first edition<\/a> (undated, before April 28, 2020) [Hebrew original<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTzurba M’Rabanan (Mizrachi Press)<\/p>\n
\n- Halachot of the COVID-19 era<\/a> (November 2020, including material initially published earlier)<\/li>\n
- Listening to the Megillah reading with a loudspeaker, by phone, online or over Zoom<\/a> (February 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Rabbi Asher Weiss, Jerusalem<\/p>\n
\n- On specific aspects of payer in outdoor minyanim<\/em><\/a> (March\/April 2020)<\/li>\n
- On praying with a minyan<\/em> during an epidemic<\/a> (March\/April 2020)<\/li>\n
- Medical triage<\/a> (March\/April 2020)<\/li>\n
- Splitting ventilators<\/a> (undated — March\/April 2020?)<\/li>\n
- Experimental treatments for coronavirus<\/a> (undated 2020)<\/li>\n
- Concerns about easing of coronavirus restrictions in Israel<\/a> (April 26, 2020)<\/li>\n
- May a researcher work on Shabbat to discover a coronavirus vaccine?<\/a> (May 28, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Appropriate conduct during a pandemic<\/a> (published in English July\/August 2020; original publication date unlisted)<\/li>\n
- Obligation of proper hygiene and of preventative measures<\/a> (published in English July\/August 2020; original publication date unlisted)<\/li>\n
- The ruling of Rav Yisrael Salanter during the outbreak of cholera<\/a> (published in English July\/August 2020; original publication date unlisted)<\/li>\n
- A physician who must shave his beard in order to protect himself <\/a>(published in English July\/August 2020; original publication date unlisted)<\/li>\n
- Lifesaving activity that endangers members of one’s own household<\/a> (published in English July\/August 2020; original publication date unlisted)<\/li>\n
- Covid-19 vaccine<\/a> (sometime between Dec. 16-21, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
State-mandated cremation a posthumous \u2018mitzvah,\u2019 says leading Orthodox rabbi<\/a> (March 29, 2020)<\/p>\nHebrew<\/h4>\n
Sefer Heviani Hadarav: Hilkhot Mageifat Hacorona<\/em><\/a> [600+ pages of guidance on wide-ranging issues by various authors] (content written on or before July 8, 2020)<\/p>\nChief Rabbinate: Circumcision during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> (March 30, 2020)<\/p>\nIggud Hakhmei Ha-Ma’arav: Use of Zoom during the Passover Seder<\/a> (undated, before March 24, 2020)<\/p>\nMakhon Eretz Hemdah: Responsa on various coronavirus-related subjects<\/a> (September 2020)<\/p>\nRabbi Mordekhai Hayyim Aflallo: On the mitzvot associated with wearing a mask<\/a> (undated, before Nov. 25, 2020)<\/p>\nRabbi Shlomo Aviner<\/p>\n
\n- Responsa on various coronavirus-related subjects<\/a> (undated, before April 11, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Should one recite a blessing over the Covid vaccine?<\/a> (Dec. 20, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Rabbi Yehoshua Ben-Meir: Is there a blessing for receiving the Covid vaccine? If so, what?<\/a> (February\/March 2021)<\/p>\nRabbi Levi Yitzhak Cooper, Tzur Hadasah<\/p>\n
\n- Purim guidelines<\/a> (undated, before March 10, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Prayer in synagogue<\/a> (March 13, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Rosh Hashanah prayer guidelines<\/a> (Sept. 16, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Yom Kippur prayer guidelines<\/a> (Oct. 4, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Shemini Atzeret\/Simhat Torah prayer guidelines<\/a> (Oct. 25, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Synagogue prayer outdoors post-pandemic<\/a> (May 10, 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Rabbi Raphael David Davis, ed.: Compilation of essays by multiple authors promoting vaccination<\/a> (mostly in Hebrew, some in English) (January\/February 2021)<\/p>\nRav Shlomo Dichovsky: Fasting during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> (undated, approx. July 6, 2020)<\/p>\nEidah Hacharedis proclamation on prayer and Passover<\/a> (March 30, 2020)<\/p>\nRabbi Re’em HaCohen, Otniel: Listening to the megillah remotely during quarantine<\/a> (undated, before February 17, 2021)<\/p>\nRabbi Yissocher Katz: Absence from synagogues during the coronavirus pandemic, in response to the ruling of R. Moshe Shaul Klein<\/a> (approx. Oct. 1, 2020)<\/p>\nChief Rabbi David Lau:<\/p>\n
\n- Accepting a bill of divorce while wearing gloves<\/a> (April 26, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Guidelines for fasting on 17 Tammuz<\/a> (July 7, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Guidelines for fasting on Tisha B’Av<\/a> (July 27, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Guidelines for Yom Kippur<\/a> (September 22, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ohr Torah Stone<\/p>\n
\n- Guidelines for Tishrei holidays during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> (August 9, 2020)<\/li>\n
- The coronavirus pandemic in halakhah and hashkafah<\/a> (ebook; undated, before November 4, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon, Sulamot:<\/p>\n
\n- Purim-related guidelines for individuals in isolation<\/a> (week of March 1, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Communal prayer on multiple balconies<\/a> (March 26, 2020) [abridged version<\/a>]<\/li>\n
- Alternative to ritually immersing utensils<\/a> (March 26, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Pidyon Ha-Ben<\/a> (April 6, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Haircuts during Sefira<\/a> (April 23, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Celebrating Israel’s Independence Day in quarantine<\/a> (undated, before April 28, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Making up for missed Mourner’s Kaddish<\/a> (undated, before May 3, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Reciting the Shehecheyanu blessing when seeing someone after leaving isolation<\/a> (undated, before May 6, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Weddings without ten people present<\/a> (undated, before May 21, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Prayers about coronavirus even as life returns to normal<\/a> (May 24, 2020)<\/li>\n
- The importance of returning to prayer in synagogue<\/a> (undated, approximately May 24, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Use of wet wipes on Shabbat to disinfect<\/a> (undated, before June 3, 2020)<\/li>\n
- When abridging Shabbat prayers, may one still include the Prayer for the State of Israel?<\/a> (undated, before June 11, 2020)<\/li>\n
- May one bend the metal nose-bridge on a mask during Shabbat?<\/a> (June 24, 2020)<\/li>\n
- May one move during prayer out of concern for maintaining social distance?<\/a> (undated, before July 13, 2020)<\/li>\n
- May one sanitize one’s hands after ritually washing them?<\/a> (undated, before July 16, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Fasting on Tisha B’Av during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> (undated, before July 29, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Handwashing on Tisha B’Av during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> (undated, before July 29, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Reciting the prayers and laments of Tisha B’Av during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> (undated, before July 29, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Covering the mouth of the shofar<\/a> (undated, before August 26, 2020)<\/li>\n
- High holidays during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> (undated, before Sept. 11, 2020)<\/li>\n
- High holiday prayers during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> (undated, before Sept. 11, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Use of audio transmitters and receivers during outdoor communal prayer<\/a> (undated, before Oct. 28, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Outdoor communal prayer in cold weather<\/a> (undated, before Nov. 4, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Hanukkah- related and winter-related guidance<\/a> (undated, before Dec. 9, 2020)<\/li>\n
- May someone who can no longer smell due to Covid-19 recite the blessing over smelling spices?<\/a> (undated, before Jan. 14, 2021)<\/li>\n
- Cutting the line for coronavirus vaccination<\/a> (undated, before Jan. 13, 2021)<\/li>\n
- Gomel blessing after recovering from Covid-19<\/a> (undated, before March 14, 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, Jerusalem: Communal Prayer on multiple apartment balconies<\/a> (April 2, 2020)<\/p>\nRabbi Asher Weiss, Jerusalem<\/p>\n
\n- Collected lessons and responsa related to coronavirus, I<\/a> (undated, before April 11, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Music during the Sefira<\/a> (undated, before April 26, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Collected lessons and responsa related to coronavirus, II<\/a> (approx. April 26, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Collecting rent payments from tenants who left the country because of coronavirus<\/a> (May 4, 2020) [clarification<\/a>, May 8]<\/li>\n
- Collected lessons and responsa related to coronavirus, III<\/a> (approx. May 31, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Fasts during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> (approx. July 7, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Shofar blowing during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a> (approx. Sept. 3, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Collected responsa related to the fall holidays<\/a> (3rd ed., Oct. 2, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Rav Yitzhak Yeshaya Weiss, Bnei Brak: Prayer and communal study during times of danger<\/a> (May 8, 2020)<\/p>\nRabbi Ze’ev Weitman, Alon Shvut<\/p>\n
\n- Prayer in synagogue<\/a> (March 14, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Synagogues and communal prayers<\/a> (March 15, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Public outdoor prayers<\/a> (March 16, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Reciting the Memorial Prayer (Yizkor) privately<\/a> (undated, before April 14, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Socially distanced prayer and fasting on 17 Tammuz<\/a> (July 3, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Shofar blowing<\/a> (September 6, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef<\/p>\n
\n- Use of cellphones on Shabbat, isolation, hospital synagogues<\/a> (March 18, 2020)<\/li>\n
- Prayer on multiple balconies<\/a> (April 2, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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