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# If there's a danger that is life threatening after Shabbat and he cannot or he doesn't know if he can save the person from the danger at that time, it is permitted on Shabbat to violate Shabbat to prevent the danger. However, if he can prevent the danger after Shabbat he must do so and not violate Shabbat.<ref>Igrot Moshe O.C. 3:69. Rav Moshe writes that also if it is known on Friday that there will be a danger on Shabbat and Friday is Yom Tov it is forbidden to violate Yom Tov. When the situation arises on Shabbat he should violate Shabbat and not violate Yom Tov. However, he quotes Netsiv who permits violating Yom Tov to avoid violating Shabbat in this case. Rav Elyashiv (Haarot Yoma 84b s.v. ubikar) agrees with Rav Moshe. However, Rav Shlomo Zalman (Shulchan Shlomo 328:4:7, Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata ch. 32 fnt. 105) agrees with Netsiv. This is relevant to someone who is on dialysis and needs treatment either on Yom Tov or Shabbat. Rav Shlomo Zalman says that it is preferable to violate Yom Tov on Friday even though he could wait until Shabbat.</ref> | # If there's a danger that is life threatening after Shabbat and he cannot or he doesn't know if he can save the person from the danger at that time, it is permitted on Shabbat to violate Shabbat to prevent the danger. However, if he can prevent the danger after Shabbat he must do so and not violate Shabbat.<ref>Igrot Moshe O.C. 3:69. Rav Moshe writes that also if it is known on Friday that there will be a danger on Shabbat and Friday is Yom Tov it is forbidden to violate Yom Tov. When the situation arises on Shabbat he should violate Shabbat and not violate Yom Tov. However, he quotes Netsiv who permits violating Yom Tov to avoid violating Shabbat in this case. Rav Elyashiv (Haarot Yoma 84b s.v. ubikar) agrees with Rav Moshe. However, Rav Shlomo Zalman (Shulchan Shlomo 328:4:7, Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata ch. 32 fnt. 105) agrees with Netsiv. This is relevant to someone who is on dialysis and needs treatment either on Yom Tov or Shabbat. Rav Shlomo Zalman says that it is preferable to violate Yom Tov on Friday even though he could wait until Shabbat.</ref> | ||
# If there's a pikuach nefesh (life-threatening situation) it isn't an obligation for others to experience pain to minimize the violation of Shabbat that the one who is in pikauch nefesh would have to do. | # If there's a pikuach nefesh (life-threatening situation) it isn't an obligation for others to experience pain to minimize the violation of Shabbat that the one who is in pikauch nefesh would have to do. | ||
## For example, if a doctor needs light to treat a choleh sheyesh bo sakana and there's a candle in another room, it is preferable to carry the candle from one room to the other instead of lighting a new candle. However, if taking the candle from the other room is going to cause a lot of pain to someone else, such as if there's someone else in the room with the candle who is sleeping and taking the candle will wake him up. There's no obligation for that person to experience pain in order to minimize the melacha that the doctor or choleh sheyesh bo sakana need to do for pikuach nefesh.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman (Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 32:65)</ref> | ## For example, if a doctor needs light to treat a choleh sheyesh bo sakana and there's a candle in another room, it is preferable to carry the candle from one room to the other instead of lighting a new candle. However, if taking the candle from the other room is going to cause a lot of pain to someone else, such as if there's someone else in the room with the candle who is sleeping and taking the candle will wake him up. There's no obligation for that person to experience pain in order to minimize the melacha that the doctor or choleh sheyesh bo sakana need to do for pikuach nefesh.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman (Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 32:65), Rav Elyashiv (Ashrei Haish 2:44:11)</ref> | ||
## If a live wire fell there's no obligation to stand there all day to prevent people from becoming injured by it.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata (ch. 41 fnt. 69)</ref> | ## If a live wire fell there's no obligation to stand there all day to prevent people from becoming injured by it.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata (ch. 41 fnt. 69)</ref> | ||
