Vaccination During the Nine Days
Question
Shalom, honorable Rabbi,
Is it permitted to give a one-year-old child a vaccination (as part of the regular vaccinations at Tipat Halav)?
Or, since there is no fixed time for it, is it preferable to postpone it until after Tisha B’Av?
Thank you very much
Is it permitted to give a one-year-old child a vaccination (as part of the regular vaccinations at Tipat Halav)?
Or, since there is no fixed time for it, is it preferable to postpone it until after Tisha B’Av?
Thank you very much
Answer
Shalom u’vrachah
A treatment that is not at all dangerous—there is no reason to refrain from it.
Source
Azmera Lishmecha 334
See Shulchan Aruch, siman 551, se’if 18
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