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COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

Rabbinic statements and policy guidelines provided detailed
halachic guidance and parameters.
Online mechiras chametz authorization forms were prepared
for 45 individual communities and used by over 2700 families.
These forms were tailor-made to allow each Rabbi to address
the specific needs of his community in authorizing the cRc to
perform the mechiras chametz on their behalf..
The conference calls with cRc Dayanim provided a solution to
the closing of keilim mikvaos. This method was used by over 400
people.

The cRc organized a series of online shiurim in preparation
for Shavuos, and video explanations of Kinnos were prepared
before Tisha B’Av. Over 400 people attended the pre-Shavuos
shiurim over Zoom, and 2,134 views were recorded on the
Kinnos site.

Guiding the Community

through the Pandemic

BETH DIN KASHRUS
The cRc chevra kadisha procured Personal Protective cRc’s top-quality supervision
Equipment, so that their holy work could continue, continued while maintaining the safety
coordinating with funeral directors, clinicians, and public of employees and Mashgichim. At times
health officials. visits were performed by Zoom. AKO,
Association of Kashrus Organizations,
An online Zoom class for metaharim and
prospective metaharim was given by Rabbi held its annual conference virtually this year, which
Yitzchok Bergstein, Coordinator for Suburban allowed over 450 Rabbonim throughout the world
Funeral Homes for the cRc Chevra Kadisha, and to participate.
Rabbi Yona Reiss. The cRc arranged a Zoom
Webinar on how to kasher
The Beth Din transferred much of its work online and found
alternate locations that allowed appropriate distancing for one’s kitchen for Pesach. A
Beth Din matters that could not be handled online. Zoom shiur was arranged
with Congregation K.I.N.S., and older how-to cRc
cRc’s Hataras Nedarim on videos were referenced by consumers.
Zoom was used by over
145 people. This is an example of a Zoom
hashgacha visit.

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