A gut moed to the Chavrei Kollel hakedosha
(For those who avoid melacha on chol ha moed like the AV of writing-would tapping a screen and letters popping up be included like it is on Shabbos or Yom Tov itself)?
Based on the 18 Treifos in Chulin, there would be many human cases simply from Safeik can't possibly know because it would require an autopsy, this is a murder victim not an animal sacrificed to eat.
In addition not nogeah directly to the daf..but Halachically today, is it the same criteria...e.g. a human being can live ad 120 with one functional lung.
A person can be an alcoholic have Jaundice, it takes a lot longer than 12 months for the liver to shut down?
Avrahom , United States
Dear R' Avrahom,
Thank you for your thoughtful questions regarding typing on Chol ha'Moed and the concept of Tereifah in human beings.
1) Typing on Chol ha'Moed
a) I invite you to look at these links, which I can partially synopsize below:
- https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/3035/typing-on-chol-hamoed
- https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/chol-hamoed-observance-in-modern-times-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter
b) Rav Moshe Feinstein zt'l is recorded as ruling that typing on a typewriter, when needed for the Moed, is permitted since it is not considered a Ma'aseh Uman . (See Hilchos Chol ha'Moed Zichron Shlomo, p. 78.)
c) Similarly, Rav Ovadyah Yosef zt'l is said to have allowed typing on computers for Moed needs. (See Teshuvos Yabi'a Omer 8:48.)
d) On the other hand, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt'l is cited as being concerned that typing and data storage could resemble a forbidden creative activity such as Boneh , and should be avoided unless preventing significant loss. (See Shemiras Shabbos k'Hilchasah 66, note 209.)
2) Tereifah in human beings
As you noted, today a human being might live many years with serious conditions like having one functional lung or chronic liver disease. Medical advances have dramatically changed survival rates, and this has impacted how Poskim assess medical conditions vis-à-vis end-of-life Halachah.
I have not reviewed the entire following article, so I cannot personally vouch for all of its content, but I thought you might appreciate some of the sources it cites:
- https://hakirah.org/Vol%204%20Buchman.pdf
Thanks again for raising these fascinating points.
Warm regards,
Yishai Rasowsky