locating an article on Ebola, Bikur Holim and endangerment
I am writing in the name of Dina Frank Rice, the interlibrary loan librarian at the NIH library in Bethesda, Maryland. She is trying to
Our ten-year-old daughter was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and we have started her on Ritalin. In general, she takes the SR Ritalin in the mornings before she goes to school. Thank G-d, our daughter appreciates the benefit of the drug and ac- tually wants to take it on Shabbat (which was not the case in the beginning).
Our question is, is it permissible for her to take Ritalin on Shabbat as well, on the assumption that she will be more cooperative at the table, etc.? In other words, can she be considered in the category of a holeh she-ein bo sakana?
Under the above circumstances, it is permissible to give your daughter Ritalin on Shabbat as it is an effective medicine that is given on a regular, everyday basis. see Assia 56 (14:4), p. 19, in the name of the Hazon Ish.
I am writing in the name of Dina Frank Rice, the interlibrary loan librarian at the NIH library in Bethesda, Maryland. She is trying to
כשמדובר בקביעת מוות לבבי-נשימתי, מהו משך הזמן הנדרש להמתין לאחר הפסקת הנשימה ופעולת הלב?
ברצוני לקבל התייחסות הלכתית לשאלה שאני מתחבט בה יחד עם אשתי והיא מניעת הריון-תכנון משפחה לאחר הולדת ילד ראשון בס"ד – מהי עמדת ההלכה בעניין
שלום וברכה! רציתי לדעת מה יחס ההלכה לגבי תרומת איברים לפני/ אחרי המוות ואם כן, דרך איפה מומלץ לעשות זאת. תודה
