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The Blessing of 2021: Should One Say a Bracha when Receiving the COVID Vaccine?

The Blessing of 2021: Should One Say a Bracha when Receiving the COVID Vaccine?

Update: 2021-01-01

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As the challenging year 2020 comes to a close and we enter 2021, the blessing of a COVID vaccine is being rolled out. How should we respond to this positive development, and particularly what Bracha or other prayer is appropriate to be recited upon receiving the vaccine?

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The Blessing of 2021: Should One Say a Bracha when Receiving the COVID Vaccine?

The Blessing of 2021: Should One Say a Bracha when Receiving the COVID Vaccine?

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier