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Halachic Hits of COVID: May One Infect Others?

Speaker:: Rabbi Alex Hecht
Date:: January 20 2021

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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Contemporary Issues, Lifnei Iver, Nezikin

Collections: R' Hecht Halachic Hits of COVID

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On what halachic basis are we obligated to avoid infecting others with illness, is one financially liable if one infects others, and is teshuvah required for unintentionally infecting others? Largely based on teshuvos of Rav Asher Weiss in Minchas Asher: Shu"t B'Inyanei Mageifah Corona.

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