Is it forbidden to directly feed a child food that is rabbinically forbidden?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules it is forbidden to directly feed a child even rabbinically forbidden food. The Rashba and Ran permit this when the child needs it; the Biur Halacha follows the Mechaber's stricter ruling against the Rashba/Ran.
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