Medical Issues on Chol Hamoed
What kind of melacha is permissible when it comes to medical issues on Chol Hamoed that justifies treatment by a physician, surgeon, or physiotherapist? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores the halachot for the sick and suffering during the in-between days of a festival.
Medical Issues on Chol Hamoed: Medical Issues on Chol ha-Mo’ed
Is dental surgery permitted on Chol ha-Moed?
Can you engage in physiotherapy on Chol ha-Moed?
What about routine dental or medical examinations?
Medical therapy, like taking antibiotics, vitamins, or other supplements, is of course permitted in life-threatening cases. Is this permitted in cases where there is suffering but no threat to life?
Is there a distinction between treating a disease and prophylaxis (i.e., preventative medicine)?
A Hebrew source sheet is available through the links both in 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.