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Q & A With Gedolim
A Deep Dive into the Wisdom of the Gedolim, Addressing Today's Most Pressing Questions


Spending Shabbos in the Psychiatric Ward Part 2
Question Last week, I asked about how to deal with the electric doors here in the hospital on Shabbos . Rav Zafrani explained to me that the best course of action is just to stand by the doors until someone realizes that you need to get through. Most of the time, Jewish nurses were buzzing the door open for me. This got me worried: Am I not causing another Jew to sin? Thank you. Rav Auerbach While obviously the best option would be for a non-Jew to open the door, I concur wi
Nov 28, 20253 min read


Spending Shabbos in the Psychiatric Ward
Question My daughter is in the psychiatric ward of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Israel, as she was diagnosed with schizophrenia and hears voices telling her to commit suicide. Because of the delicate condition of my daughter and many of the patients in that ward, they are locked in with double doors that are secured by an electric lock. During the week, when a visitor needs to enter or leave the premises, they ring a bell and one of the staff buzzes open the doors. Sometime
Nov 21, 20253 min read


Turning on a C-Pap Machine after Hadlokas Neiros
Question I am a middle-aged woman who lives by herself in Yerushalayim. I am currently in bidud, quarantine, for corona. I suffer from...
Jun 29, 20253 min read


All About Cataracts
Question In order to ask my shailos , I will need to give some background information. I recently had an operation on a macular hole in...
May 9, 20252 min read
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