VA'ETCHANAN - IN DANGER OF MASK HYSTERIA

Medical experts and financial experts both agree that wearing a mask during a pandemic significantly reduces the risk of deaths and economic collapse, and yet there are still many people who refuse to bow to government regulations regarding mask-wearing, citing their fundamental rights to individual liberty. Rabbi Dunner weaves the mitzva of mezuzah that is found in Va'etchanan into this discussion, using a gemara and a midrash to show why the mitzva with no name teaches us one of the most fundamental lessons of our existence.