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| Tuesday, September 30, 2003 |
Hurricane halachot: Because, when natural disaster strikes, it's important to think first of what halachah says about saving your derriere, the Orthodox Union has kindly provided a handbook. The release comes in the wake of Hurricane Isabel, and features guidance on holding a minyan ("If a hurricane is happening on Shabbat, stay home!" Ed. Note: Really?), electrical use, what to do when your eruv has been blown down, etc. Not to belittle the project, but did we need a Rosh Yeshiva from Yeshiva University and an OU panel of rabbis to make sure we understood that staying home during a hurricane would be preferable to walking to shul? Better yet, if a hurricane is happening, why are you still at home? There is a little thing called evacuation.
Just in case those thoughts didn't occur to you, the Orthodox Union has you covered at their Web site, assuming your Internet connection didn't go with the storm.
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