Kavvanah before eating or drinking on Yom Kippur for those who must eat for the safety of their life, as found in Torat ha-Yoledet (Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein 1983)
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license date_src_start: 1983-00-00 date_src_end: 1983-00-00 languages_meta: [{"name":"English","code":"eng","standard":"ISO 639-3"},{"name":"Hebrew","code":"heb","standard":"ISO 639-3"}] scripts_meta: [{"name":"Latin","code":"Latn","standard":"ISO 15924"},{"name":"Hebrew (Ktav Ashuri)","code":"Hebr","standard":"ISO 15924"}] Date: 2022-09-29
Last Updated: 2025-04-25
Categories: Yom Kippur
Tags: fasting, ×›×•×•× ×•×ª kavvanot, ×¢×™× ×•×™ Innui (self-affliction), פיקוח × ×¤×© piqoaḥ nefesh, Needing Attribution
Excerpt: 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), "????? ?????? ????" (as "copied from an old ma?zor"). Unfortunately, we can't provide a more direct reference to this ma?zor. If you know, please leave a comment or contact us. [...]
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???? ????? ????? ?? ????? ???? ???????,
??? ????? ???? ?????? ?? ????? ????????
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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:
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?????? ??????????
???????? ???????
???????? ??????????? ??????? ?????????????,
?????? ????????????? ????????????
”????????????? ???????????? ?????????????????
?????? ???????? ????? ??????? ????? ??????
????? ???“ (????? ??:?)
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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).
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?????????? ??????? ??????? ???,
????????? ??????,
????? ???? ?????? ??????? ??????????
?????????? ????????,
??????????
??????? ????????????? ??????
???????? ?????
”??????????? ?????????????????“ (????? ??:??)
???? ????? ??????,
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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.
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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), “????? ?????? ????” (as “copied from an old ma?zor”). Unfortunately, we can’t provide a more direct reference to this ma?zor. 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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Name: Yitzchok Zilberstein
Bio: Yitzchok Zilberstein (Hebrew: יצחק זילברשטיין, also spelled Silberstein) (born 1934) is a prominent Orthodox rabbi, posek (Jewish legal authority) and expert in medical ethics. He is the av beis din of the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood of Bnei Brak, the Rosh Kollel of Kollel Bais David in Ḥolon, and the Rav of Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak. His opinion is frequently sought and quoted on all matters of halakhah for the Israeli Lithuanian yeshiva community.
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Name: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
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