Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita has released a psak halacha that permits soldiers, hospitalized patients and other who are ‘Anusim’ and cannot get to a shul and daven with a minyan to daven at home or in their base via live internet broadcast with a minyan and respond “Amen” and recite Kedusha and this is regarded as if one participated in a minyan. Rav Yosef stressed this is just for a b’dieved and for ‘anusim’ (בדיעבד ורק לאנוסים).

“בשעה שהם מתפללים – יתפלל אתם יחד מילה במילה, אומרים את העמידה – יעשה אתם את העמידה בלחש, זה נקרא תפילה בציבור”.

Rav Yosef explains “When they are davening, he should daven with them, word by word, recite silent shemoneh esrei and this is regarded davening with a tzibur”.

The rav stresses the limited applicability of this, and that it is b’dieved, as one is required to get to a shul and one who is capable of this may not rely on this psak.

However, one who must may listen to a live broadcast from a shul and participate in the minyan.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)