Q. Someone fainted during Shemone Essreh due to Covid. illness. People next to him stopped davening to attend to him and waited until Hatzalah came and took care of him. Then they returned to daven the Amida. Since an extended time elapsed, more than the time it takes to say the Shemone Essreh, do they have to start all over again? How about if they spoke during that time?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that, even if they the Hefsek (interruption) was longer that the time it takes to recite the complete Shemoneisre, they only need return to the spot where they interrupted. The same applies even if they also spoke, as long as it was needed for the care given of the patient.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam and Horav Aharon Miller Shlit’a