Saturday, April 17, 2021

opinion as a statesman and politician

 The Lubavitcher Rebbe explained (Lekkutey Sichos vol. 15 pp 489-490):

“The main point (or in a different style): The understanding of the doctor decides – according to halacha – when he is talking as a doctor (for reasons of healing and saving lives), but if he is giving his opinion as a statesman and politician (for political reasons), that his opinion they decide and nullify the medical reasoning – this is the opposite of the decision of the Shulchan Aruch.”

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