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=== Vitamins === | === Vitamins === | ||
# If the purpose of the vitamin is to serve as a food supplement it is permitted to take such a vitamin on [[Shabbat]]. <ref>The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)</ref> | # If the purpose of the vitamin is to serve as a food supplement it is permitted to take such a vitamin on [[Shabbat]]. <ref>The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt)</ref> | ||
# If the purpose of the vitamin is to strengthen a weak body or to relieve certain symptoms, in the opinion of many poskim, one may not take those vitamins on Shabbos. <ref> The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt) | # If the purpose of the vitamin is to strengthen a weak body or to relieve certain symptoms, in the opinion of many poskim, one may not take those vitamins on Shabbos. <ref> The Weekly Halachah Discussion (Rabbi Doniel Neustadt) references Igros Moshe, O.C. 3:54, Minchas Shelomo 2:37 and Shemiras Shabbos K’hilchasah 34, note 86, quoting Rav S.Z. Auerbach. See, however, Tzitz Eliezer 14:50, who takes a more lenient approach concerning vitamins on Shabbos. </ref> | ||
==Elective surgery== | ==Elective surgery== | ||
