The Origin of “Gesundheit”
Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm of Online Smicha discusses whether wishing a person well after sneezing has a Jewish origin. Video
Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm of Online Smicha discusses whether wishing a person well after sneezing has a Jewish origin. Video
he brought the gemora, shulchan aruch, the gra and the A.R. all saying its fobidden and then he says but if you have to it’s ok ?????????????????????????????????????????????
1) If the Alter Rebbe held that the practice should generally be discouraged, then presumably the Alter Rebbe would have mentioned it at least in passing in Hilchos Talmud Torah. Instead, the Alter Rebbe speaks only of conduct in a bais midrash. 2) Moreover, Pirkei d’Rabbi Eliezer requires a person to say “chayim” after sneezing. 3) Additionally, the Pri Megadim and the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (siman 61) require a person to bless someone who sneezes: המתעטש אומר לו חברו אסותא 4) The Shaloh and Rabbi Shlomo Luria write: ה מ ע ט ש יענה ברוך תהיה לאומר אליו אסותא, זה… Read more »
to #4:
the rabbi at the end did say the halacha
But can you say it?
can you say it or not?
This is what it means by clicking at just the right second
Health=Gesundheit