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Taking Medicine, Treating the sick, and applying First Aid

Taking Medicine, Treating the sick, and applying First Aid

66 Articles

Chapter 1: The laws of one whose life is in danger 7 Articles
- What’s Halachically better, to drive to the hospital oneself or to call an ambulance?
Chapter 2: Providing treatment to illnesses and ailments which are not deadly 10 Articles
- What’s Halachically better, to drive to the hospital oneself or to call an ambulance?
Chapter 3: List of Medical symptoms and their respective laws regarding their treatment on Shabbos 11 Articles
- What’s Halachically better, to drive to the hospital oneself or to call an ambulance?
Chapter 4: The law of a Yoledes/Women during and after childbirth 26 Articles
- What’s Halachically better, to drive to the hospital oneself or to call an ambulance?
Misc Articles on Medical care on Shabbos 11 Articles
- What’s Halachically better, to drive to the hospital oneself or to call an ambulance?

1. Desecrating Shabbos on behalf of a Yoledes

0
757

1. Eye care

1
1229

1. The law of one who has a limb that is in danger but is not in a life-threatening situation

0
843

1. The obligation to help save someone’s life even if it involves desecrating Shabbos

1
780

2. Mouth and Teeth ailments

0
972

2. On behalf of whom may one transgress Shabbos?

0
1088

2. Preparing matters from before shabbos

0
608

2. The law of one which is bedridden or feels weak in his entire body but is not in danger

0
633

3. A sore throat

0
543

3. List of matters that may be done for a Yoledes

0
656
1

3. One who is in tremendous pain but is not bedridden and does not feel weak throughout his entire body

0
790

3. Who should do the desecration of Shabbos for the ill person-Jew, Gentile, Man, Woman, Child?

0
541

4. From when does a woman carry the Halachic definition of a Yoledes

0
618

4. One who is only slightly ill

0
578

4. Stomach care

0
1203

4. Which treatments may be done?

0
693

5. Cases that are defined as life threatening situations

0
647

5. Dislocated or broken arm or leg

-1
787

5. Matters which take time may be done before she reaches the Halachic state of a Yoledes

0
496

5. One who has a mere ache

0
613

6. Assisting a gentile women give birth

1
1584

6. Illnesses which require a Doctors evaluation

0
594

6. Skin Care

2
709

6. The status of a child with regards to desecrating Shabbos on their behalf and giving them medicine

0
531

7. Desecrating Shabbos for a woman who is after birth

0
597

7. Taking Medicine and other medical treatments which involve no Shabbos prohibition

0
1509

7. The law of Techum Shabbos by one who helped save another Jew

0
731

7. Treating wounds

0
695

8. Giving assistance to a gentile which is giving the medical treatment

0
552

8. Sobering up on Shabbos using different tactics

0
522

8. The Law if a woman died r”l during childbirth

0
607

9. Exercising on Shabbos

1
1099

9. May one ask a gentile to do an action which will only be needed after Shabbos?

0
434

9. What may be done for the new born on Shabbos?

0
735

10. Massages

0
684

10. Pumping and squeezing breast milk on Shabbos

0
690

Accompanying the Yoledes to the hospital on Shabbos

0
720

Calling a midwife, ambulance, or driving to the hospital for a Yoledes

0
783

Chapter 5: Laws relating to a fire on Shabbos

0
1317

Compilation-Killing and/or trapping stinging insects such as mosquitoes, bees, wasps, hornets and the like, on Shabbos:

0
1394

Compilation-May one dab gel or cream on the skin on Shabbos?

0
944

Compilation-May one who has a localized pain, such as a headache, foot pain, back pain, and the like, take a pain killer on Shabbos?

0
555

Cutting medicine in half on Shabbos

1
574

Davening for a woman not to give birth on Shabbos

0
537

Desecrating Shabbos for a woman who is after birth

0
603

Desecrating Shabbos on behalf of a Preemie

0
556

Desecrating Shabbos on behalf of a Yoledes

0
816

Desecrating Shabbos to arrange for a babysitter

0
507

From the Rav’s Desk: Chewing cloves for tooth ache

0
637

From the Rav’s Desk: Getting a Covid vaccine on Shabbos.

0
543

From the Rav’s Desk: Placing a bag of tea on the eye as a remedy on Shabbos

0
631

From what stage of labor may one desecrate Shabbos?[

0
563

Giving a massage on Shabbos

0
563

Illnesses and their status which are not mentioned in Shulchan Aruch:

0
755

Laws relating to breastfeeding and breast milk on Shabbos

0
1142

May one apply oil onto his body on Shabbos?

0
632

May one desecrate Shabbos on behalf of treating or preventing a miscarriage?

0
526

May one induce labor on Shabbos

0
661

May one remove a splinter on Shabbos?

0
551

Preparing matters from before Shabbos for a Shabbos birth

1
521

Shabbos in the hospital for a Yoledes

0
988

Shabbos laws relating to birth

0
757

The obligation to desecrating Shabbos in order to help save someone’s life

0
682

Traveling to a hospital on Shabbos

0
762

Walking on Shabbos for weight loss and exercise

0
620

What’s Halachically better, to drive to the hospital oneself or to call an ambulance?

0
585

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