I meant regarding the fast. Seemingly one should not fast because of the epidemic?

Why not?

Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim, section 554, law 6, and the Biur Halakha there, under “in a place of illness”

Benjamin, is that what you meant in the question “can the two go together,” or is that a later interpretation of the question?

That is what I meant. I retract the poetic style.

Benjamin, I assumed that was what you meant, and I still repeat: why not?

Damage to the functioning of the immune system in the sick. Of course not everyone is sick, but we still cannot rule out possible illness in general; this is an epidemic…

I get instructions on what to do in such situations from a doctor, not from the Biur Halakha. So far I haven’t heard such a warning, especially since the danger here is very small.

With God’s help, Fast of Esther 5780

And to Benjamin it was said—

Your question was answered by our forefather Jacob in his blessing to Benjamin:

“In the morning he shall devour” until dawn rises,
“and in the evening,” after nightfall, “he shall divide the spoil.”

Best regards, Samson Latz

There is an essential connection between “Esther” and “corona.” “Corona” is the wife of “Mikrehu son of Mikrehu,” and when one gets properly intoxicated, the difference between “Esther” and “corona” dissolves. Therefore, it is fitting that you drink before dawn until you “do not know,” and then you will merit to fast with no contradiction between Esther and corona 🙂

A) This is a pandemic, so the danger is very great!
B) I did in fact get instructions from a doctor after asking, and I am acting accordingly. It’s amazing that almost no one asks (doctors, not rabbis)…?

I’m not impressed that the danger is great. If there is a medical instruction, then of course one should not fast. I haven’t heard of such an instruction. Of course it is preferable to ask a God-fearing doctor who won’t just be stringent and say not to fast.

Contrary to Benjamin’s words, the World Health Organization has so far refrained from defining the outbreak as a pandemic.

Regarding what our master the rabbi advised, to ask a God-fearing doctor, it should be noted that Rabbi Kook already explained in Ein Ayah that “greater is one who benefits from the labor of his own hands than one who fears Heaven.” If so, one should ask a private doctor who makes a fine living from his own labor, not a salaried doctor from the health fund whose livelihood from his labor is meager.

And best of all is to order a house call, for walking in the street, in the public domain, is presumed to be a terrible danger, both because of the epidemic and because of the fear of barking dogs. And who permitted the questioner to leave his house for the clinic? The high fee the doctor will receive for the house call will also make him “one who benefits from the labor of his own hands” in the choicest way.

Best regards, Effi Damski

Benjamin,

Maybe the doctor was afraid to permit you to fast out of concern that you would document it and sue him for medical malpractice. And regarding your question about the Haredi fear of dogs, I think you can get a sense of what they feel at the following link:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details%3Fid%3Dmmapps.mirror.free%26hl%3Diw%26referrer%3Dutm_source%253Dgoogle%2526utm_medium%253Dorganic%2526utm_term%253D%25D7%259E%25D7%25A8%25D7%2590%25D7%2594%26pcampaignid%3DAPPU_1_KXxmXpLmDM-cmwWwsqSQAg&ved=2ahUKEwjSnq_g9I3oAhVPzqYKHTAZCSIQ5YQBMAB6BAgLEAI&usg=AOvVaw1rI7NWkses0KnenGuTCHZr

Well said indeed.

May his wellsprings spread abroad, and with the permission of our master, teacher, and rabbi Michi, may he live long and well, as stated above, as should properly be written.

A-B, especially for you:
https://rotter.net/forum/scoops1/610505.shtml

Benjamin, today they declared it. Two days ago they refrained from declaring it—they deliberately refrained.
A declaration of a pandemic is an unusual step with significant consequences, and they avoid it as long as there is hope that the situation has not gotten out of control.
You were ahead of yourself.

With God’s help, the night after Shushan Purim 5780

The eyes of the “World Health Organization” are fixed upon the blog for thinking people, “Rabbi Michael Abraham – Responsa and Articles,” where Torah and science, philosophy and physics, have joined together, and from here the organization’s experts learn how to act.

We went on high alert when we saw Rabbi Benjamin Gurlin’s thought-provoking question regarding corona on the Fast of Esther, and the conclusive proof from the Biur Halakha, and we immediately convened and decided that corona must be treated as an epidemic. And whoever is the man who desires life should flee from the covid and go back home, as it is written: “Every man to your tents, O Israel.”

And now that Rabbi Gurlin, may he live long and well, has raised his fiery words of the French thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau against the corruptions of European civilization—gathering in cities and distancing from nature, competitiveness and achievement—we have forcefully decreed to prohibit all public gatherings in closed spaces.

Nothing restores health like a return to nature, and therefore in the wake of Rousseau we proclaim that even in academic institutions it is permitted and desirable to stroll on the lawns in small groups, but Heaven forbid to enter crowded lectures, especially in front of lecturers over the age of fifty, and certainly to avoid exams that bring tension, pressure, and competitive striving.

All the more so one should avoid submitting academic papers, in which the supervisor stands over the student’s head and does not allow him to say a single word of his own unless it is backed by quotations from citable sources, so that Heaven forbid the student should ever entertain any independent thought.

Likewise one should avoid schools in which students are pressured into achievement-oriented exams. The best thing is to send the students to a Haredi yeshiva, where most of the time they study in pairs in self-study, the formal lesson is only once a day plus one general lecture a week, and there is no pressure of exams and grades. They should just do the learning in the courtyard.

These are the World Health Organization’s guidelines at this stage!

Best regards, Dr. Shaman Latz
President of the Medical Academy named for the Noble Savage

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