Monday, March 30, 2020

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News from the Agudah:

  • Reminder! The virtual Yarchei Kallah is starting today - the hachanah shiur is at 11:30, followed by shiurim from Rabbi Asher Weiss and Rabbi Nisan Kaplan, at 12:30 and 4:00, respectively. Full details and mareh mekomos below, or click here.

  • We are pleased to share a webinar from our partners at Viventium on complying with the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. This will answer many of your questions about sick leave, FMLA requirements, emergency provisions, IRS refunds of paid leave, and more.

  • Can you finish Shas each day? How about Mishnayos? Tehillim? Tanach? With Ki Heim Chayeinu's platform for joining together with the rest of Klal Yisroel, you can take an amud, a perek, or more, and finish each day, together with your family, friends, and Klal Yisroel. Half of Shas and most of Mishnayos are already taken - join in! Shas details here, Mishnayos here, Tanach here, and Tehillim here.

  • Ki Heim Chayeinu and Shivti's special Pesach programming continues today, with a shiur klali by Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Waxman on the topic of Daled Kosos at 11:30. Click here to watch live! More details here.

  • Our live Pesach preparation shiurim continue tonight - see below for tonight's speakers and topic, and make sure that you're using the new call-in number. Details also here, including schedule and speakers.

  • Finally, last week's virtual Halachah shiurim were attended by thousands - but if you missed it, see below for a link to watch the recordings now.
Virtual Yarchei Kallah Program
The Agudah is hosting an inspiring virtual Yarchei Kallah this week, with shiurim from world-renowned English speaking Roshei Yeshiva and Rabbonim from Eretz Yisroel. Every day there will be a hachanah shiur, a chazarah shiur, a shiur klali, and a shiur halacha l'maaseh covering the sugya of Leil Haseder. Call in at 646-558-8656 with PIN 876513892, or click here for zoom. You can see all the information you need about the Yarchei Kallah, including mareh mekomos and the full schedule, by clicking here.
Pre-Pesach Inspiration and Guidance

This year's first Pre-Pesach shiurim continue tonight - Rabbi Doniel Neustadt on Daled Kosos: Wine or Grape Juice? (in English) at 10:00 pm; Rabbi Chaim Feivel Schneebalg on b'zchus nashim tzidkonios nig'alu avoseinu m'Mitzrayim (in Yiddish) at 10:30 pm.

Note the new call-in number: 929-219-1197.

Back to Back Halacha Shiurim Address Coronavirus-Related Halachic Matters

As students of history, we are accustomed to reading about life-altering events that forever changed the course of the world. Living through them, as we are right now, is quite another story. 

Standing at the intersection of the coronavirus pandemic and Pesach while listening closely for Moshiach's footfalls, we find ourselves facing unprecedented halachic conundrums. Hoping to address some of the many complexities that have arisen over the past two weeks, Agudath Israel of America's Torah Projects Commission arranged a pair of livestreamed events on Torah Anytime that had an astonishing 10,000 people tuning in to hear prominent poskim addressing a broad array of questions submitted by the public.

Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, Rav of Agudas Yisroel of Baltimore, covered a variety of topics on Monday, March 23rd, discussing dozens of Pesach-related issues including tevilas keilim when mikvaos are closed, performing biur chometz during a time when people are asked to stay home as well as the halachically preferable way to go to the hospital on Shabbos. Reflecting on some of the most difficult situations that have arisen in recent days, Rabbi Heinemann spoke about triaging critically ill patients when medical resources are in short supply and quoted Rav Moshe Feinstein's psak that it is never permissible to remove a patient from lifesaving equipment in order to treat someone else who appears to have a better chance of survival.

Addressing the audience on Wednesday night, Rabbi Zev Cohen, Rav of Congregation Adas Yeshurun of Chicago, delved into the world of Choshen Mishpat. Rabbi Cohen addressed the financial angle of the global pandemic, touching on price gouging and dealing with tuition payments during a time when mandatory closures are in effect, noting that when Moshiach comes, he will stop first at the marketplace to ensure that Klal Yisroel has conducted all of its business honestly. Rabbi Cohen observed that despite the difficulties of being barred from our holiest places because of coronavirus, following the law of the land provides us with an unparalleled opportunity to be mikadesh shem shomayim in front of the eyes of the entire world.

While this is likely the first time that we have encountered many of the issues that have arisen over the past several days, situations of this nature are brought down in halacha, observed Rabbi Eliyahu Simcha Bamberger, national director of the Daf Yomi Commission.

"It is fascinating to see that while the word has changed over the years, we see that halacha applies in every generation and situation and the answers are there, even all this time later," said Rabbi Bamberger. "There have been other epidemics and these shaylos have been asked before, albeit in different ways. Once again, we see the gadlus of our centuries-old Shulchan Aruch that still has the answers for every possible situation."

Click here to watch both shiurim.
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