{"id":62618,"date":"2020-03-12T09:49:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T14:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=62618"},"modified":"2020-03-12T09:49:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T14:49:26","slug":"praying-in-the-face-of-coronavirus-via-conference-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/news\/praying-in-the-face-of-coronavirus-via-conference-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying in the face of coronavirus\u2014 via conference call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the Fast of Esther, thousands of Orthodox Jews joined in communal prayer \u2014 in arranged simultaneous times to pray, or by conference calls. At 9:30am EST, several Haredi organizations called for a worldwide Psalm recitation, in response to Agudath Israel\u2019s call to prayer; at 12:30pm EST, the Orthodox Union organized a conference call for constituents to join in prayer, from afar.<\/p>\n<p>It was a modern answer to an age-old problem: A disease outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe join together in tefillah on the fast of Esther,\u201d said Rabbi Moshe Hauer, incoming CEO of the Orthodox Union. \u201cWe hope and pray that through our prayers &#8211; this difficulty will pass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hauer led the recitation of Psalms 20, 121 and 130 out of the Yeshiva University Los Angeles High School.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forward.com\/life\/441244\/praying-in-the-face-of-coronavirus-via-conference-call\/\">Continue reading at the Forward<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Fast of Esther, thousands of Orthodox Jews joined in communal prayer \u2014 in arranged simultaneous times to pray, or by conference calls. 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