הרב מאיר פנחסי
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Question

 Is it permissible for a person of his own free will to decide to suspend a medicine that in a short time would peacefully end his life rather than not suspend it and suffer an atrocious death due to general deterioration of his health?

Answer

There is no permit to take medicine even if his health is in a bad Condition, and the person who does so is considered to lose himself with knowledge, and God will demand blood from his hand, and iniquity from his hand.

It is true that in certain ways and after consulting with a sage, it is permissible not to take medicines that cure and prolong human life, but to shorten human life with one’s hands, God forbid, and God forbid to think about it, and all the more so from doing so, since the body is not ours, and whoever gave life will take it at its time to come. And do not deprive yourself from mercy.

 

Best regards

Rabbi Meir Pinchasi

Jerusalem

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