Q:
If a rebbe tells you not to operate on a child and the doctor tells you to operate, to whom do you listen?
A:
It depends who the rebbe is and it depends who the doctor is. If this rebbe (the Rov pointed at himself) tells you not to operate then forget about it; don’t listen. But a big rebbe, he’s responsible; probably he knows what he’s talking about.
It depends who the rebbe is and who the doctor is. I can’t tell you the final verdict. It’s too delicate and too important a decision for me to tell you.
TAPE # 339 (November 20, 1980)
