Harav Dovid Cohen, Shlit’a, Permissible Technology on Shabbos & Pesach 2020

we're living in an Epoch or as the Brits say in an Epoch which is unparalleled as far as we can see in in history and we have to understand that allbe it it's very uncomfortable to beab what I'm going to tell you is not shabas as brisy used to say he was very very much as we would say in shabas for the sake of p and he used to say I'm not and shabas I'm stands high above all the other Mitzvah of the Ty except for the Gus and there's no doubt in my mind that for those people who need to fight their habits which which is a but if if they're in that mive where they have to share their problems with others and in all these situations they're a gor of therefore it's committed to use all these machineries so to speak the zoom and everything else in order to stay in touch only because I am incidentally very strongly against people who want to make the Seda with this Zoom or any other contraption that shall like we're talking about however what's very important to know is that everything that you do should be done with a shin which takes it out of the realm of D and you will be instructed exactly how the Shinu will work and please conform to everything that you're instructed to do and will send us the to all my friends we have just heard from the great pois D cone that anyone who's facing a challenge be it an addiction someone in recovery an abuse victim or someone facing a mental health crisis and they feel the need to maintain their clinical care be it speaking to their sponsor continuing with support with support groups or Contin to to participate in a 12st step meeting they are permitted to do so even on CHAS as the brisker we are in these times when the only way to have this communication is by Zoom or by using the phone to call a sponsor or support l it is considered and one can do so if there's a matter of which means right now you're in the situation of and every single person knows exactly what that means he or she can pick up the phone call their sponsor the mental health professional or amudam Anonymous support line at 23000 if it's a question of prevention and a person needs to participate in the zoom or a phone meeting to maintain sobriety and stability he or she is allowed to use zoom or similar or similar technology on chabas or Y and it's not a question ofab because that is also considered and is as we just heard from but in that case when it's prevention to participate in a zoom meeting then it should be done with a while the person is logging in which means if the person he or she is a righty they should use their left hand preferably a finger or a knuckle if that's impossible because they cannot swipe with their finger on knuckle then they use just the alternative hand if he or she is a righty they should use their left hand left hand if here she use a left Le she use their right hand again that is a question of prevention when a person's mental health professional or audin Fields they should participate in whatever meeting they have to participate if it's a question of real p and every person knows exactly what that means they shouldn't hesitate and call the proper place where they have to call I wish everybody in lot of and anyone who is struggling in overcoming any addiction victim or abuse or those with mental ill should not think twice and be in touch with their sponsor mental health professional right away and deal with their with their crisis appropriately I wish you all a safe and