רפואה

רְפוּאָהf. (b. h. רְפֻאוֹת; רָפָא) 1) healing, cure; medicine, remedy. R. Hash. 17b (ref. to Is. 6:10) איזהו דבר שצריךר׳וכ׳ what is that which needs to be remedied? It is a divine decree (which may be averted by mans repentance). Meg.13b (ref. to Esth. 3:1) אחר …ר׳ למכה after the Lord had prepared the remedy for the wound (the means of delivery from the affliction). Ib. איןהקב״ה …ר׳ תחילה the Lord does not strike Israel, unless he has prepared the remedy in advance. Sabb.VI, 10 משוםר׳ as a medicinal amulet. Ib. 67a כל דבר שיש בו משוםר׳ whatever is done for medicinal purposes. Ib. מאיר׳ קעביד what remedy can he effect by it? Ber.60a (a prayer before blood-letting) יהי רצון … לר׳ ותרפאני … ורְפוּאָתְךָ אמת may it be thy will, O Lord my God, that this procedure be a cure to me, and heal thou me, for thou art a faithfully healing God, and thy healing is real; a. fr.רְפוּאַת ממון, רפואת נפש, v. רִיפּוּי. 2) Rfuah, prayer for health, name of the eighth section of the Prayer of Benedictions (תפלה). Meg.17b לימאר׳ בתרה דתשובה why not recite Rfuah immediately after Tshubah (prayer for forgiveness)? Ib. ומה …ר׳ בשמינית what reason had they to make Rfuah the eighth benediction? Ib. (ref. to Is. l. c.) ההוא לאור׳ … אלאר׳ דסליחה this is not healing referring to diseases, but a healing (from sin) through forgiveness; a. e.Pl. רְפוּאוֹת. Pes.IV, 9 (56a) גנז ספרר׳, he suppressed a book of remedies (charms and incantations). V. R. Hash. I, 57b נרתיק שלר׳ a medicine chest. Y.Ber.V, 9b top; Y.Taan.I, 63d top; a. fr.Yoma 86a גדולה …ר׳ לעולם (some ed. רִפְאוּת; Ms. O. רְפוּאָה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 80) repentance is a great thing, for it brings healing (delivery) to the world; Yalk. Jer. 269 רפואה.