About this shiur
Rabbi Chaim Mintz answers questions and discusses prayer for a sick friend during a live session.
A 2 min shiur shiur by Rabbi Chaim Mintz. Like every video on Lehallel, it was judged and approved under the Lehallel law before it ever appeared — no unreviewed result is ever shown.


Watch it filtered
Watch "My Friend is Sick - How do I pray for him? Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz" by Rabbi Chaim Mintz on Lehallel — the whole approved catalog, filtered first, with nothing to stumble on. During prelaunch you can watch free, no membership needed.
More on Lehallel
Rabbi Chaim Mintz has 594 approved videos on Lehallel across Daf Yomi, Halacha, Hashkafa — every one reviewed against the same written standard before it appears.
Recently approved from the same speaker: “I'm a Lucky Ducky ft. Benny Friedman | An Oorah Original” (3:31) · “Rabbi Chaim Mintz - Weekly Tuesday Night Class” (3:58) · “Shavous Tov From Oorah” (0:29).
Watch it filtered, in one minute
Lehallel installs from the browser on any phone — open lehallel.com, choose Add to Home Screen, and only approved videos exist inside: no ads, no comments, no autoplay into anything unapproved. On a managed or kosher device, allowlisting just lehallel.com is enough.
What’s said in this shiur
The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Chaim Mintz’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
he wants the somebody has a friend who's sick he says if he's orthodox if i'm orthodox what should i do to pray for a friend who's sick i guess it means even if he's not orthodox what should he do to pray for a friend if he's sick and is there such a thing as um the laying of hands in judaism is there any significance to that i don't get the question what what question is a person has a friend who's sick if i'm an orthodox jew what do i pray for a sick friend she gets she should please not be sick why don't you get cured i i don't know i think it means what
Jump to a moment
- 0:00he wants the somebody has a friend who's sick he says if he's orthodox if i'm…
- 0:31i i don't know i think it means what should he say what should he say…
- 1:01who's sick and they're giving the prayer to the uh and the whole seaboard says i…
- 1:31their head that's judging they've been put on the no i'm saying when somebody is sick…
About Rabbi Chaim Mintz on Lehallel
333 approved videos from 2008 to 2025, 239 of them searchable by their own words. Open all of Rabbi Chaim Mintz’s shiurim →
Most played
Rabbi Tell Me About the Arab God? Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz5:18 · 279K views · Apr 2, 2014
Human Sacrifices in Judaism? Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz1:49 · 166K views · Nov 21, 2014
Jewish Burial - Why Don't Jews Get Buried in Caskets? - Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz8:03 · 50K views · Nov 7, 2013More from Rabbi Chaim Mintz
Why Yaakov was not able to be comforted over the tragic loss of his son31:40 · 40 views · Dec 11, 2025
How does a Jew protect himself from those who want to destroy us?38:58 · 19 views · Dec 3, 2025
Jump for joy if you have a tzaddik living in your city!29:47 · 13 views · Nov 26, 2025
If you stagnate, you're Eisav; if you grow, you're Yaakov32:00 · 43 views · Nov 24, 2025
Avraham was ready to sacrifice his son, what are we ready to sacrifice?33:13 · 13 views · Nov 5, 2025
When is there a mitzvah NOT to listen to your parents?31:19 · 6 views · Oct 29, 2025More on this topic, from other speakers
From Mount Meron to Mount Sinai - From Tragedy & Silence to Unity - Rabbi DuviRabbi Duvi Bensoussan · 51:25 · 900 views · May 5, 2021
Before All Survival Templates, There was the Candle on Your Head | Likkutei Torah Reah Anochi #2Rabbi YY Jacobson · 1:38:29 · 1.6K views · Aug 7
Rabbi Daniel coren shabb Shira tu bishvatRabbi Daniel Coren · 7:07 · Feb 10, 2017
Orach Chaim 422:1 Forgetting Yaaleh V'Yavo on Rosh ChodeshTorah Today · 16:30 · 3 views · Aug 31At a glance
Key takeaways
- Shiur — 2 min, by Rabbi Chaim Mintz
- Approved by the Lehallel judge before appearing — never an unreviewed result
- Watch free during prelaunch on Lehallel
Watch this now
Don’t just read about it — watch it
My Friend is Sick - How do I pray for him? Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz1:46
I'm a Lucky Ducky ft. Benny Friedman | An Oorah Original3:31
Rabbi Chaim Mintz - Weekly Tuesday Night Class3:58Every video is reviewed against one written standard before it can play.
