ח חוֹלֶה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ סַכָּנָה שֶׁשָּׁאַל לֶאֱכל בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָרוֹפְאִים הַבְּקִיאִין אוֹמְרִין אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ מַאֲכִילִין אוֹתוֹ עַל פִּי עַצְמוֹ עַד שֶׁיֹּאמַר דַּיִּי. אָמַר הַחוֹלֶה אֵינִי צָרִיךְ וְהָרוֹפֵא אוֹמֵר צָרִיךְ מַאֲכִילִין אוֹתוֹ עַל פִּיו. וְהוּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶה רוֹפֵא בָּקִי. רוֹפֵא אֶחָד אוֹמֵר צָרִיךְ וְאֶחָד אוֹמֵר אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ מַאֲכִילִין אוֹתוֹ. מִקְצָת הָרוֹפְאִין אוֹמְרִין צָרִיךְ וּמִקְצָתָן אוֹמְרִין אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ הוֹלְכִין אַחַר הָרֹב אוֹ אַחַר הַבְּקִיאִין. וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יֹאמַר הַחוֹלֶה צָרִיךְ אֲנִי. אֲבָל אִם אָמַר צָרִיךְ אֲנִי מַאֲכִילִין אוֹתוֹ. לֹא אָמַר הַחוֹלֶה שֶׁהוּא צָרִיךְ וְנֶחְלְקוּ הָרוֹפְאִים וְהָיוּ כֻּלָּם בְּקִיאִין וְאֵלּוּ שֶׁאָמְרוּ אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ כְּמִנְיָן שֶׁאָמְרוּ צָרִיךְ מַאֲכִילִין אוֹתוֹ:
8 If a patient who is seriously ill asks for food on Yom Kippur, he should be given to eat as he desires, until he says "enough," even though competent physicians say that he does not need any food. If the patient says that he does not require food, and the physician says that he does, he should be fed in accordance with the physician's order, provided that the physician is competent. If one physician says that the patient needs food and another says that he does not, he should be given food. [If] some physicians say he needs to and others say he does not need to, we go according to the majority or [according to] the more expert ones. And this is so long as the ill person does not say, "I need [to eat]." But if he says, "I need [to eat]," we feed him. [If] the ill person does not say that he needs [to eat] and the physicians disagree and all of them were experts and those who said that he does not need to [eat] are of the same number as those who said he needs [to eat], we feed him.