Is it better to drink bitter water or in measured amounts
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Question
I am a kidney donor. In the first year after donation, according to the doctors, the donor must drink fluids even on Yom Kippur. My question: Is it better to spoil the water by making bitter tea, etc., and drink normally, or to drink any beverages like milk/grape juice/water in measured amounts? B. Do you bless over spoiled water with a bitter taste, as ultimately the body benefits and the drinker is not weakened by the fast, etc.
Answer
Shalom and blessings
Fortunate are you to have merited saving a soul from Israel
You may act according to your preference, whichever is easier for you.
No blessing is recited over spoiled water.
Gmar Chatima Tova
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 618).