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Can one refrain from placing a baby in a Gas Proof Tent in openly to her groom about her condition. One should tell her that 1
order to calm his parents? ........................................................276 if she withholds the facts from her groom, she violates the Torah
Using the phone on Shabbos to relieve the worries of the precept “Do not wrong one another” (Vayikra 25:17), as explained in
parents ........................................................................................277 Kiryas Sefer (Ch. 18 of Hilchos Mechirah). The poskim have already
ruled that if a young man marries a girl on the presumption that she is
103 CIRCUMCISION ON A BABY WITH AN EYE INFECTION ... a virgin and it turned out not to be so, then the bride has violated the
280 prohibition against deception, since our Sages ruled that “a woman
does not make a nuptial agreement with anyone other than he who
104 IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO REATTACH A FINGER THAT WAS has made her into a receptacle.” (Sanhedrin, 22b)
CUT OFF ON SHABBOS?..........................................................291 There was once a young man whose bride was unaware that he
suffered from epilepsy. The Chazon Ish instructed him to tell her.
105 WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS AND USING INSTRUMENTS (When the bride then came to the Chazon Ish, he blessed them that
ON SHABBOS IN AN OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENT their children would not suffer from epilepsy. And so it was.) Like-
296
wise, a young man with diabetes wanted to conceal his illness from
Can a Jewish Surgeon do eye-surgery on Shabbos in a Case of his bride until after their engagement, but the Chazon Ish prohibited
Emergency? .................................................................................301 him from doing so.
Medical Definitions of Injuries to the Eye .............................304
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Illnesses of the Eye in Regard to Circumcision .....................307
Refused to Sign on Shabbos for Release from Prison, but
Agreed to Sign for his Friend. How is this Possible? ............309
What should the Physician do if the Bride
106 TRAVELING ON SHABBOS TO PREVENT THE Refuses to Talk?
PROHIBITION OF SECLUSION ............................................. 311
The Chelkas Yaakov (Vol. 3 #136 and in the reprinting Even Ha’ezer
107 TRAVELING ON SHABBOS TO A MORE DISTANT 79) holds that a physician is obligated to reveal to the other side if
HOSPITAL FOR THE PATIENT’S MEDICAL RECORDS .317
their future spouse has cancer and will clearly not live longer than a
year. The physician is obligated to volunteer the information even if
108 THERE IS A PRIVATE HOSPITAL CLOSE BY, AND A he wasn’t asked, since it says, “Do not stand idly by the blood of your
PUBLIC HOSPITAL FURTHER AWAY. WHERE SHOULD A
PERSON GO ON SHABBOS? ...................................................321 fellowman.” We can also add that by revealing the information, the
physician is preventing the ill partner from violating the prohibition
109 IS IT PERMISSIBLE FOR A PHYSICIAN TO DEMAND of “Do not deceive.” This would apply only under the afore-mentioned
THAT RELATIVES COME ON SHABBOS TO GIVE conditions, including our additional note that the revelation may not
CONSENT FOR SURGERY? ......................................................328 bring the ill partner to a state of pikuach nefesh.
However, some physicians say that if they reveal illnesses, patients
110 THE DISTRIBUTION OF SHIFTS ON SHABBOS AND will lose their faith in their physicians. Others add that at times this

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