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1) One who visits a sick person but does not pray for him/her and beseech Hashem to heal them has not [sufficiently] fulfilled the Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim. (Rama Yoreh Deah Siman 335:4 quoting the Ramban [in Toras HaAdam Sha'ar Hameichush] based on Talmud Nedarim 40a. See also Sefer Chasidim Siman 753 that all Jews are responsible for one another and are like one body, and when one is in distress and another doesn't pray for them like himself it is a sin.)
2) Although the Tefilah for the sick person can be said in one's own words, the "official" Tefilah to say [on weekdays] is "Hamakom Yerachem Alecha B'Soch Sha'ar Cholei Yisroel, Hashem should have mercy on you amongst all the ill people of the Jewish nation" (See Talmud Shabbos 12b and Pri Megadim[Mishbetzos Zahav] Siman 287:1)
It is important when davening for a Choleh to include in the Tefilah "amongst the other sick people of Am Yisroel", as including a specific sick person amongst the other sick people will allow for the Tefilah to be more readily heard as it will have the Z'chus Harabim, the merit of the Klal. (Rashi Shabbos 12b Dibur Hamaschil B'soch. Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah Siman 335:6 and Shach Os 4)
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Reader's Question:
[You recently wrote about a Choleh and his Mazel being weakened].
Since when has Jewish fate been influenced by mazal? Doesn't the Gemara say: "אין מזל לישראל"?
Answer:
Although , you are correct that there is a concept of "Ain Mazel L'Yisroel", it is not as simple as it seems and needs to be understood properly.
Although there is no Mazel to Klal Yisroel as a whole, each individual Jew does of course have a Mazel, and the jewish people as citizens of the world do fall under the Mazel of the rest of the world, at times. Only as a nation as a whole are we not guided by mazel.
The Gemara in Shabbos 151a recounts that Hashem told Avraham Avinu who didn't see a future (i.e. a son) for him in the stars [mazalos, constellations), " Go out of the stars as there isnt any Mazel to Klal Yisroel"
The Gaon of Vilna in his commentary to Megilas Esther Perek 3:7 explains that what Hashem meant was that "in the stars" Klal Yisroel doesnt exist, and that Hashem had to lift Avraham out of the natural order of the world and produce a son for him. But of course, each individual has his/her own mazel.
Tosefos to Shabbos ibid Dibur Hamaschil Ain Mazel quotes a Gemara in Moed Katan 28a that children, life and livelihood are not based on merits rather on Mazel and explains that although even Jews are guided by Mazel we have an extra divine providence that through our merits can change our mazel.
The Rashba (in Teshuvos HaRashba Volume 7 Siman 285) writes that Jews are elevated and "above mazel" as long as they do not sin. But once a jew sins he/she gets lowered in their standing and is once again guided by Mazel.
The word "Mazel" also connotates "flow" (from the word Nozel in Hebrew) and thus Mazel to a Jew does not mean "luck" rather it alludes to the amount of flow (shefa) of Bracha that is showered upon us from heaven. Thus, when we wish someone "Mazel Tov" we arent saying Good luck (as there is no such thing as luck in Judaism) rather we are conveying our blessing to them that they merit a healthy dose and strong flow of heavenly Bracha
There is a lot more to this topic in the Rishonim and the Achronim, but this is not the forum for a lengthy treatment of this fascinating topic.
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"There has to be something(s) wrong with everyone and everything. The only thing that has nothing wrong with it is Hashem. Everything else has to have something(s) wrong with it. Don't get mad or disappointed just because you found out what it is."
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