{"id":318,"date":"2020-03-26T14:36:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T18:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/?page_id=318"},"modified":"2023-07-02T22:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T02:03:48","slug":"rabbis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/judaism\/rabbis\/","title":{"rendered":"North America &#8212; Individual Rabbis (and others)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Orthodox<\/h4>\n<p>Rabbi Asher Bush, Rabbinical Council of America Va&#8217;ad Halacha<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/05\/Bush-Wearing-gloves-and-masks-in-a-place-without-an-eruv.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wearing gloves and mask in a place without an eruv<\/a> (<em>Nissan<\/em> = March 26-April 24, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/05\/Bush-Torah-reading-with-social-distancing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Torah reading when synagogues reopen with social distancing<\/a> (April 30, 2020 Hebrew and English)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2023\/07\/Rabbi-Pinchos-Frankel-Resignation-Speech.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rabbi Pinchos Frankel: Resignation speech<\/a> (undated, between May 17-19, 2020; translator unknown)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/04\/06\/glatt-ill-yom-tov\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rav Dr. Aaron Glatt: Guidelines for those who fall ill on Yom Tov<\/a> (April 6, 2020)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/04\/07\/hain-funerals-shiva\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rav Shmuel Hain: Guidelines and suggestions for officiating clergy at funerals and shiva<\/a> (April 7, 2020)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/03\/17\/ovadia-virtual-minyan\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rabbi Haim Ovadia: Virtual Minyan? YES!<\/a> (March 17, 2020)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/03\/\u05ea\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4_\u05d1\u05e6\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8_\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8\u05db\u05ea_\u05db\u05d4\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd_\u05d1\u05d1\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rabbi Tzvi Ryzman: Communal prayer with social distancing&nbsp;<\/a> (undated, before March 18, 2020)<\/p>\n<p>Rav Hershel Schachter, Rabbi Isaac Elhanan Theological Seminary<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/03\/19\/berman-glatt-schachter\/\">Communal gatherings<\/a> (March 19, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/03\/19\/schachter-removing-respirator\/\">Removing a patient from a respirator<\/a> (March 19, 2020) [Schachter published a more definitive <a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2021\/01\/Schachter-Triage-Apr-5-Hebrew.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hebrew version<\/a> on April 5]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/03\/20\/schachter\/\">Coronavirus Q&amp;A<\/a> (March 20, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/03\/25\/schachter-passover\/\">Passover guidance regarding electronic devices and visits<\/a> (March 25, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/03\/Rav-Schachter-Corona-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leaving the hospital on Shabbat or holidays<\/a> (March 27, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/03\/Rav-Schachter-Corona-8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Communal prayer with social distancing<\/a> (March 31, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/03\/Rav-Schachter-Corona-9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taharah rituals for the deceased may be omitted but burial (not cremation) should occur<\/a> (March 31, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/03\/Rav-Schachter-Corona-10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haircuts during Passover and the semi-mourning period that follows<\/a> (March 31, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/04\/Schacther-Weddings-with-fewer-than-10-participants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weddings with fewer than ten participants<\/a> (April 2, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/05\/Schachter-Tzedakah.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tzedakah (charity) and payments to Jewish institutions<\/a> (April 8, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/04\/Schachter-Bircas-Ha-ilanos-via-Zoom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reciting a blessing over blossoming trees seen over Zoom<\/a> (April 17, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/04\/Schachter-Music-during-mourning-and-sefira.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listening to music during periods of mourning, including &#8220;Sefira&#8221;<\/a> (April 19, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/04\/Schachter-Gomel-via-Zoom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reciting the &#8220;gomel&#8221; blessing for recovery with a community gathered over Zoom<\/a> (April 23, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/04\/Rav-Hershel-Schachter-Piskei-Corona-second-edition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Piskei Corona<\/em> [collected responsa related to coronavirus, including many not listed above] <\/a>(April 8, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/07\/Schachter-17-Tammuz.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Praying outdoors in the heat during the fast of 17 Tammuz<\/a> (July 7, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/07\/Schachter-9-Days-and-Kinnos.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laundering clothing during the 9 days of Av, and abridging communal prayers on the 9th of Av<\/a> (July 9, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/07\/Schachter-Abridging-High-Holiday-Services.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abridging high holiday prayers<\/a> (July 12, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/07\/Schachter-Washing-on-Tisha-BAv.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washing on Tisha B&#8217;Av<\/a> (July 21, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/08\/Schachter-Being-a-Shaliach-Tzibur-Twice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leading multiple services on the same day<\/a> (August 7, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/08\/Schachter-matters-related-to-Rosh-Hashanah-and-Yom-Kippur.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matters related to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur<\/a> (August 30, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/08\/Schachter-Sukkot-matters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matters related to Sukkot<\/a> (August 30, 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2021\/01\/Schachter-Purim.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matters related to Purim<\/a> (January 31, 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rabbi Mayer Twersky, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/04\/22\/twersky-vchai-bohem\/\">&#8220;V&#8217;Chai Bohem&#8221; (&#8220;And you shall live by them&#8221;)<\/a> (April 22, 2020) [<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/07\/rtwe_chadorecha_Eng.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hebrew original<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/04\/30\/twersky-ushmor-nafshecha-meod\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u201cU\u2019Shmor Nafshecha Me\u2019od\u201d (Watch yourself very carefully)<\/a> (undated, between April 22 and May 22, 2020) [<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/07\/rtwe_ushemor.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hebrew original<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/05\/11\/twersky-mah-hashem\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mah Hashem Elokecha Sho\u2019el Me\u2019imach (What God wants of you)<\/a> (undated, between April 22 and May 22, 2020) [<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/07\/rtwe_whatHashemWants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hebrew original<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/07\/rtwe_chadorecha_Eng.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The prohibition at present to assemble minyanim and other gatherings<\/a> (May 22, 2020) [<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/05\/Twersky-Prohibition-to-Conduct-Minyanim-and-Other-Gatherings-in-America-at-This-Time.pdf\">Hebrew original<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/12\/07\/weiner-triage-protocols\/\">Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner, Cedar-Sinai Hospital: Emergency triage protocols based on Jewish values<\/a> (originally published April 8, 2020; this revision posted Dec. 7, 2020)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/files\/2020\/06\/Rav-Willig-Shlita-Korona-Shaylos.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rav Mordechai Willig, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary: Assorted responsa<\/a> (undated, before June 20, 2020; questions in English, answers in Hebrew)<\/p>\n<h4>Conservative<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/03\/12\/harris-social-distancing\/\">Rabbi Robert Harris:&nbsp;<i>Pikuach Nefesh<\/i>, Social distancing and a rabbi\u2019s case for the need to protect life<\/a> (March 12, 2020)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/04\/13\/face-mask-brachah\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rabbi Michael Knopf: Wearing a face mask? You\u2019re doing a mitzvah. Make a brachah!<\/a> (April 13, 2020)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/05\/04\/blumenthal-physical-reopening\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal: Jewish values regarding physical reopening of our institutions<\/a> (May 4, 2020)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/08\/06\/rabbi-jon-spira-savett-no-large-high-holiday-services-this-year-there-weve-said-it-now-what\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rabbi Jon Spira-Savett: No large High Holiday services this year. There, we\u2019ve said it. Now what?<\/a> (May 5, 2020)<\/p>\n<div class=\"rz dp n o\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/08\/10\/kurtzer-counter-live-streaming\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer: A counter-proposal to live-streaming for Conservative Judaism<\/a> (May 16, 2020)<\/div>\n<h4>Reform<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/03\/13\/kress-holiness-of-handwashing\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rabbi Alex Kress \u2014 The holiness of handwashing: Lessons from ancient Jewish wisdom and Instagram celebs<\/a> (March 13, 2020)<\/p>\n<h4>Other<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/2020\/03\/27\/mirsky-social-distancing\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Yehudah Mirsky: Social distancing, modesty, and solidarity<\/a> (March 27, 2020)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orthodox Rabbi Asher Bush, Rabbinical Council of America Va&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1764,"featured_media":0,"parent":41,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3279,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318\/revisions\/3279"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/coronaguidance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}