• January 22, 2026
  • 4 5786, Shevat
  • פרשת בא

Video Monitors and Shabbat

Video Monitors and Shabbat

Nowadays it is difficult to walk down the street in any major city without triggering video monitors. For example, everyone entering the Old City of Jerusalem is videoed for security reasons. Join Rabbi Dovid Fink as he examines if thIs is permissible on Shabbat and Yom Tov.

July 9, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Video Monitors and Shabbat: Video Monitors and Shabbat
Class description

Video monitoring is nowadays ubiquitous, primarily for security and in health contexts.

Can you allow yourself to appear on a video monitor on Shabbat and Yom Tov?

In this series, we will survey the opinions of the principal poskim.

A source sheet is available through the links in both WORD format and pdf. In class we will translate and explain these sources.

 

July 16, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Video Monitors and Shabbat: Video Monitors and Shabbat
Class description

In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertᅠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.