- Q. Following the Talmud, there are specific hours when one should visit the sick for complying with the Bikur Cholim Mitzva, is that an essential part of this important and necessary mitzva?
A. Aruch Hashulchan (326: 8) rules like the opinion that one should not visit the ill during the first three hours of the day, sinceat that time they feel better and one may refrain from praying properly for their relief.
Similarly one should abstain from visiting on the last three hours, since then the sickness may increase vastly and one may give up and not pray for the patient. However, he adds that the above is only a recommendation and many don’t apply it in our days.
Horav Shlomo Miller”s Shlit”a opinion is that one should be most concerned in our times as to when he can give the greatest benefit and aid to the ill, regardless of the above hours.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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