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From: naiman@pegasus.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: When the Sabbath can be desecrated
Message-ID: <1576@pegasus.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 19:14:53 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  8 19:14:53 1984
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> That if a dying person (A) requests to see someone (B), then B is allowed to
> desecrate the Sabbath in order to reach A as fast as possible.  The question
> is then raised that perhaps A should just be told that B is on the way,
> but B should not be contacted (especially if there's no way in hell [:-)]
> for B to arrive in time).  However, since A might know the 'halacha' (law),
> he would know that B would not be contacted, and he would not be fooled.

[My addition]

			AND

The law states that one MUST respect a dying man's wishes, otherwise you
may hasten his death.


> Therefore, it was decided that in all cases, B should be contacted and
> immediately set out towards A.
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==> Ephrayim J. Naiman @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-6259
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