Stamford Hill’s most senior rabbi has backed the use of 'kosher' telephones to conduct school lessons for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, while issuing a stern warning on the “minefield” of smartphones.
Rabbi Ephraim Padwa, the rabbinical head of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC) said in a letter on Thursday that in this “time of great distress” teachers and community workers had continued to organise “programmes of learning via telephone communication.”
Rabbi Padwa commended their ingenuity and wished that “they be well rewarded for their efforts.”
He added that “many of them are using satisfactory kosher mobile phones to make it easier to communicate.”
