Chapter 92 – One Who is Critically Ill – Forced to Transgress a Precept
92.1) All Divine Commands are suspended when your life is in danger on the Sabbath.
92.2) If a person seems critically ill even though a physician is not present on the Sabbath, that is enough to suspend the Divine Commands.
92.3) A physician may disregard the Sabbath rules if he believes treatment of a person is in order so as to avoid a critical condition for lack of treatment on the Sabbath.
92.4) You may desecrate the Sabbath for any injury or swelling in the interior of the body.
92.5) You may desecrate the Sabbath for any wound that results in a fever.
92.6) Bloodlet anyone who has an attack of high blood pressure.
92.7) You may disregard Sabbath rules if one may lose his eyesight if not treated on the Sabbath.
92.8) You may slaughter a forbidden animal to provide meat for a critically ill person who requires that meat on the Sabbath to survive.
92.9) A healthy person may not consume food cooked for a sick person on the Sabbath.
92.10) If a person temporarily transgresses a Sabbath precept to save himself, no one should try to stop him from doing so.