Some fascinating medical facts

1. A few FASCINATING medical-pesach issuses ‫טובא‬‫ג‬,‫ריר‬
‫פורתא‬-‫ברכות‬ ‫סעיד‬‫לה‬,‫תעמוד‬‫ב‬ R esent yearly
A few FASCINATING medical-pesach issuses.
‫טובא‬‫גריר‬,‫פורתא‬‫סעיד‬-‫ברכות‬‫לה‬,‫תעמוד‬‫ב‬
A large quantity has an appetizing effect; a small
quantity sustains.[Berachot 35b]
It seems strange but a large quantity of wine will
stimulate one's appetite, whereas a small quantity
will
satisfy and keeps hunger away.
Therefore if one drinks wine one on erev Pesach he
should drink a larger [not to small] amount] so that
he will not suppress his appetite for the seder.
In the journal Science [1982] it was published that
an rapid infusion of glucose in the duodenum very
much increased the appetite of rabbits and a slow
infusion decreased the appetite.
This is may explain the statement of the Talmud.
[Source; insights, a Talmudic treasury by rabbi
Saul Weiss]
So for over-eaters: it is clear what to do.
Drink a very little bit of wine before the meal [one

2. or two teaspoons]
[Rambam mishne tora [ chapter 5,halacha 2 ]:
[translation by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, Moznaim
publ.corp]
"With regards to these five species of grain: if
[flour from these species] is kneaded with fruit
juice alone without any water, it will never become
leavened.
Even if [flour] is placed in [these] juices the entire
day until the dough rises, it is permitted to be
eaten [on Pesach], for fruit juice does not cause
[dough] to become leavened.
It merely causes [the flour] to decay.
The following are [included in the category] of fruit
juice: wine ,milk, honey, olive oil, apple juice,
pomegranate juice and all other similar wines ,oils,
and beverages.
This applies so long as no water whatsoever is
mixed with them.
If any water is mixed with them, they cause [the
flour] to become leavened."
Simply, the smallest amount of added water will
cause the mentioned grains to become leavened[to
become chametz]
It is fascinating to be able to remark here the

3. halacha brought by the Rambam and to relate this
to the fact that in traditional medicine [as well in
homeopathy] all water is not just water.
Water in fruits is considered to be totally
different
from just plain water [ both of them are H2O in
chemistry]
In homeopathy water that is shaken very vigorously
has found to be different [from the water before
it has been shaken] when examined with atom
spectrogram.
It is as if water has a "memory" [like footprints in
the snow, which show-like a memory- that
somebody passed there some while ago]
On seder Pesach all of us will remember the leaning
on the left side.
[Kitzur shulchan aruch [chapter 71,halacha 5 ]
"It is beneficial to begin one's sleep while lying on
the left side, and afterwards to change to the
right side.
This is beneficial to one's health, since the liver is
on one's right side, and the stomach on one's left.
When one leans to the left, the liver will lie on the

4. stomach and warm it with its heat. This will hasten
the digestion of the food. After the food is
digested, it is preferable to lean to the right, thus
allowing the stomach to rest and the wastes to
descend. One should not turn frequently from side
to side"
Remarkable that I found in only one medical
textbook form 1959 [and in no other book] that the
temperature in the liver veins is above 41 degrees!!
Then it becomes understandable that lying on the
left side "cooks" the food in the stomach [see
above] which means that the speed of digestion is
increased significantly!!
Do you know that recently it has been found that
people who sleep only one on side have more
tendency for kidney stones?
Pesach sameach we-kasher
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