Bikur cholim
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Sep 8, 2026
Hershel SchachterHOST
The days of Yom Kippur, they duchand every day? They duchand every day.
Hershel SchachterHOST
So if you had a Be'at Cholim, this man is every day, only duchand on Yom Kippur.
Hershel SchachterHOST
So you say the Cholim.
Hershel SchachterHOST
When it's Yom Kippur, the Cholim is the Shabbos.
David BassousHOST
Some people have that sickness, and that's a spiritual sickness.
David BassousHOST
So how does a person know if they're spiritually healthy or sick? So if they're spiritually healthy, they'll go and they'll say, listen, I want to go to shul, I want to go pray, I want to learn Torah, I want to do chesed, I want to do kindness, I want to go to Bikur Cholim, I want to do this.
David BassousHOST
A person spiritually sick would say, you know, I want to go to the other place.
David BassousHOST
I want to go to other places.
David BassousHOST
Chesed.
David BassousHOST
Helping other people.
David BassousHOST
How many people, you know, Bikur Cholim needs volunteers.
David BassousHOST
You know, I can't drive people to this place and drive people that way.
Yossi KamenHOST
Mm-hmm.
Avraham Shmuel LevineGUEST
So that's, uh, it was a, a nice Bikur, you know, coming from somebody from Volozhin.
Avraham Shmuel LevineGUEST
[laughs]
Yossi KamenHOST
Right.
Miriam RibiatHOST
So is there anything that would be helpful for the from community to know as far as what to say or do when there is a from family in the hospital, whether it's with a child or someone else? Yeah, that's a great question.
Alissa Thomas-NewbornGUEST
I mean, I think first and foremost, we're all striving to be a Kiddush Hashem, and I see it on a daily basis of how much We are sanctifying Hashem's name in this world by doing Bikur Cholim and providing the support we have.
Alissa Thomas-NewbornGUEST
Cause again, it really is unparalleled.
Alissa Thomas-NewbornGUEST
So I think, you know, the first step is like
Mati NovickHOST
In the second Shoresh, in the introduction to a Sefer HaMitzvot, the Rambam writes that any mitzvah which is learned by Chazal from one of the Yud Gimel Midot, The 13 hermeneutical tools, including Zerah Shava or Klalupratu Klal, does not count as a mitzvah to oraita in the list of 613 mitzvot.
Mati NovickHOST
Therefore, for example, Bikur Cholim and other forms of Gemilut Chesed don't count as mitzvot to oraita even though they are learned from the Yud Gimel Middot.
Mati NovickHOST
The Ramban, in his commentary there, understands the Rambam to mean that anything learned from the Yud G'momidot doesn't have Deoraita status in Halacha at all, an untenable position for many reasons, and he quotes our Halacha as further evidence for this understanding of the Rambam.
Mati NovickHOST
Kiddush-e-Kesef does not appear explicitly in the Pesuken, unlike Kiddush-e-Bia, which is mentioned in the Pesuk quote in Halacha Aleph.
Yitzchak ShifmanHOST
[reading Hebrew] Hashem visited the sick.
Yitzchak ShifmanHOST
Where do we know Hashem visited the sick? Where did Hashem visit the sick, no? Where in the Torah did Hashem visit the sick? Where did Hashem do Bikkur Cholim? Oh, by Avraham.
Yitzchak ShifmanHOST
Avraham Avinu.
Yitzchak ShifmanHOST
As it says, [reading Hebrew] It says Abraham had just done, done Brit Mila and he was very weak.
Yitzchak ShifmanHOST
Kadosh Bachu shows up.
Yitzchak ShifmanHOST
How you doing? Bikkur Cholim.
Yitzchak ShifmanHOST
Wow.
Yitzchak ShifmanHOST
[reading Hebrew] You should also do Bikkur Cholim.
Maor NaimHOST
That's basically the lesson.
Maor NaimHOST
We know, in terms of V'chospi Korcholim, and that's what we see from HaKadosh Baruch Hu here, We learn a lesson in the Halachos of Bikur Cholim.
Maor NaimHOST
And that is that when you visit someone, and this is a real Halacha in Halachos Bikur Cholim, look around, when you visit someone, there are rules.
Maor NaimHOST
Rav Pesach Cron wrote a whole book, I believe, about, I believe it was him, about the Halachos of Bikur Cholim.
Maor NaimHOST
But basically, when you visit someone, you're not supposed to visit them at a time that's very uncomfortable for them, and you're not supposed to hang around too long in a time that may be uncomfortable for them.
Maor NaimHOST
So for example, You're visiting someone who's in the hospital, chas v'sham, and obviously going to the bathroom when one's a patient in the hospital is an uncomfortable, awkward experience.