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However, the Gemara in Yoma gives certain limitations to this halacha in cases of potential danger to life.

א דומע בפ ףד אמוי תכסמ . 28
םש ןיא םאו ,ןיאיקב יפ לע ותוא ןיליכאמ - הלוח .השפנ בישתש דע התוא ןיליכאמ - החירהש הרבוע .הנשמ
.יד רמאיש דע ,ומצע יפ לע ותוא ןיליכאמ - ןיאיקב
םא .היפ לע הל ןיחינמו ,בטורב שוכ הל ןיבחות - ריזח רשב וא שדוק רשב החירהש הרבוע :ןנבר ונת .ארמג
ןיליכאמ - ואל םאו ,בטומ - התעד הבשייתנ םאו ,המצע בטור התוא ןיליכאמ - ואל םאו ,בטומ - התעד הבשייתנ
.םימד תוכיפשו תוירע יוליגו הרז הדובעמ ץוח שפנ חוקפ ינפב דמועש רבד ךל ןיאש ,ומצע ןמוש התוא

Masechet Yoma 82a
MISHNA: Regarding a pregnant woman who smelled food and was overcome by a craving to eat it, one feeds
her until she recovers. If a person is ill and requires food due to potential danger, one feeds him according to the
advice of medical experts. And if there are no experts there, one feeds him according to his own instructions,
until he says that he has eaten enough.
GEMARA: The Sages taught in a baraita: A pregnant woman who smelled consecrated meat or pig meat and
craved those specific foods, one inserts a thin reed into the juice of that item and places it on her mouth. If her
mind become settled, it is well. And if not, one feeds her the gravy itself. If her mind becomes settled, it is well.
And if not, one feeds her the fat itself, as there is nothing that stands in the way of saving a life except for the
prohibitions against idol worship, and forbidden sexual relationships, and bloodshed.

Rishonim dispute the halacha in a scenario where the fetus alone is in danger but not the mother, and also dispute whether
such a situation actually exists.

םש ,י”שר . 29
:ןינכוסמ ןהינש - תלכוא הניא םאו ,ול הואתמ אוהו לישבת חיר חירמ רבועה .החירהש הרבוע
Rashi
A pregnant woman who smelled: The fetus smells the food and desires it. If the mother doesn’t eat it, then they
are both in danger.

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