רוֹפֵא

רוֹפֵאm. (b. h.; רָפָא) physician, surgeon. Ber.60a (in a prayer) כי אלר׳ נאמןוכ׳ for thou. O God, art a faithful physician, and thy healing is perfect. Ib. (ref. to Ex. 21:19) מבאן … רשות לר׳וכ׳ from this we learn that a physician is authorized to heal (that healing is not considered an interference with divine dispensation). Ab. Zar.26b עיר שאין בהר׳ ישראלוכ׳ a place which has no Jewish surgeon (for circumcision) but has a Samaritan and a gentile surgeon Ib. 27a, a. e. ר׳ מומחה, v. מוּמְחֶה. Bekh.IV, 4 (28b) תודוס הר׳ Thodos (Theodoras) the physician; a. fr.Pl. רוֹפְאִים, רוֹפְאִין. Tosef.Ohol.IV, 2 נכנס תיאודורוס הרופא וכל הר׳ עמו Theodoras the physician came in and all the other physicians with him. B. Kam.80a שאלו לר׳וכ׳ they consulted the physicians who said, there is no remedy for him except ; Tem.15b. Kidd.IV, 13 (82a) טוב שבר׳וכ׳ the best of physicians will go to Gehenna (v. Rashi a. l.); a. fr.