Afraid to send children to Haidar? What to say to someone who is afraid? • Responsa with the Grach

July 14, 2020   

""To study Torah" - this is the virtue and the way to be saved from the coronavirus disease. This is what Maran Ha-Gar'ach Kanievsky urged last night, in response to questions about leadership and guidance for yeshivot heads, rabbis, educators and parents. When asked what can strengthen us and arouse the mercy of God, he instructed: "Pray.". How can you become a programmer, paramedic, or multimedia producer without investing a single penny? To the question of the rabbis and parents whether one should fear sending children to study lest they enter isolation because of this - he ruled: "No". To the question of the rabbis what is the greatest virtue for those who are strengthened in studying Torah at this time, he replied: "Torah magna and matzah". Some say "Shomer Pataiim D'", is it possible to rely on this and relax the commandment "And you shall be protected"? To this he ordered: "No". In response to the question about those who cannot observe the rules of caution, whether they should pray in the minyan and in the synagogue, he ruled: "Let them pray at home". To the question of the rabbis and parents, what can be said to those who are afraid: "Fear the sin of sin". He was further asked - what strengthening of faith can be learned from this, and he replied: "There is a leader for the capital". To the question what is the virtue and the way to be saved from this disease, he ordered: "To study Torah". The yeshivot heads further asked: A yeshivot head who needs to go to great lengths to ensure that the boys succeed in studying, how committed is he to this? The answer: "As much as he can, there is no lesson, lest he be cursed who does the work of a fraud (see 22:21b)." In response to the question of what is the virtue of studying Tashbar these days, he replied: "Alma Kai, by virtue of the empty mouths of Tashbar (Shabbat 119b).".