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#A person should try to finish a short masecheta to make his own siyum.<ref>[http://www.torahweb.org/torah/docs/rsch/RavSchachter-Corona-1-Mar-24-2020.pdf Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva dated 28 Adar 5780 p. 2)], [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/950230/rabbi-eliyahu-ben-chaim/passover-with-covid-19/ Rav Ben Chaim]</ref> Some say that learning one masechta with Bartenura is sufficient.<ref>[https://itorah.com/daily-halacha/lecture/ta-anit-bechorot-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/3802 Rabbi Mansour], [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/950230/rabbi-eliyahu-ben-chaim/passover-with-covid-19/ Rav Ben Chaim]</ref>
#A person should try to finish a short masecheta to make his own [[Siyum Masechet]].<ref>[http://www.torahweb.org/torah/docs/rsch/RavSchachter-Corona-1-Mar-24-2020.pdf Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva dated 28 Adar 5780 p. 2)], [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/950230/rabbi-eliyahu-ben-chaim/passover-with-covid-19/ Rav Ben Chaim]</ref> Some say that learning one masechta with Bartenura is sufficient.<ref>[https://itorah.com/daily-halacha/lecture/ta-anit-bechorot-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/3802 Rabbi Mansour], [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/950230/rabbi-eliyahu-ben-chaim/passover-with-covid-19/ Rav Ben Chaim]</ref>
#Many poskim say that he can rely on a siyum over the phone or video livestream.<ref>[http://www.torahweb.org/torah/docs/rsch/RavSchachter-Corona-1-Mar-24-2020.pdf Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva dated 28 Adar 5780 p. 2)]. [https://zoom.us/rec/play/7sJ8f-2h_Dw3T4KRtgSDC6AoW429LfqshnVI-_tcmkewVnQEZlDyMrYTarN3uUfeS8PCmTWJp298J75t Rav Schachter (towards beginning)]. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/949232/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/hilchos-pesach-shiur-04-pesach-with-covid-19/ Rav Aryeh Lebowitz (min 1-4)] explained that Rav Schachter and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach hold that it is enough to listen and join with the siyum over the phone or video call. However, other poskim don't like this leniency. Rav Asher Weiss (Teleconference March 22 2020, min 7) agreed that one can be yotzei with a siyum over the phone or video for the tanit bechorot. [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=106099 Rav Shmuel Fuerst (min 6)] agreed that this year you can be yotzei the siyum over the phone since it is an extenuating circumstance. [https://youtu.be/Yo6IJi2V-bw Rav Avigdor Nevinsal] agreed that you can be part of a siyum over the phone and the meal one has afterwards is a seudat mitzvah. [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/950230/rabbi-eliyahu-ben-chaim/passover-with-covid-19/ Rav Ben Chaim] holds that it is better to make a siyum oneself even on a tractate of mishna but if that's not possible one can listen on the phone.</ref>
#Many poskim say that he can rely on a siyum over the phone or video livestream.<ref>[http://www.torahweb.org/torah/docs/rsch/RavSchachter-Corona-1-Mar-24-2020.pdf Rav Hershel Schachter (Teshuva dated 28 Adar 5780 p. 2)]. [https://zoom.us/rec/play/7sJ8f-2h_Dw3T4KRtgSDC6AoW429LfqshnVI-_tcmkewVnQEZlDyMrYTarN3uUfeS8PCmTWJp298J75t Rav Schachter (towards beginning)]. [https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/949232/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/hilchos-pesach-shiur-04-pesach-with-covid-19/ Rav Aryeh Lebowitz (min 1-4)] explained that Rav Schachter and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach hold that it is enough to listen and join with the siyum over the phone or video call. However, other poskim don't like this leniency. Rav Asher Weiss (Teleconference March 22 2020, min 7) agreed that one can be yotzei with a siyum over the phone or video for the tanit bechorot. [https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=106099 Rav Shmuel Fuerst (min 6)] agreed that this year you can be yotzei the siyum over the phone since it is an extenuating circumstance. [https://youtu.be/Yo6IJi2V-bw Rav Avigdor Nevinsal] agreed that you can be part of a siyum over the phone and the meal one has afterwards is a seudat mitzvah. [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/950230/rabbi-eliyahu-ben-chaim/passover-with-covid-19/ Rav Ben Chaim] holds that it is better to make a siyum oneself even on a tractate of mishna but if that's not possible one can listen on the phone.</ref>
#Some say that in the event one can't make one's own siyum or even hear someone else's, one doesn't need to fast this year in order to maintain strength in this time of a health crisis.<ref>[https://itorah.com/daily-halacha/lecture/ta-anit-bechorot-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/3802 Rabbi Mansour]</ref>
#Some say that in the event one can't make one's own siyum or even hear someone else's, one doesn't need to fast this year in order to maintain strength in this time of a health crisis.<ref>[https://itorah.com/daily-halacha/lecture/ta-anit-bechorot-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/3802 Rabbi Mansour]</ref>
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