4 Shiur of Rabbi Pinto shlita

 

4 Shiur of Rabbi Pinto shlita

 

[This is a repost, more than one year ago the mekubal, Rabbi Pinto answered several general questions including the current situation in the world, and I felt that I should post his shiurim again, this is urgent and important to us as we will need to fortify our emunah and bitachon in HaShem and through Tzaddik, to get knowledge to achieve greater wisdom and good decisions, and to do better and better what needs to be done by ourselves and our love ones. – editor of Journal Mitzvah]

 

(A little more than we did all together, the more Kedushah enters this world from below, for the good of all!) Thanks, Gilson Sasson.

 

Question 4

Date: 03.24.2020

Topic: Pandemic

 

Question:

Dear Rabbi,

Given the current restriction on Minyanim (quorum of 10 required for communal prayer) imposed by the health ministry, can we partake in a Minyan which is taking place anyway?

 

Answer 4:

 

The very first principle is "Venishmartem Meod Lenafshotechem , be very careful about your lives (Deuteronomy 4:15)." If one sees that synagogues are not respecting the current regulations imposed by the government, such as not praying with more than ten in a group and maintaining sufficient distance between all members, then one should pray at home.

 

The pandemic should not at all be taken lightly and all restrictions should be respected. We find similar restrictions imposed by Rabbi Akiva Eiger on his community during an epidemic in 1831.

 

As of the past Friday, our perspective on the pandemic changed dramatically. Up until then, we took in the media and reports as mere exaggeration. But after consulting with our personal physician in New York - a true world-leading authority, unlike many doctors who hold their position only by title and not through authoritative experience - our perspective shifted to the very other extreme; the virus is a true threat to mankind. Young and old are at risk. This doctor saved my life in a complicated eight-hour long surgery, and I accept his authority without doubt.

 

Therefore, we press everyone to be wary of the seriousness of it all and to respect all restrictions in place, distancing and all.

 

By Rabbi Pinto.

 

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