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# The mitzvah applies even when the sick person is in the hospital and is taken care of by doctors and nurses. <ref>Yalkut Yosef ([[Bikur Cholim]], pg 41) explaining that certainly there is a purpose to encourage and pray for the sick person and it's included in Ahavta LeReacha Kamocha. </ref> | # The mitzvah applies even when the sick person is in the hospital and is taken care of by doctors and nurses. <ref>Yalkut Yosef ([[Bikur Cholim]], pg 41) explaining that certainly there is a purpose to encourage and pray for the sick person and it's included in Ahavta LeReacha Kamocha. </ref> | ||
# No beracha is recited over this mitzva. <ref> [[Mourning]] in Halacha 1:4, Yalkut Yosef YD chelek 7 1:1. See both of those sources for reasons. </ref> | # No beracha is recited over this mitzva. <ref> [[Mourning]] in Halacha 1:4, Yalkut Yosef YD chelek 7 1:1. See both of those sources for reasons. </ref> | ||
# A person should not enter the room of a sick person suddenly, lest he walk in on the sick person in an undignified psituation. < | # A person should not enter the room of a sick person suddenly, lest he walk in on the sick person in an undignified psituation. <ref> [[Mourning]] in Halachah 1:34 </ref> | ||
==How often== | ==How often== | ||
# There is no maximum measure to this mitzvah and the one who visits the sick more often is praiseworthy, even multiple times in one day, as long as it isn’t a burden on the sick person. <Ref>Kitzur S”A 193:1, Yalkut Yosef ([[Bikur Cholim]] pg 52), Shulchan Aruch YD 335:2, Rambam Hilchot Avel 14:4 </ref> | # There is no maximum measure to this mitzvah and the one who visits the sick more often is praiseworthy, even multiple times in one day, as long as it isn’t a burden on the sick person. <Ref>Kitzur S”A 193:1, Yalkut Yosef ([[Bikur Cholim]] pg 52), Shulchan Aruch YD 335:2, Rambam Hilchot Avel 14:4 </ref> | ||
