Are you obligated to vaccinate? Is it safe? Can schools mandate it? Is it permitted to jump the line? Who should we listen to, Rabbonim or Doctors?
Is it permitted to report non compliance to Covid regulations?
Someone beating their spouse?
Reckless driving? ….
Monologue discussion;
Is the Yateds’ reporting responsible?
Is sticking up for our rights a Kiddush HaShem or Chilul HaShem? Is holding a protest the right way? Do we need to strictly comply with secular law, or is there flexibility? What if the enforcement of the laws is discriminatory against observant Jews? What if we disagree with the laws? What if the laws close down our yeshivos, shuls and weddings?
Our communities response to Covid examined halachically:
Agudah: A remarkable change of decades of policy unnoticed by many
Lakewood: Is the Covid Vaads Psak that a shul is מגין ומציל and therefore no need for masks consistent with Halacha?
The multitudes of sick in Monroe: Is there a mitzvah of Hatzala to a community that exhibits reckless behavior?
Belz: Is it justified to risk lives of some to save lives of others?
Important conversations about the halachos and hashkafos of wearing masks during davening, shaming those that don’t, shul policy, what is the din for someone who killed someone with Covid unintentionally, and much more…
Fascinating discussions on – Showers on yom tov with cold water, hot water; should we be davening this year in shul even with a mask; wearing gloves by lulav; pop up sukkos; meal of meat outside sukkah; shaming people without masks; and much more…
How much risk of danger is acceptable in Halacha? Time to open our Shuls and Yeshivos? Risk for Parnassah, and much more…
Cleaning for Pesach churros, kitniyos, tziruf liminyan, Kaddish and kriyas hatorah, Amazon Warehouses, tevilas keilim, hallel Pesach night, haircuts during sefirah, kedimah for ventilators and treatment, chasuanah less than a minyan
Paying playgroups and tuitions, deposits on hotels for Pesach and chasunos, mikvah and tevilas keilim, taanis bechorim, mattir kitniyos, selling chametz gamur and over phone, autopsies, Milah and metzizah b’peh, being moser on those not following govt guidelines
Minyan, mikvah, maaros, yotzei over phone, mesirah, rodeph, medical precedence, messages HKB”H is sending us, and much more…
Can you travel to Eretz Yisroel? Kissing a Sefer Torah? Doing Bikkur Cholim? Shaking hands? Going to hear Parshas Zachor or hearing the Megillah in shul? Adam hamazek? And much more…