Eating food cooked by a non-Jew for a sick person on Shabbat

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Question

A non-Jew cooked on Shabbat for a sick person whose life is in danger. Is a healthy person permitted to eat from this food when there is no issue of bishul akum (for example, food that was fit to be eaten even without cooking, or that is not served on a king’s table)? And what is the ruling in a similar case when it concerns a sick person whose life is not in danger?

Answer

Shalom u-vracha

Whether he cooked for a sick person whose life is in danger or for one whose life is not in danger, a healthy Jew is forbidden to benefit from this food, out of concern that the non-Jew will come to increase his cooking for the sake of the Jew.

Source

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 318:2

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