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bride is ill, yet he makes no effort to find out the cause of her illness, 1 YOM TOV, AND RESERVING AN APPOINTMENT FOR
the physician should not volunteer the information. DIALYSIS ON CHOL HAMOED .............................................335
We can add another condition not mentioned by the Chafetz Division of Shifts between Two Shabbos-Observant Physi-
Chaim above: Sometimes as a result of the groom discovering his cians or Patients .........................................................................338
bride’s illness and severing the connection to her, the bride could Priorities when Choosing Shifts for the Month of Tishrei ...341
become physically endangered by her severe anguish. She may be Which is Preferable? Lighting the Chanukah Menorah or
afraid that no one will want to marry her, and this fear and pain may Reciting Hallel? ......................................................................... 343
aggravate her illness. In this case, one should not tell the groom. The
obligation to tell him stems from the precept “Do not stand idly by Lighting the Chanukah Menorah in a Public Hall during an
the blood of your fellowman,” and this precept applies to the bride Award-distribution Ceremony ................................................344
as well. If she is endangered or falls into a deep depression, which is
considered a state of pikuach nefesh [then one would have violated the 111 CAN A PHYSICIAN WHO LIVES ABROAD TREAT
PATIENTS IN ERETZ YISRAEL ON THE SECOND DAY OF
precept while attempting to fulfill it.] YOM TOV? ................................................................................. 348
A similar case is judged in Responsa Iggros Moshe (Even Ha’ezer, Vol.
1 #67): Is one allowed to marry a woman with kidney disease, whom 112 SHABBOS DESECRATION FOR A PATIENT THOUGHT
the physicians prohibit at present from becoming pregnant? Marital TO BE IN DANGER, BY A PHYSICIAN WHO SAYS THERE
relations would only be permitted if she were to take contraceptive IS NO DANGER ...........................................................................353
pills or use a diaphragm. Rav Moshe’s response is that although some Why Members of the Sanhedrin Require Knowledge of Med-
of the poskim permit the use of contraception if pregnancy would icine .............................................................................................361
be dangerous to her, this would only apply if she is already married
and her husband is already obligated to her, and divorce is difficult. 113 WHAT LEVEL OF DANGER IS A PERSON ALLOWED TO
Marrying such a woman lechatchila, however, should be prohibited. UNDERTAKE IN ORDER TO SAVE ANOTHER PERSON’S
However, if the pair have already formed an emotional bond, to the LIFE? ...............................................................................................369
point that if the marriage is cancelled the sick woman will become
endangered, then there is room to permit the marriage and for them 114 LEAVING A SAFE PLACE AT THE TIME OF AN ATTACK
to use contraceptive means on condition that they not publicize the IN ORDER TO SAVE THE WOUNDED ...............................381
permissive ruling. How Much is One Obligated to Endanger Oneself to Save the
One can learn from this for our case, that the couple should be Lives of Others? ........................................................................384
prohibited from marrying each other so long as she is in treatment Burial of Corpses Left on the Battlefield in a Neighboring
and medically prohibited from becoming pregnant. They should wait Field ............................................................................................ 389
to get married until after the treatment.
We can also learn from the above that if calling off the wedding 115 SAVING THE WOUNDED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD
would endanger the woman, one should consider carefully whether it WHEN THE CHANCE OF SAVING LIVES IS VERY SMALL .
is permissible to tell the groom about her illness. 390
The most preferred way, in our case, is to advise the bride to speak To Endanger Oneself to Save the Life of a Gentile .............. 397
6 1 Medical-HalacHic Responsa of Rav ZilbeRstein Table of Contents 2 xiii
