacham Ovadia Yosef, Rav Moshe Stern, and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach cited on [http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDefault.asp?HalachaID=3319 Halacha Yomit] </ref> | |||
===Ear infection=== | ===Ear infection=== | ||
# For an ear infection all [[medications]] are permitted. Cotton balls may be inserted. <Ref>[http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5760/chukas.html Rabbi Doniel Neustadt on Torah.org], It is prohibited to tear cotton balling on [[Shabbat]]; Minchas Yitzchak 4:45; Shemiras [[Shabbat]] K’hilchasah 35:20. </ref> Even if the infection is no longer present, prescribed medicine begun on a weekday must be continued until finished in order to avoid a relapse. <Ref> The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)</ref> | # For an ear infection all [[medications]] are permitted. Cotton balls may be inserted. <Ref>[http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5760/chukas.html Rabbi Doniel Neustadt on Torah.org], It is prohibited to tear cotton balling on [[Shabbat]]; Minchas Yitzchak 4:45; Shemiras [[Shabbat]] K’hilchasah 35:20. </ref> Even if the infection is no longer present, prescribed medicine begun on a weekday must be continued until finished in order to avoid a relapse. <Ref> The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)</ref> | ||
