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Chayei Adam - K’lal 145 - Laws of Yom Kippur
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drinking, the patient should ascertain himself how much he can hold in one
cheek and drink less than this, waiting between each drink the length of time it
takes to eat four or three eggs, or at least wait between drinks, the length of time
it takes to drink a revi’is. Ideally, the patient should measure his cheekful before
Yom Kippur by filling his mouth with liquid and then spitting it into a cup. He
should also measure out how long it takes to eat four eggs, and then he can time
himself on the clock.
]31[ If someone has a bulmus attack which is a disease spurred by hunger
where his eyes turn dark and he cannot see, we feed him until his eyes light up
again. 65
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]32[ If an ill person who eats [bread] on Yom Kippur is capable of doing so, he
should add ya’aleh v’yavo in birkas ha’mazon, and if it is Shabbos, he should also
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add retzei, but if he forgot, he does not repeat [birkas ha’mazon] since he is not
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obligated to eat bread. However, he does not make kiddush, nor use two challos
for ha’motzi. 69
]33[ It is permitted to smell spices on Yom Kippur, but one should be careful to
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say a beracha over them. However, if he didn’t take his mind off of them, he
םדו רשב
the amounts gradually, as needed. (For 66. Unless he limited his intake to less
example, he should eat 38 cc, or wait just 6 or than a k’zayis within the time span of k’dai
7 minutes, etc.) achilas p’ras, in which case there is not
obligation to bench at all.
64. See above, note 18 for further
discussion of this. 67. Rosh, Shulchan Aruch. See however
Taz who disagrees. He claims that Ya'aleh
65. Mishna (Yoma 83a). If only non-kosher v’yavo was never instituted as part of birkas
food is available, we feed it to him, and if ha’mazon on Yom Kippur, and accordingly,
there are two forbidden foods, we opt for the one should therefore abstain from adding it.
lesser of the two. For example, it is better to Nevertheless, the poskim rule in line with
feed him untithed produce than the terumah Shulchan Aruch, both regarding yaaleh v’yavo
from tithed produce (Yoma 83a). and retzei; since it is only an added request
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