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hatam_soferet) wrote2004-08-04 04:29 pm
hatam_soferet) wrote2004-08-04 04:29 pm
Rabbi Meir and alternative medicine
Mishnah, Shabbat 6:10
יוצאין (בשבת) בביצת החרגול, ובשן השועל, ובמסמר מן הצלוב, משום רפואה, דברי רבי מאיר. וחכמים אמרים, אף בחל אסור, משום דרכי האמורי.
One may go out (on Shabbat) with a locust’s egg, a fox’s tooth, or a nail from the gallows for a cure, according to Rabbi Meir. The Sages say, even on a weekday this is forbidden, because it is the way of the Amorites.
So Rabbi Meir is willing to give anything a go, even on shabbat, while the Sages say you can't try it any time, cos it's naughty superstition...
On the other hand (6:2):
לא יצא...בקמיע בזמן שאינו מן המומחה
One may not go out...with an amulet, unless it has been recommended by a specialist.
Clearly it's just those quack cures you can't break shabbat for.
יוצאין (בשבת) בביצת החרגול, ובשן השועל, ובמסמר מן הצלוב, משום רפואה, דברי רבי מאיר. וחכמים אמרים, אף בחל אסור, משום דרכי האמורי.
One may go out (on Shabbat) with a locust’s egg, a fox’s tooth, or a nail from the gallows for a cure, according to Rabbi Meir. The Sages say, even on a weekday this is forbidden, because it is the way of the Amorites.
So Rabbi Meir is willing to give anything a go, even on shabbat, while the Sages say you can't try it any time, cos it's naughty superstition...
On the other hand (6:2):
לא יצא...בקמיע בזמן שאינו מן המומחה
One may not go out...with an amulet, unless it has been recommended by a specialist.
Clearly it's just those quack cures you can't break shabbat for.