Medicine on Shabbat: Difference between revisions
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# One is permitted to cut a tablet in half on [[Shabbos]], and there is no concern of "mechatech" (cutting) on [[Shabbos]].<ref>Shemiras [[Shabbos]] K’hilchoso 33:4, Shulchan Shlomo 314:13:3, Avnei Yushfei 4:58 quoting the opinion of Harav Elyashiv Shlita. Refer to there footnote 30 for the reason. </ref> | # One is permitted to cut a tablet in half on [[Shabbos]], and there is no concern of "mechatech" (cutting) on [[Shabbos]].<ref>Shemiras [[Shabbos]] K’hilchoso 33:4, Shulchan Shlomo 314:13:3, Avnei Yushfei 4:58 quoting the opinion of Harav Elyashiv Shlita. Refer to there footnote 30 for the reason. </ref> | ||
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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> | ||