Q. (translated) Dear Rabbi. I suffer from a severe Skin Cancer, and I have to use medical cream and sun blocking agents when exiting home, specially under the strong sun of Mexico. (When going to shul on Yamim Noraim). I already suffered three skin surgeries, what can I do on using these protecting creams?

A. You can use creams with a ‘Shinui’ (unusual way) in your severe case. That would involve not smearing the cream directly on your skin, but rather smearing the face on the cream container or a prior prepared tissues. A better way, as is common in your country, if you have a Gentile maid, she could be instructed before Shabbat to do so for you.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a