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May Gd Protect the Simpletons The Talmud discusses bloodletting and lists certain times of the week one may not bloodlet due to safety concerns.14 Even though Friday evening was considered an unsafe time, the Talmud omits it from the list, explaining that since the masses had already become accustomed to doing it at that time, rather than forbidding it, we rely on Gd to protect them, applying the verse in Psalms, May Gd watch over the simpletons.15 This principle is invoked throughout the Talmud in similar scenarios.16 (Of course, it cannot be too broadly applied or the entire Biblical mandate of guard your life would be significantly compromised, as will be discussed further.) Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, one of the greatest halachic decisors ( poskim ) of post-war Jewry, was asked whether smoking cigarettes should be forbidden

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