Reply To: Chidushim on Daf Yomi

When a talmid chacham is sick, we should feel sick for him. Why a talmid chacham. what about any person? The gemora in Shabbos 32,1 says, a person should pray for mercy not to get sick because if he gets sick, he will need great defenders. This is the reason that Hashem creates the cure before the illness as he might not be worthy to get healed. The Chasam Sofer O’CH 166 explains that we consider ourselves sick to be included in the prayer bur we might not be worthy of it as we are the leg, so include the prayer for a sick talmid chacham who is the head because of his zechus we will also be healed. I explained with a similar logic when on shabbos we say שבת היא מלזעוק ורפואה קרובה לבא Shabbos holds us back from screaning and cure will arrive soon, I think it means that we should feel the illness like our own and scream, but the holiness of shabbos holds us back. The zechus of shabbos by our not screaming should bring the cure.