Question:
Now because of the new variant of corona and the “vaccinating” situation which creates a lot of questions, I am feeling stressed and afraid: What does Hashem want us to do now? How does He want us to go about this current situation? I don’t want to take the vaccine because there’s a lot of bad things I hear about it, and also my wife is expecting and she’s not required to take the corona vaccine, because we can actually see that the vaccine doesn’t work. But maybe Hashem wants me to take the vaccine? And if Hashem wants me to take the vaccine and I don’t take it, that will haunt me always because I will feel that I acted irresponsibly and endangered my family. What are we supposed to do in this situation? What empowering message can the Rav tell us for this current period we are in?
Answer:
As long as the halachah isn’t clear and there are differing views of Poskim on a matter, each person should abide by the view in the Poskim that he follows, with the intention that “I am doing what Hashem wants.” If he does so with that intention, he is praiseworthy and he is not held responsible for any detrimental results, and Hashem will do what’s good in His eyes.
Everything has become confusion today, and we need to hold onto p’shitus and temimus, to go simply and earnestly with Hashem’s plan, and along with this we need to hold strong onto learning Torah in-depth, each person according to his own ability, from the strongest and innermost connection within him to Hashem and His Torah. That is a person’s portion on this world – to grab hold of Hashem and His Torah, and that is what becomes his portion for all of eternity.
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