Medicine on Shabbat: Difference between revisions
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===Sleep disorder=== | ===Sleep disorder=== | ||
#There are conflicting views among contemporary poskim about taking sleeping pills or No-Doze pills. <ref>[http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDefault.asp?HalachaID=3320 Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Chacham Ovadia Yosef are lenient] See Minchas Yitzchak 3:21, Tzitz Eliezer 9:17, Be’er Moshe 1:33 and Shalmei Yehudah, pg. 176, for the various views. </ref> One who is weak all over or bedridden may take them. Cotton balls may be used as ear plugs. It is permitted to use pliable ear plugs, which are made from a wax-like material that spreads to fill the cavity of the ear. <ref>The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)quoting Rav S.Z. Auerbach (Shemiras [[Shabbat]] K’hilchasah 14:45); Shraga ha-Meir 5:23. Rav Y.S. Elyashiv, however, recommends not using pliable ear plugs on [[Shabbat]]; see Ashrei ha-Ish 17:117; 33:7 </ref> | #There are conflicting views among contemporary poskim about taking sleeping pills or No-Doze pills.<ref>[http://www.halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDefault.asp?HalachaID=3320 Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Chacham Ovadia Yosef are lenient] See Minchas Yitzchak 3:21, Tzitz Eliezer 9:17, Be’er Moshe 1:33 and Shalmei Yehudah, pg. 176, for the various views. </ref> One who is weak all over or bedridden may take them. Cotton balls may be used as ear plugs. It is permitted to use pliable ear plugs, which are made from a wax-like material that spreads to fill the cavity of the ear. <ref>The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt) quoting Rav S.Z. Auerbach (Shemiras [[Shabbat]] K’hilchasah 14:45); Shraga ha-Meir 5:23. Rav Y.S. Elyashiv, however, recommends not using pliable ear plugs on [[Shabbat]]; see Ashrei ha-Ish 17:117; 33:7 </ref> | ||
===Sore throat=== | ===Sore throat=== | ||
