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חולה הצריך לאכול או לשתות ביום הכפורים, טוב שיאמר לפני האכילה או השתיה הראשונה׃ |
For an ill person who must eat or drink on Yom Kippur it is good for them at first to say [the following] before they eat or drink: |
הִנְנִי מוּכָן וּמְזֻמָּן לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתַבְתָּ בְּתוֹרָתֶךָ ”וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם אֲנִי ה׳׃“ (ויקרא יח:ה) |
Here I am, ready and able to perform the mitsvah of eating and drinking on Yom Kippur, as you wrote in your Torah: “You shall keep My laws and My rules, by the pursuit of which a person shall live: I am Hashem” (Leviticus 18:5). |
וּבִזְכוּת קִיּוּם מִצְוָה זוֹ, תַּחְתֹּם אוֹתִי, וְאֶת כׇּל חוֹלֵי עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל לִרְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה, וְאֶזְכֶּה בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים הַבָּא לְקַיֵּם שׁוּב ”וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם“ (ויקרא כג:לב) כֵּן יְהִי רָצוֹן, אָמֵן. |
And in the merit of fulfilling this mitsvah, may you designate me and all the ill of your people, Yisrael, for a complete healing and so I will be able on the next Yom Kippur, to fulfill again [the mitsvah of] “You shall afflict your souls.” (Leviticus 23:32). May it be your will, Amen. |
This is a kavvanah (intention) for anyone in a desperate circumstance of needing to eat or drink for their mortal health, to do so with the full confidence that they are fulfilling a mitsvah required for them in the Torah, to preserve their life. The kavvanah was related by Rav Yitschok Zilberstein in his Toras haYoledes (1983), chapter 52, section 10, p. 357 (pp. 331-332 in the bilingual edition 1989), “הועתק ממחזור עתיק” (as “copied from an old maḥzor”). Unfortunately, we can’t provide a more direct reference to this maḥzor. If you know, please leave a comment or contact us.
Along with the kavvanah, Rav Zilberstein added the following note (chapter 52, ftn. №28).
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Torat haYoledet, ch. 52, part 10, p. 357 Torat haYoledet, ch. 52, part 10, p. 331 (English) Torat haYoledet, ch. 52, part 10, p. 332 (English)
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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17
עיין בחידושי הגר״ח הלוי חמץ ומצה פ״א ה״ג דסבירא ליה דתשכיתו הוי איסור עשה. והקשה עליו הגר״ש היימן זצ״ל מלשון הרמב״ם חמץ ומצה פ״ב א׳ שכתב וז״ל: מצות עשה מן התורה להשבית החמץ. משמע דהוא חיוב בפועל ולא איסור. ויש לתרץ דברי הגר״ח דיש חיוב בפעולה אבל רק כדי להמנע מאיסור, וא״כ כשאנו באים לדון אם מקיים עשה או לא, תלוי באופן עשייתו, דאם אין לו חמץ איננו עובר על איסור, ואם יש לו חמץ ומשביתו מקיים עשה בפועל נמי. הרי דבהלכות ‘עשרה’ תלוי במצב, ובאופן עשייתו. וכן מצינו מחלוקת הראשונים ביבמות ו׳ אם לאו הבא מכלל עשה, הוי כעשה, לדינא דעשה דוחה לא תעשה, דאיכא דסבירא להו דיש בו דיני עשה, מדכתוב בתורה בלשון עשה, ואיכא דסבירא ליה דאזלינן בתר הפעולה, דכשיש פעולה בחיוב יש בו דיני עשה, ואם לא דומה ללאו. וכן בדין ד’ונשמרתם’, לפעמים צריך להמנע מדברים המזיקים ואז הוא כלאו, ולפעמים חייב לפעול בחיוב לקיים את גופו, ואז הוא כעשה.