Interesting Psak: change text of Avinu Malkeinu

With Asara BaTeves coming up on Friday, another fast day during CoronaVirus times, Chief Rabbi Rav Dovid Lau has issued a set of guidelines with piskei halacha for the fast.

  - all guidelines form the Ministry of Health must be followed, with davening and minyanim only taking place according to the guidelines.

  - people should go get vaccinated

  - in the Avinu Malkeinu prayer said on 10 Teves, instead of the phrase "Our Father, our King, withhold the plague from Your inheritance" - Mena Mageifa M'Nachaltecha - people should say "STOP the plague..." - Atzor Mageifa.

  - mincha should be davened earlier to have enough time for the Torah reading and haftorah and birkat kohanim before Shabbos begins

  - anyone with CoronaVirus should not fast, even if he does not feel sick with any symptoms

  - anyone in quarantine who does not feel well should not fast

  - people leading the services Friday night should not extend them with lengthy prayers and tunes, as the fast only ends when people make kiddush

That is a big one - instructing people to change the text of the prayer to reflect the current reality.

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