Giving Up Zoom [#14878]

August 24, 2021

QUESTION:

According to the Rav’s view that a person is still connected with the tumah of the Internet when watching Torah shiurim on Zoom, is there a difference if the Zoom is projected onto a mirror or not? Is it less harmful to one’s neshamah if the Zoom is only be viewed on a projection? Can it least be used as a first step for one who wants to stop using Zoom but he finds it too difficult to do so (since it may help a person gradually separate from Internet use of Zoom?

ANSWER:

That is a small piece of advice that can be helpful, but only if it will cause the person to consciously feel that he is achieving some gradual separation from Internet/Zoom when he does this. If that is the case, then it would be appropriate for a person to make use of this technique.