Q&A: Should I Follow Maimonides Medical Advice? Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

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1. 0:00uh the rambam in Hil in the mishna Torah devotes around two chapters to medical advice…
2. 0:31advice that's the mishna Torah so let me make a very interesting observation there's actually quite…
3. 1:02they are not speaking from the perspective of God giving them something at sin Etc they…
4. 1:32that you know the medical information in the gamorra or the medical information in the ramban…
5. 2:03of things however I do want to say that in spite of the fact that the…
6. 2:35of illness not just curing sickness and the importance of exercise so those foundational ideas in…
7. 3:05however that doesn't mean there may not be a great deal of wisdom in it and…
8. 3:35you know he only ate that that which was healthy you know in other words everything…
9. 4:08weight what's going on and Yakov says I don't know I follow your diet exactly exactly…
10. 4:39they're going to eat 6,000 so I figured what you need to eat every day and…

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