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#A doctor who is on call and there is a sick patient under his or her care, some say that the doctor should stay in the hospital or nearby so that the doctor will not have to travel on [[Shabbat]]<ref>Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:131 and Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 30:26 </ref>, while others are lenient if it will ruin the doctor and his family’s oneg [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata (chap 40 note 71) in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach explaining that since there is a mitzvah of oneg [[Shabbat]] one is not obligated to leave one’s home on Friday in order to avoid violation of [[Shabbat]]. For background of this topic [[Brit_Milah#Delayed Milah on Thursday or Friday|see here]]. </ref> | #A doctor who is on call and there is a sick patient under his or her care, some say that the doctor should stay in the hospital or nearby so that the doctor will not have to travel on [[Shabbat]]<ref>Sh”t Igrot Moshe 1:131 and Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 30:26 </ref>, while others are lenient if it will ruin the doctor and his family’s oneg [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata (chap 40 note 71) in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach explaining that since there is a mitzvah of oneg [[Shabbat]] one is not obligated to leave one’s home on Friday in order to avoid violation of [[Shabbat]]. For background of this topic [[Brit_Milah#Delayed Milah on Thursday or Friday|see here]]. </ref> | ||
#According to many poskim a doctor who was called into the hospital for an emergency can't drive home afterwards.<ref>Even though Igrot Moshe OC 4:80 was lenient, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Minchat Shlomo 1:8 was strict. Rav Ovadia Yosef in Chazon Ovadia v. 3 p. 253 is strict. Tzitz Eliezer 21:59 writes that someone who relies on Rav Moshe has what to rely upon.</ref> | #According to many poskim, a doctor who was called into the hospital for an emergency can't drive home afterwards.<ref>Even though Igrot Moshe OC 4:80 was lenient, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Minchat Shlomo 1:8 was strict. Rav Ovadia Yosef in Chazon Ovadia (Shabbat v. 3 p. 253) is strict. Tzitz Eliezer 21:59 writes that someone who relies on Rav Moshe has what to rely upon.</ref> | ||
#If someone leaves to leave the techum for an emergency such as for a woman giving birth or a hatzolah member, he doesn’t need to remove any extra clothing he’s wearing even though he’s bringing those clothing beyond the techum. Some say that he should make those clothing ownerless before Shabbos if he knew that it would happen.<ref>Torat Yoledet (p. 40 and Umasfim Utikun siman 2) writes that he doesn’t need to take off his extra clothing like his jacket or tie as the earlier poskim didn’t mention this. He quotes Rav Elyashiv who says that the clothing which are necessary are considered nullified to the person’s body. Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Shemiras Shabbos Kehilchata ch. 42 fnt. 136 and Minchat Shlomo 1:15) explains that the clothing’s techum follows his techum when he leaves for an emergency. Minchat Yitzchak 9:37 and Techumei Shabbat (Miluyim 29 p700) also permit for other reasons. Torat Hayoledet 2:4 quotes Rav Chaim Kanievsky as holding that he should make his clothing ownerless before Shabbat and then they won’t have a techum. Teshuvot Vahanagot 5:89 agrees. Techumei Shabbat quotes Rav Pinchas Sheinberg who argues with this suggestion because his intent is to reacquire it after Shabbat. </ref> | #If someone leaves to leave the techum for an emergency such as for a woman giving birth or a hatzolah member, he doesn’t need to remove any extra clothing he’s wearing even though he’s bringing those clothing beyond the techum. Some say that he should make those clothing ownerless before Shabbos if he knew that it would happen.<ref>Torat Yoledet (p. 40 and Umasfim Utikun siman 2) writes that he doesn’t need to take off his extra clothing like his jacket or tie as the earlier poskim didn’t mention this. He quotes Rav Elyashiv who says that the clothing which are necessary are considered nullified to the person’s body. Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Shemiras Shabbos Kehilchata ch. 42 fnt. 136 and Minchat Shlomo 1:15) explains that the clothing’s techum follows his techum when he leaves for an emergency. Minchat Yitzchak 9:37 and Techumei Shabbat (Miluyim 29 p700) also permit for other reasons. Torat Hayoledet 2:4 quotes Rav Chaim Kanievsky as holding that he should make his clothing ownerless before Shabbat and then they won’t have a techum. Teshuvot Vahanagot 5:89 agrees. Techumei Shabbat quotes Rav Pinchas Sheinberg who argues with this suggestion because his intent is to reacquire it after Shabbat. </ref> | ||
