Q. I want to make an Hachnosas Sefer Torah this week, while my mishpacha is still here, (they came for Yom Tov) do we have to make a parade on the street with a chupa, as it is usually done, or due to the fact that it may create a Chilul Hashem, should it better be avoided?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that indeed, giving the current pandemic circumstances and the stringent and cautions government laws provided against assembly in public places, it would be correct to avoid a public parade on the streets leading to the shul. However, a small entry act, from the not public parking lot, could be done for the honor of the new Sefer torah.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller and Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a