{"product_id":"visiting-the-sick-vtsh","title":"Visiting the Sick","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sages teach that visiting the sick is one of the mitzvos that offer benefit in both this world and the World to Come. \nAnd which one of us hasn't felt better after a visit from a friend? Especially if he or she knew what to say to put us at ease.\nHowever, few have really studied the laws of this important mitzvah. And we very often need practical guidance in its performance. What to say. What not to say. How to say it. How much time to spend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a thorough yet comfortably readable treatment, \u003cb\u003eRabbi Aaron Eli Glatt, M.D.\u003c\/b\u003e explores a subject vital to individual and communal health.  His cogent study presents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTalmudic discussions and the laws of visiting the sick from the \u003ci\u003eRambam, Shulchan Aruch, Chochmas Adam\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAruch HaShulchan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights of halachic responsa from HaRav Moshe Feinstein, zt\"l and HaRav Eliezer Waldenberg, shlit\"a\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractical advice and guidance offered by a physician, a patient, and a parent of a sick child\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe medical implications of visitation vis-a-vis preventing infection, and maintaining patient dignity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRabbi Glatt's research, sources and pastoral experience, combined with his 25 years of bedside wisdom as a practicing physician will benefit anyone visiting or dealing with someone ill or recuperating. \nRabbis will find it a convenient repository of halachic information. \nTeachers and Jewish communal professionals will find an abundance of useful source material for training individuals, classes, and congregations to be appropriately helpful and encouraging to a sick person. \nAnd every individual will gain an understanding of how to properly perform this life-enhancing mitzvah.\nWe all pray that illness be banished from the earth, but until that blessed day arrives, this is a book that everyone should have.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e ArtScroll\/Mesorah Publications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.00 X 9.00\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781422600672\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCategory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Halachah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy shop at Judaica Square?\u003c\/strong\u003e Authorized ArtScroll dealer with the full catalog. Fast shipping from Lakewood, NJ. Free shipping on orders over $75.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ArtScroll","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55421880565928,"sku":"VTSH","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0534\/9765\/9560\/files\/vtsh.jpg?v=1776036829","url":"https:\/\/judaicasquare.com\/products\/visiting-the-sick-vtsh","provider":"Judaica Square","version":"1.0","type":"link"}