Praying for the Sick and Suffering
At what point in our structured daily tefilah can we pray for the sick and suffering? What does halacha says about praying for the sick outside of our set prayers, or if we may pray for the suffering to die, or if it is proper to pray for non-Jews who need healing? Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he explores the halachot of praying for those who are unwell.
Praying for the Sick and Suffering: Praying for the Sick and Sufferring
What is the proper way to pray for the sick and suffering?
What about suffering, terminal patients for whom death might be preferable to life?
What about praying for the welfare of non-Jews?
A Hebrew 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.