Virtual Rabbinical-Medical Forum Offers Yom Kippur Fasting Guidance

Clalit Health Services is offering a unique virtual forum for the third consecutive year to provide guidance to patients, new mothers, and their families during the upcoming Yom Kippur fast. This digital channel complements Clalit's traditional in-person medical and halachic (Jewish law) consultation centers operating across the country.

The virtual roundtable brings together rabbis from the "Mechuvarim LaTorah" institute, led by Rabbi Naftali Wasserman, with Clalit's expert physicians. Specialists in general medicine, cardiology, gynecology, nephrology, psychiatry, and endocrinology are participating. Medical questions submitted by those seeking guidance are reviewed by the relevant physicians, and their professional input is then integrated into the halachic response.

Rabbi Naftali Wasserman stated that the immediate connection between halacha and medicine is life-saving, noting that thousands of inquiries are received on fast days. He added that the digital bot allows for faster, more professional, and better-founded responses than ever before.

Clalit views this service as a crucial component in making healthcare accessible to the public. Rabbi Avraham Konsky, director of Clalit's Haredi department, emphasized the organization's commitment to providing advanced medicine in a language and manner suitable for all clients, highlighting this halachic-medical service as an example of innovation that combines medical professionalism with sensitivity to unique community needs.

Individuals can seek advice and ask questions regarding the Yom Kippur fast via WhatsApp at 052-7366144 or through the link wa.me/972527366144.