Commentary for Avodah Zarah 54:5
מיתיבי לא ישא ויתן אדם עם המינין ואין מתרפאין מהן אפילו לחיי שעה
An objection was raised: ‘No man should have any dealings with the heretics, nor is it allowed to be healed by them, even to save an hour’s worth of life.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
This statement, which will be explicated below, holds that a Jew may never be healed by a heretic (who is assumed at first to have the same status as a non-Jew). Thus we are concerned with the short amount of time a person may live before he dies, and we do not allow non-Jews to heal Jews.
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