What’s the Agudah position? What’s Rabbi’s Perr, Forst, and Brown say?
Most of them want to permit what the law allows without making too many extra decrees.
They are working with government officials and doctors including direct contact with Cuomo (through a close connection). It seems they want to start with outdoor minyanim in a way that within NYS strict guidelines, then will ease up as the NYS allows them to. They are even going to be machmir more than required by law.
If they would just be complacent and wait for the green light without any hishtadlus, we would not have minyanim for months. Its going to have to be gradual. They are working together with other religious groups who also want to open. It would be pretty sad if churches open and shuls don't.
As an aside, the letter posted earlier written by a local leader is disturbing to say the least. Why does that writer feel that any Rabbi who disagrees with him is labeled by the term "hubris"? Why does he feel that his way is the way of tour community and those who disagree are doing so because "they feel they are wiser than" his "community"? How dare any leader say that any Rabbi (some very great ones in fact) who diagrees with him is violating halacha and their davening is worthless? How does one, anyone, have the audacity to say a leader in town who happens to be in aveilus and saying kaddish for his parent, is actually disgracing their memory. To me it sounds like that letter writer is the one with a severe case of "yuhara". Its his way or no way. You will not see any of the Rabbis on the other side come out with any statement against the OU or their Rabbis even though they disagree. Who is the one with the hubris issue?