{"id":42119,"date":"2012-03-21T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=42119"},"modified":"2012-03-21T10:56:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T18:56:36","slug":"christian-science-for-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=42119","title":{"rendered":"Christian Science For Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his fifth lecture on <A HREF=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yaakov_Yisrael_Kanievsky\">the Steipler<\/a> for <A HREF=\"http:\/\/torahinmotion.org\">Torah in Motion<\/a>, professor <A HREF=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marc_B._Shapiro\">Marc B. Shapiro<\/a> says: The Steipler thinks that for special people, it&#8217;s OK to follow the <A HREF=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ramban\">Ramban<\/a>&#8216;s view that you don&#8217;t need to go to the doctor. The Ramban thinks that certain people can totally rely on prayer. 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