This story was written up in the Mishpacha magazine this past week. This shows both the tremendous Emunah the owner had in Gedolim, and as well the tremendous Wisdom our Gedolim have.
Early on, a talmid called with a complicated question. As an operator of several nursing homes, he was being forced to accept residents who’d tested positive for the virus as they were released from hospitals that no longer wanted them. Despite the clear danger to their current residents and staff, the nursing homes were being given no choice.
Rav Shmuel told him unequivocally that to accept these patients was a form of retzichah, murder, since it put the other residents at serious risk.
But then, on a conference call, (Cuomo) informed all home operators that failure to accept the patients would mean losing their licenses. The talmid called Rav Shmuel again. Lose your license, the Rosh Yeshivah ruled, but you can’t put your elderly residents in danger. The nursing home operator listened to his rebbi.
Weeks later, he stood tall as the only major nursing home operator in the state of New Jersey who didn’t lose a single resident to Covid-19.
So this talmid is what is known as a “positive deviant” since who in their right mind would call daas Torah, especially Rav Shmuel shlitah who values optimal health head & shoulders above other “poskim” consulted on serious health issues like VACCINES – when it comes to potentially losing licenses?!?!?
On the VACCINE front, I’m often told that Rav Shmuel shlitah is a “daas yochid” so therefore, it’s preferred to follow the “majority” no matter their knowledge or expertise in the issue relative to Rav Shmuel. Well, the “daas Yochid”, both in respect to asking the shailah & in respect to Rav Shmuel shlitah – is called taking achrayus & thinking for oneself based in very clear evidence of truth. Vaccines are NO different! They are ALL harm & zero benefit except
Cuomo is governor of ny. This guys nursing homes were in nj, according to the article.
This story sounds like hogwash.