Bikur Cholim, Vidui HaCholeh, and the Dying הלכות ביקור חולים ואבלות
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1Laws of Bikur Cholim and Mourning — Siman 1Siman 1 · 35 seifim
- 1.It is a mitzvah to visit the sick. Some…
- 2.This mitzvah applies even when the sick person is…
- 3.It is written in the responsa of Rav Achai…
- 4.The essential fulfillment of the mitzvah of visiting the…
- 5.Even a great person should go to visit a…
- 6.The sick person need not stand up before his…
- 7.Women too are obligated in the mitzvah of visiting…
- 8.Some say a woman may visit a sick man,…
- 9.A sick person confined to bed who has no…
- 10.A sick niddah — her husband is absolutely forbidden…
- 11.The custom is that even one who had a…
- 12.It is permitted to visit the sick even on…
- 13.It is permitted to recite a "Mi SheBeirach" for…
- 14.One should not desecrate Shabbat in order to send…
- 15.One visits sick non-Jews, for the sake of peaceful…
- 16.The essential purpose of the mitzvah of visiting the…
- 17.Even though there is no limit to the mitzvah…
- 18.Anyone who has a sick person in his household…
- 19.Although a person is obligated to seek medical treatment…
- 20.It is obvious that one should recite a "Mi…
- 21.One who prays for a sick person need not…
- 22.A sick person whose illness has worsened has his…
- 23.A sick person to whom a name was added,…
- 24.At the outset, one should not recite Psalms for…
- 25.One praying for his sick father should not describe…
- 26.One praying for a sick person and mentioning his…
- 27.When reciting Psalm 20 ("May the Lord answer you…
- 28.One who mentions a verse in the manner of…
- 29.One who sees a notice requesting prayer for a…
- 30.A righteous convert (ger tzedek) is permitted to pray…
- 31.One who has a non-Jewish business associate who has…
- 32.One who wishes to add a request for complete…
- 33.Some have written that one may pray for a…
- 34.A sick person's own prayer for himself is more…
- 35.A dangerously ill person whom the doctors have despaired…
2Siman 2 — The Laws of the Doctor and the Obligation to Seek HealingSiman 2 · 15 seifim
- 1.There is a great obligation upon a sick person…
- 2.Healing involves the mitzvah of restoring one's own lost…
- 3.Although a sick person should not place his trust…
- 4.A Jewish doctor who publicly desecrates Shabbat — some…
- 5.A sick person who needed to eat and drink…
- 6.When there is a God-fearing, mitzvah-observant doctor, and in…
- 7.A doctor may not take payment for his wisdom…
- 8.It is permitted to be healed through a segulah…
- 9.Some say it is permitted for a sick person,…
- 10.For a patient with jaundice, books have written that…
- 11.Some say a person is obligated to put himself…
- 12.The plastic surgery that doctors have recently developed, removing…
- 13.A sick person who needs a blood transfusion, and…
- 14.One who comes to save a person from fainting…
- 15.It is permitted for a person to insure himself…
3Siman 3 — A Sick Person Whose Relative Has DiedSiman 3 · 3 seifim
- 1.If a sick person's relative has died, and there…
- 2.One whose health condition is difficult and dangerous, and…
- 3.One who is sick with a well-known illness, God…
4Siman 4 — The Sick Person's ConfessionSiman 4 · 3 seifim
- 1.One who is approaching death is told to confess,…
- 2.The order of confession for a shechiv mera (dangerously…
- 3.A shechiv mera who said, "Give two hundred dinars…
5Siman 5 — The Laws of the Dying Person (Goses) and Reciting Tzidduk HaDin — [Siman 339]Siman 5 · 7 seifim
- 1.It is fitting for everyone, before his passing, to…
- 2.It is fitting for every person to instruct his…
- 3.One who has two sons, one a Torah scholar…
- 4.According to halachah, daughters do not inherit alongside sons.…
- 5.A dying person (goses) is considered fully alive in…
- 6.The custom is that at the moment the soul…
- 7.It is forbidden to dig a grave for a…
6Siman 6 — The Law of Water in the Vicinity of a DeathSiman 6 · 15 seifim
- 1.The custom is to pour out all the water…
- 2.Water in the vicinity of a death was forbidden…
- 3.Water in barrels on the roof, and likewise in…
- 4.If the water container in the vicinity of the…
- 5.Cooked soup found in the vicinity of a death…
- 6.Regarding hot water found in the vicinity of a…
- 7.Salt in the vicinity of a death need not…
- 8.An infant born alive, even if alive for only…
- 9.At the outset, one should be stringent regarding water…
- 10.Water in the vicinity of a death that fell…
- 11.Water in the vicinity of a death that was…
- 12.Water that sat overnight (mayim shelanu) designated for the…
- 13.Although at the outset one should not leave food…
- 14.If the death occurred on Shabbat or a festival,…
- 15.One who mistakenly recited a blessing over water in…