Q&A: A Magician, a Righteous Man, an Rebbe, a Baba, Lighting a Candle, a Righteous Man's Grave, Instead of a Doctor
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A Magician, a Righteous Man, an Rebbe, a Baba, Lighting a Candle, a Righteous Man's Grave, Instead of a Doctor
Question
A baby stopped breathing.
Would a traditional woman, in her naivete, who instead of calling Magen David Adom or running to the nearest clinic and the like,
ran with the baby to an Rebbe or a baba, or lit candles, or ran to a magician, or to a neglected structure at the edge of the neighborhood where they say a righteous man was buried some thousands of years ago, and so on—
is she considered sane, normal?
But she truly believed, and still believes, that this was supposed to help more than calling a doctor.
The baby died.
Is there grounds to put her on trial for negligence?
Answer
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