Medicine on Shabbat: Difference between revisions
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#In situations where one is considered “ill” and is permitted to take medicine on [[Shabbat]], it is also permitted to ask a non-Jew to drive to a drugstore, buy medicine and bring it to him. <ref>The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)</ref> | #In situations where one is considered “ill” and is permitted to take medicine on [[Shabbat]], it is also permitted to ask a non-Jew to drive to a drugstore, buy medicine and bring it to him. <ref>The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)</ref> | ||
== Vaccination == | |||
# It is permitted to vaccinate a healthy person on shabbat in a case where there is a risk that they will get sick and be endangered. If the doctor's opinion is that the vaccine is urgent then it is even permissible to violate Torah-level prohibitions, such as writing for registration purposes or driving in a car to buy the dose.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata, 32:62.</ref> | |||
==Medical Plaster== | ==Medical Plaster== | ||
# It is forbidden to cut or tear medical plaster on shabbat. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata, 35:24</ref> | #It is forbidden to cut or tear medical plaster on shabbat. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata, 35:24</ref> | ||
==Ripping the Packaging of a Medicine== | ==Ripping the Packaging of a Medicine== | ||
