Vilna Gaon – Prayer For The Ill 2

The verse in Deuteronomy (Chapter 2) describes Moses’ demand that we follow “the path that we must walk.” The Vilna Gaon (Aderet Eliyahu, Devarim) explains that we may walk to fulfill any

other Mitzvah, however we walk to the Mitzvah. Visiting the ill is the exception as the actual “walking” is part of the Mitzvah. The minute we set out to visit someone who is ill we are beginning to fulfill this great Mitzvah.