I hope this will be the end of this thread, as I am not clear why it was started, to begin with, however, I think it is important to make clear:
The Charedi world is proud of the fact that we do not react like the rest of the world and that we do not get caught up in their trends or their panic. Everything we do is filtered through Torah as taught to us by Gedolei Torah. The Charedi world was just as nervous as the rest of the world (even those without internet, by the way) when the pandemic started spreading, but instead of reacting out of fear, we turned to the Gedolei Torah for guidance. They advised us to keep the learning going, as long as possible at all levels. That was a very hard psak for us, but we did it because it was the right thing to do. While the rest of the world was panic-reacting we were following Torah, with emotional mesiras nefesh. You cannot imagine how scary it was to send our children to school every day. But we did it with simcha knowing that it was what Hashem wanted. At the very same time (FYI, 3 weeks ago- not as was claimed above as “3 weeks too late”) the Charedi Rabbanim were very firm that all the mandates of the MInistry of Health must be kept and even the yeshivas- despite their remaining open- had to be careful not to have more than 10 in a room etc. We did all of that as well. When the Gedolim paskened that it was time to close the shuls and mosdos we did so, with heavy hearts, but with the security of knowing that we handled this entire nisayon according to the dictates of Torah. We rose to the challenge, despite the challenge.
We, in the Charedi world, are proud of the way we handled this crisis. Those who did not listen to the Gedolim and persisted on keeping their shuls and mosdos open will have to answer in shamayim. However they were only a small fraction of this extremely large and wonderful population. We are confident the Olam HaCharedi has given nachas to Hashem by conducting ourselves according to His mandate, despite our personal anxieties. The response of the Charedi world al pi Torah and Gedolei Torah stands as a shining example of mi k’amcha and should serve as a zchus for Kal Yisroel and all of humanity.
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