Is it permitted to comfort mourners and visit the sick on Shabbat?
Synopsis
Beit Shammai prohibited both comforting mourners and visiting the sick on Shabbat; Beit Hillel permitted both. The accepted ruling follows Beit Hillel, though the Talmud notes they were permitted only b'dochek (reluctantly/with difficulty).
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