The מלבי״ם was told about a certain rabbi-doctor who permitted all kinds of איסורים שבתורה and whose מתפללים were mourners who came merely to say Kaddish.   The מלבי״ם observed: “There are all kinds of doctors in the world.  There is the medical doctor who is רופא חולים.   There is the rabbi-doctor who is מתיר אסורים שבתורה.  And this rabbi/doctor is also מקיים אמונתו לישניה עפר for mourners who come to observe יארצייט.”

05/10/2021