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Always_Ask_Questions,

“I agree that in normal circumstances, people should be davening in a shul.”

You went a bit further than that and said that if a person has resumed other normal activities, then (perhaps) he should also be davening in shul.

“I also think that current period allows for a range of opinions and it is not worth arguing about it.”

You said this in your last post and I already responded to it. A quick recap: 1. OP brought it up for discussion and debate, so we are obliging, and 2. OP specifically said that for him it wasn’t about Covid, so we’re already outside of your “range of opinions” which pertain to Covid. Had someone posted an OP saying he was still davening outdoors because he was concerned about Covid infection, my and others’ responses may well have been different. I probably would have either chosen not to respond, or would have asked him what criteria needed to be met for him to feel comfortable going back to shul and discussed from there.

“I stopped by an indoor minyan in a huge building, and the only persons, besides me, who had a mask was a medical doctor and an apparently unvaxed youngster, as the gabbai gave him a mask. Rabbis and lawyers did not have one… the rules were to have a mask up to several weeks ago …”

What is the relevance of this story to our discussion?