Pump Failure: Are You Prepared?
A reader's pump failed on Shabbos morning — here's what they did, and what it teaches about being prepared. With Rabbi Meisels' thoughts on halacha, going back to injections, and loaner pumps.
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Weekly Digest for the Week of July 12–17
The full week in one place — all six posts from July 12–17, start to finish: the Post #200 announcement, pump failure and preparedness, the teen pump Q&A, Post #200 itself, the doctor-and-rav Shabbos article, and Friday's reader-stories forum.
Friday Feedback Forum — Post #200: Your Stories
I handed Post #200 to you and asked for your stories. Twenty arrived — from a four-year-old's own words to a bubby looking back across decades. Here they are.
פרייטאגדיגע רעאקציע־פארום — פאסט 200: אייערע געשיכטעס
איך האב איבערגעגעבן פאסט 200 צו אייך און געבעטן אייערע געשיכטעס. צוואנציג זענען אנגעקומען — פון א פיר־יעריגן קינד ביז א באבע וואס קוקט צוריק איבער צענדליגער יארן. אט זענען זיי.
A Doctor, a Rav, and a Rule I'm Bending
Why FWD doesn't usually publish halachic back-and-forth — and why I'm making an exception for a rare article on diabetes management and Shabbos, written by an endocrinologist we've known for decades together with a rav. Reprinted with permission.