On a Shabbos morning, Ya’akov went to shul with his father. His brother Chaim did not come along because he was sick with flu. Ya’akov felt bad that Chaim was not feeling good and had to miss davening in shul. “But this Shabbos is a Shabbos of refuah!” remembered Ya’akov, “Because in this week’s parsha people got healed after the snakes bit them for complaining. When the Torah will be read and the Ba’al Koreh will reach the pasuk וְהִבִּיט אֶל-נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת וָחָי, I’ll pray in my heart that in the zechus of this pasuk, Chaim should get better very soon.”
When the gabbai started saying MiSheberach bracha for the cholim, Ya’akov ran towards the bimmah, and stood in line of people who were giving the names to the gabbai. As he was waiting for his turn, though, he was reasoning with himself if he should give Chaim’s name to the gabbai: “Chaim is just sick with flu. He is not in sakana. Maybe only names of people who are very sick should be given to the gabbai for the MiSheberach on Shabbos.”
Question:
May Ya’akov give Chaim’s name to the gabbai for the MiSheberach?
Answer:
SHMIRAS SHABBOS: Yes (source: Shemiras Shabbos Kehilchosa 40:50)