Basya Tsybukmakher
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On Concerns About Contracting Coronavirus
Everyone should strengthen their observance of the Torah's commandments and take particular care to avoid slander and gossip, as stated in the Gemara in Arakhin 15: “He separated (through his slander) a husband and wife; let him sit alone” (the quotation uses the expression "yoshev boded," which shares a root with the word "bidud," the term for quarantine — translator's note).
And strengthen one's qualities of humility and willingness to yield, as the Rosh wrote in his commentary at the end of tractate Horayot.