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The incredibly unique period of isolation during the Corona Pandemic calls for a special emphasis in our educational efforts on counselling students in this tense time.Rabbi Kivelevitz's guest,Rabbi Moshe Abramowitz is particularly well suited for the task of advising the community.Rabbi Abramowitz,with close to forty years experience in professional counselling,served as the Director of Pastoral careat Barnabas Health Center and Pallative Care and Hospice for 22 years.He also served as a US Military Chaplain for 23 years,including a four year stint at the West Point Military Academy.Besides these counselling positions,he was at the forefront of educational issues in the Jewish world,as the Executive Director of the Kushner Elementary and High School in Livingston,New Jersey and remains deeply involved in educational issues.The Rabbis discuss how to discover which students need counselling and how those conversations can take place.Rabbi Abramowitz pivots on the parents role,and describes how in many cases a party not as close can bring the most comfort to the person in distress.The teachers task in earmarking which students are ripe for extra mediation is commented on,especially when the child is not physically there for the instructor to pick up on visual cues.They then broaden the scope to many adults who have an ongoing relationship with a therapist,who now have to redefine the terms of engagement-to newly stricken individuals who are finding it particularly difficult to reach out to a stranger when beset by the terror of the pandemic.Rabbi Abramowitz references Rav Shachter's Psak of considering the mental state of shut-ins at home and in institutions in terms of finding inventive Halachic alternatives for them to find help in the form of professional human contact. For more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate