Orthodox
Rabbi Asher Bush, Rabbinical Council of America Va’ad Halacha
- Wearing gloves and mask in a place without an eruv (Nissan = March 26-April 24, 2020)
- Torah reading when synagogues reopen with social distancing (April 30, 2020 Hebrew and English)
Rabbi Pinchos Frankel: Resignation speech (undated, between May 17-19, 2020; translator unknown)
Rav Dr. Aaron Glatt: Guidelines for those who fall ill on Yom Tov (April 6, 2020)
Rav Shmuel Hain: Guidelines and suggestions for officiating clergy at funerals and shiva (April 7, 2020)
Rabbi Haim Ovadia: Virtual Minyan? YES! (March 17, 2020)
Rabbi Tzvi Ryzman: Communal prayer with social distancing (undated, before March 18, 2020)
Rav Hershel Schachter, Rabbi Isaac Elhanan Theological Seminary
- Communal gatherings (March 19, 2020)
- Removing a patient from a respirator (March 19, 2020) [Schachter published a more definitive Hebrew version on April 5]
- Coronavirus Q&A (March 20, 2020)
- Passover guidance regarding electronic devices and visits (March 25, 2020)
- Leaving the hospital on Shabbat or holidays (March 27, 2020)
- Communal prayer with social distancing (March 31, 2020)
- Taharah rituals for the deceased may be omitted but burial (not cremation) should occur (March 31, 2020)
- Haircuts during Passover and the semi-mourning period that follows (March 31, 2020)
- Weddings with fewer than ten participants (April 2, 2020)
- Tzedakah (charity) and payments to Jewish institutions (April 8, 2020)
- Reciting a blessing over blossoming trees seen over Zoom (April 17, 2020)
- Listening to music during periods of mourning, including “Sefira” (April 19, 2020)
- Reciting the “gomel” blessing for recovery with a community gathered over Zoom (April 23, 2020)
- Piskei Corona [collected responsa related to coronavirus, including many not listed above] (April 8, 2020)
- Praying outdoors in the heat during the fast of 17 Tammuz (July 7, 2020)
- Laundering clothing during the 9 days of Av, and abridging communal prayers on the 9th of Av (July 9, 2020)
- Abridging high holiday prayers (July 12, 2020)
- Washing on Tisha B’Av (July 21, 2020)
- Leading multiple services on the same day (August 7, 2020)
- Matters related to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (August 30, 2020)
- Matters related to Sukkot (August 30, 2020)
- Matters related to Purim (January 31, 2021)
Rabbi Mayer Twersky, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary:
- “V’Chai Bohem” (“And you shall live by them”) (April 22, 2020) [Hebrew original]
- “U’Shmor Nafshecha Me’od” (Watch yourself very carefully) (undated, between April 22 and May 22, 2020) [Hebrew original]
- Mah Hashem Elokecha Sho’el Me’imach (What God wants of you) (undated, between April 22 and May 22, 2020) [Hebrew original]
- The prohibition at present to assemble minyanim and other gatherings (May 22, 2020) [Hebrew original]
Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner, Cedar-Sinai Hospital: Emergency triage protocols based on Jewish values (originally published April 8, 2020; this revision posted Dec. 7, 2020)
Rav Mordechai Willig, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary: Assorted responsa (undated, before June 20, 2020; questions in English, answers in Hebrew)
Conservative
Rabbi Robert Harris: Pikuach Nefesh, Social distancing and a rabbi’s case for the need to protect life (March 12, 2020)
Rabbi Michael Knopf: Wearing a face mask? You’re doing a mitzvah. Make a brachah! (April 13, 2020)
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal: Jewish values regarding physical reopening of our institutions (May 4, 2020)
Rabbi Jon Spira-Savett: No large High Holiday services this year. There, we’ve said it. Now what? (May 5, 2020)
Reform
Rabbi Alex Kress — The holiness of handwashing: Lessons from ancient Jewish wisdom and Instagram celebs (March 13, 2020)
Other
Yehudah Mirsky: Social distancing, modesty, and solidarity (March 27, 2020)
