Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, Siman 192 Part 2/2

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

What does the Kitzur ask of a physician, of those tending the ill, and of one who visits the sick? For bikur cholim, the Kitzur lists seeing to the ill person's needs, comforting him, and davening for mercy on him. The Chasam Sofer explains that davening in the ill person's presence needs no name, and saying a name could bring more Midas HaDin.

Key points

• With a stomach ailment, the Kitzur lets a woman tend a sick man, not a man a sick woman.
• The Kitzur forbids raising a medicine's price beyond reasonable when an ill fellow needs it.
• The Kitzur sends family and regular friends at once, outsiders after three days, unless the illness came rapidly.
• The Kitzur bars visiting an ill enemy or comforting a mourning one, yet allows attending the funeral.
• A visit without davening for the ill person, the Kitzur says, misses the mitzvah.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Bloodletting and blood flow
2. 3:59The Kitzur on a physician's work
3. 7:45Tending an ill man or woman
4. 10:18Medications and their price
5. 12:51The mitzvah of visiting the sick
6. 15:59Essential parts of bikur cholim
7. 20:28Hours for visiting and davening

Topics

• Tefillah for the Sick