Medicine on Shabbat: Difference between revisions
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===Contact Lenses=== | ===Contact Lenses=== | ||
#Some poskim permit putting soft contact lenses in contact solution.<ref>[[Asicha_Hilchos_Shabbos_Part_2| Rav Mordechai Willig (Asicha Shabbos 2 p. 3)]]</ref> Others permit putting them in saline solution but not the disinfectant solution. Hard contacts are like dishes which can be cleaned. <Ref>Orchot Shabbat 13:11, [https://torah.org/torah-portion/weekly-halacha-5761-chayeisara/ Rabbi Doniel Neustadt]</ref> | |||
# | #Sephardim hold that it is permitted to soak contact lenses in their solution on Shabbat. <ref>[http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=3188 Rabbi Eli Mansour] </ref> | ||
===Cough=== | ===Cough=== | ||
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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== | ||
