Ritalin on Shabbat
Question
Is it permissible to take Ritalin on Shabbat?
Answer
Shalom Rav
For a child under the age of mitzvot, it is permitted.
For an adult over the age of mitzvot, permission is granted only if they suffer greatly from the lack, not for regular difficulty.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 328
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