- Q. Dear Rov and friend. As we talked on phone, my husband suffers from terrible prolonged chronic pains. Is it permitted or even recommended for him to take on Simchat Torah, when there is a special great mitzva of joy and happiness that he always so much enjoys, extra pills of pain killers to be able to enjoy a bit more the joy of Yom Tov?
A. On a similar question 3933 we wrote:
“One that suffers from constant chronic pain such as arthritis, does he have to consume extra pain killers pills in order to comply with this mitzva of Simchas Yom Tov?
A. There is a definite consideration to minimize anything that prevents joy and happiness during the days of Yom Tov. However firstly, the physician familiar with the patient's condition should be consulted.
Horav Shlomo Miller's opinion is similar.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit'a.
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