Chapter 2, Mishna 3

When may a Jew be treated by an idolator?
Can a Jew have his hair cut by an idolatrous barber?
What is monetary treatment and what is personal treatment?
Can a Jew visit an idolatrous healer for bloodletting-related medical treatment?
What is relevance of getting a second opinion?
If it is certain the patient will die if not treated, should he risk premature death by being treated by idolatrous physician?
What does it mean that we are not concerned with the value of temporal life?
What is relevance of the story of the starving metzorahs?
Can one accept medical treatment from a heretic?
What does it mean that heresy is different because it is enticing?
When can one violate a prohibition in order to save a life?
What are situations when we accept death rather than transgressing a prohibition?
When can’t one get medical treatment from an idolator?
When can one desecrate Shabbos for medical treatment?
Why can’t we perform certain acts of healing on Shabbos?
When can a toothache be treated on Shabbos?
What happened when Rabbi Yochanan visited an idolatrous matron for a toothache?
Why did Rabbi Yochanan publicly share the secret to her healing method after saying he wouldn’t?
Why was it permitted for Rabbi Yochanan to prepare the medicine on Shabbos?
What is relevance of an internal injury?
Is ailment in the mouth considered an internal injury?
What is danger of being treated by an idolator?
What is story of Yaakov the heretic?
What is relevance of burning wick in the ear?
What does it mean that dry cures are used for moist afflictions and vice versa?

Opening song: Moshe Storch leads Hallel at Beis Medrash Hancock Park

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