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#A rabbi should not officiate at a wedding that isn't abiding by the CDC guidelines of health because he is furthering unsafe practices.<ref>[https://zoom.us/rec/play/7sJ8f-2h_Dw3T4KRtgSDC6AoW429LfqshnVI-_tcmkewVnQEZlDyMrYTarN3uUfeS8PCmTWJp298J75t Rav Schachter (towards beginning)]</ref>
#A rabbi should not officiate at a wedding that isn't abiding by the CDC guidelines of health because he is furthering unsafe practices.<ref>[https://zoom.us/rec/play/7sJ8f-2h_Dw3T4KRtgSDC6AoW429LfqshnVI-_tcmkewVnQEZlDyMrYTarN3uUfeS8PCmTWJp298J75t Rav Schachter (towards beginning)]</ref>
#It has been asked whether or not the poskim are more lenient this year regarding weddings during [[Sefira]] but the answer is that it is not determined because the situation is still unclear.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Yo6IJi2V-bw Rav Nevinsal]</ref> Some are lenient but it is best to schedule for [[Rosh Chodesh]].<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/950230/rabbi-eliyahu-ben-chaim/passover-with-covid-19/ Rav Ben Chaim]</ref>
#It has been asked whether or not the poskim are more lenient this year regarding weddings during [[Sefira]] but the answer is that it is not determined because the situation is still unclear.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Yo6IJi2V-bw Rav Nevinsal]</ref> Some are lenient but it is best to schedule for [[Rosh Chodesh]].<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/950230/rabbi-eliyahu-ben-chaim/passover-with-covid-19/ Rav Ben Chaim]</ref>
# If in this dire situation it isn't possible to have a minyan, it is possible to have a wedding nonetheless without [[Sheva Brachot]].<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/951180/rabbi-hershel-schachter/piskei-corona-18-getting-married-with-less-than-10-men-present/ Rav Schachter (Piskei Corona #18)] explained that although it isn't possible to recite Sheva Brachot and seemingly they forbid the couple to each other without Sheva Brachot in this extenuating circumstance one can rely upon the opinion that the wedding is valid and they are permitted even without Sheva Brachot (see Nodeh Beyehuda EH 1:56).</ref>
# If in this dire situation it isn't possible to have a minyan, it is possible to have a wedding nonetheless without [[Sheva Brachot]].<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/951180/rabbi-hershel-schachter/piskei-corona-18-getting-married-with-less-than-10-men-present/ Rav Schachter (Piskei Corona #18)] explained that although it isn't possible to recite Sheva Brachot and seemingly they forbid the couple to each other without Sheva Brachot in this extenuating circumstance one can rely upon the opinion that the wedding is valid and they are permitted even without Sheva Brachot (see Nodeh Beyehuda EH 1:56). For birkat erusin certainly having a minyan isn't critical (Shulchan Aruch E.H. 34:4) although it is preferable and in this circumstance unnecessary.</ref>


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