Eating on Yom Kippur in Cases of Danger
We are supposed to fast on Yom Kippur but what happens if a situation arises where fasting becomes problematic? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores how we decide when dangerous situations justify eating and drinking on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
Eating on Yom Kippur in Cases of Danger: Eating on Yom Kippur in Cases of Danger
If fasting threatens someone’s life on Yom Kippur, he or she is of course permitted to eat and drink.
How can we establish whether someone’s life is in fact in danger?
And having established that the treat to life is real, are there any limitations in eating and drinking?
Not surprisingly, leading rabbis are divided on these issues. In class we will survey their opinions and the reasoning.
A source sheet is available through the links in both WORD format and pdf. In class we will translate and explain these sources.
In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.