State Supreme Court Judge Rules Against Rockland County Measles State Of Emergency

A State Supreme Court judge has ruled against Rockland County's state of emergency order banning people under the age of 18 who have not received a measles vaccine from public places.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day instituted the ban last month after more than 160 measles cases were confirmed to be infected with the virus.

Since the state of emergency, another six people have been confirmed to be carrying the disease for a total of 167 cases.

The suit against the state of emergency was brought by civil rights lawyer Michael Sussman on behalf of parents of unvaccinated students at Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge. Another lawsuit was also filed by an unnamed mother from Rockland County.

On Friday, April 5, the judge granted a temporary injunction on the 30-day order enacted on March 26, which for the time being, will end the state of emergency, reported ABC 7.

In Monsey Area Ed Day Fighting With His Own Son Chris Who Is Working With Aron Weider on the Measles Vaccine

A day after his son, Orangetown Supervisor Chris Day, said he would not run for re-election due to the actions of his father, Rockland County Supervisor Ed Day said he is proud of his son in a response to his son's scathing attack.

“This entire situation is a sad commentary on what can happen when private family matters are made public," Ed Day said following his son's statement on Tuesday, April 2 that pointed a finger at the political and personal infighting with his father as the reason for his withdrawal from politics. "Let me state, unequivocally, that my support for my son and his political career has been unwavering."

Chris Day said during the press conference, that the problems with his father and his political cronies have "have been present and impacting my life, my family’s lives, and many political situations since the end of 2014."

The issue seems to have reached a boiling point last week when Chris Day, Republican, suggested working with Democratic Legislator Aron Wieder, D-Spring Valley, on measles vaccine education in an effort to help curb the current epidemic in Rockland.

Satmar Evicts & Sues Chabad of Seagate!

I have to admit that I am not privy to all the details of the story and there is probably a lot more to it ....

but I know this ..... Satmar Chassidim who travel the USA and the world on vacation or for business, utilize Chabad Centers to daven and even to eat....

So...Where is the Hakaras Ha'Toiv? 

Mr Chesed .... how do you have the chutzpah to evict a couple that do kiruv???

A Satmar Yeshiva has thrown Out Chabad of Seagate 

of their building and attacked them with a lawsuit, even threatened Shluchim Chaim and Rivky Brikman with arrest.

The shul had always prided itself on being a place in which every Jewish resident of Seagate would feel at home, so the Brikmans’ Chabad philosophy of warmth and outreach to every Jew was a natural fit.

In keeping with their mission––as shluchim of the Rebbe––the Brikmans founded a Hebrew school, adult education classes, programs for youth, teen and seniors, transforming what was a relatively small Jewish community into one that is vibrant and brimming with Jewish pride.

Satmar Hold Press Conference At City Hall Supporting Arab Jew-Hater Omar & Denouncing Jewish Councilman Kalman Yagar Waiving the "VaYoel Moshe"

See at 3:46 ....

Ye ye ........... I heard it all!!!

Bikur Choilim ..... chesed.... etc....etc......

You know what????

"Don't give me your honey and don't sting me"

2,000-year-old Jewish settlement uncovered in Beer Sheva ....sherd of rare oil lamp depicting menorah, one of the earliest depictions of menorah discovered.

I have to preface my remarks with the following caveat.... that I am a big admirer of Chabad and have the highest regard and admiration for everything they do .....

However .......

I don't think  that they got the shape of the menorah in the Bais Hamikdash right ....

yes ... I know the Rambam illustrated what's now called the Chabad Menorah in his Mishna Torah ... yes yes I know all that ....

the Rambam drew it for the purpose of depicting the "kaftorim, perchim, and the geveeim .... not for the actual shape ...

he drew it on an angle because it's a lot easier to draw an angle then a curve ...

In the article below, they report that they found the "oldest depiction of the menorah"....

guess what????

It's curved .... and I believe practically all depictions of the menorah found in archaeological excavations are curved .... .....

For the first time, the remains of a Jewish settlement of the Second Temple period have been discovered in Beer Sheva. 

The archaeological excavation carried out to facilitate a new neighborhood near the northern entrance to Beer Sheba has revealed evidence of Jewish day-to-day life there, including part of an oil lamp decorated with a nine-branched menorah – one of the earliest yet discovered by researchers – as well as limestone vessels used by Jews for reasons of ritual purity, a watchtower and more. 

The site, dated from the 1st century CE until the Bar-Kokhba Revolt in 135 CE, also appears to contain underground hidden passageways used by the Jewish rebels.

According to the excavators, Dr. Peter Fabian of the Ben-Gurion University in the Negev and Dr. Daniel Varga of the Israel Antiquities Authority, 

"Remains of the settlement cover an area of c. 2 dunams and include several structures and installations, such as the foundations of a large watchtower, baking facilities, ancient trash pits and an underground system that was probably used as a Jewish ritual bath (mikveh). 

‘Mrs. Maisel’ Peasch Haggadah

Why is this Haggadah different from all other Haggadahs?

Maybe because the story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is getting a Hollywood twist. This Passover will behold revelations as awesome as the very parting of the Red Sea.

And we’re plotzing.

With the commandment for the Jewish people to re-experience the story of Exodus during the Passover seder — desert wandering and all — why not spice it up with some well-timed Borscht Belt jokes with the irrepressible sitcom character Miriam “Midge” Maisel? She’s the perfect 1958 Upper West Side housewife and mother of two — turned stand-up comic divorcée — in Amazon Prime’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”

Why is this Haggadah different from all other Haggadahs?

Maybe because the story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is getting a Hollywood twist. This Passover will behold revelations as awesome as the very parting of the Red Sea.

And we’re plotzing.

With the commandment for the Jewish people to re-experience the story of Exodus during the Passover seder — desert wandering and all — why not spice it up with some well-timed Borscht Belt jokes with the irrepressible sitcom character Miriam “Midge” Maisel? She’s the perfect 1958 Upper West Side housewife and mother of two — turned stand-up comic divorcée — in Amazon Prime’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”

The Maisel version will be available for free, while supplies last, with a purchase of select Maxwell House products on Amazon.

The “Maisel” Haggadah comes tricked-out with wine stains that reflect an hours-long Seder — and after the requisite four glasses of wine, red wine spills come with the territory.

It’s topped off with a recipe for Midge’s brisket.

Even Emmy-winner Alex Borstein, who plays Midge’s agent on the show, kvelled on Instagram, “I’m hearing there exist Maisel Passover Haggadot!! Where the hell are mine?!?! I got a room full a Jews coming on 4/20, gimme gimme!!”

Jewish Girl Who Mistakingly Got Into Fake "Uber" and Murdered By A Black Savage Buried

Hundreds of mourners have packed a temple in New Jersey for the funeral of a college student who authorities say mistakenly got into the wrong car and was kidnapped and killed in South Carolina.

Services for Samantha Josephson were held Wednesday at Congregation Beth Chaim in West Windsor. The 21-year-old Josephson was from nearby Robbinsville and attended the University of South Carolina.

Authorities say Josephson ordered an Uber ride early Friday but mistakenly got into a similar car driven by 24-year-old Nathaniel David Rowland. They say he killed Josephson and dumped her body.

Rowland skipped a first court appearance, and records don’t show if he has a lawyer.

In the wake of Josephson’s death, a bill has been introduced in the South Carolina Legislature to require Uber and Lyft drivers to have illuminated signs.

Samantha will be interred Wednesday at Perrineville Jewish Cemetery in Perrineville, NJ.

A Statement by the congregation said:  “Samantha grew up as part of the Congregation Beth Chaim family, becoming a Bat Mitzvah on our bima. Her tragic passing has shaken our community and so many others.”

Chazan Sherwood Goffin Cantor at Lincoln Square Synagogue For 50 Years Passes Away at 77

Goffin served as the Cantor at Lincoln Square Synagogue for more than 50 years – since 1965.

Cantor Goffin also served as a faculty member of the Belz School of Jewish Music at Yeshiva University, where he taught college-level classes in Jewish Liturgy and music – teaching a new generation of young cantors/Baalei Tefilla who will carry on the tradition he loved deeply and to which he dedicated his life. He is the Honorary President of the Cantorial Council of America, the only Orthodox organization of cantors in the world, an affiliate of Yeshiva University.

The Levaya will take place tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 10:30AM, at the Lincoln Square Synagogue, 180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10023.

Kevurah will follow at Cedar Park Cemetery, 735 Forest Avenue, Paramus, NJ 07652.

Mesivta in Lakewood Suspends FIFTY Bochurim For Going to Skulener Rebbe’s Levaya

I'll bet if a Chassidishe Yeshivah would have thrown out boys for going to a Levaya of a Litvak, all hell would have broken loose!

But the fact that this was a Chassidishe Rebbe, that prompted a Rosh Yeshivah a Litvak to tell his students to remain in Yeshivah...

Others justify this, saying "that it wasn't that they went to the Levaya that got them thrown out but the fact that they went after being told not to...."

Hmmmmm? What crazed logic is this?

The issue here is that this R"Y has chassidishe boys in his Yeshivah, but refuses to accommodate them,..... very nice chinuch...that's the way we are going to keep our children on the derech ...

Who is the one who once said that "Litvaks have a "tzeilim" in their hearts?"

A Mesivta in Lakewood might have broken world records on Wednesday, after dozens of Bochurim were suspended. The boys were given the boot because they chose to attend the Levaya of the Skulener Rebbe  in Boro Park on Tuesday.

According to a report by TLS, the Hanhala reportedly told the Bochurim to stay in Yeshiva and learn, rather than travel to New York for the Levaya, but a large group decided to do otherwise. Many of the Bochurim in this Mesivta are from a Chassidish background, and really wanted to attend this Levaya.

On Wednesday, approximately 50 boys were told not to come back to Yeshiva.

Additionally, many of them are being told not to come back next Z’man (after Pesach).

Day Yoimie Snippets ... Chullin Dafim 117,118, 119,120,121,122, & 123

A great opportunity for the entire family, to share some thoughts on the daf ...  the  family feels united by discussing what the head of the house is studying.
I try to break it down so that everyone can understand it .... 

You can copy and print this without my consent, since Torah belongs to all of us..... 

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צארטל בת אסתר מלכה 

''דף קי''ז ''פרק העור והרוטב

Page 117  Mesectas Chullin  

''The Chapter The Hide & The Gravy"

The chapter "The Hide and The Gravy" deals with tumeh or if you wish,contamination.

The first Mishna of this chapter mentions various different parts of animals, such as the hide, bones, horns etc in reference to tumeh.

How would horns have any connection to tumeh?

We have a rule that contaminated food cannot contaminate another food item unless the food has the minimum volume of an egg.

The mishna discusses a case where we found a piece of contaminated meat with less than the minimum volume of an egg but it was attached with the bone; with the bone it would meet the minimum requirement of the volume of an egg.... 

the halacha is that we combine the food with the bone which would now have the required volume of an egg and now it is able to convey contamination to another food item.

''דף קי''ח ''ידים ו'שומרים של מאכלים 

Page 118  Mesectas Chullin  

''The Handle & The Protector of Food"

On this daf we are introduced to the concept of "handles" and "protectors" of fruit.

Just like pots have "handles" which is attached to the pot and one grabs it to take hold of the pot, so too, fruits have "handles" which are attached to the fruit.

The "handle" of fruits is the soft branch that the fruit hangs from on the tree.

The "protector" of the fruit is the peal that covers the fruit and protects it from getting ruined.

Why does  the mishna and the gemarrah deal with the 

"handles" and the "protectors" of food?

Because they are vital to various different halachos, for example:

If tumeh would touch the "handle" or "protector" of the food item, then the entire food item becomes contaminated as if the tumeh touched the food itself.

''דף קי''ט ''גרעין חיטה

Page 119  Mesectas Chullin  

''Wheat Kernel"

In the Bet Midrash of Rebi Yishmoel it was taught that the husk of wheat kernels and the husks of barley are considered "protectors," and it would therefore be able to be combined with the wheat kernel or barley itself to make the required volume of an egg.

But wheat and barley kernels are tiny and cannot possibly amount to the volume of an egg even if you were to combine it with its husks?

The Talmud states that we are talking about very large kernels like those in the era of R' Shimon ben Shetach.

The Talmud in Mesactas Taanis relates that in the era of Shimon ben Shetach there was great blessings in crops, and that in fact the wheat and barley kernels were so large that it would amount to the volume of an egg.

''דף ק''כ ''כתיבה תמה

Page 120 Mesectas Chullin  

'' Writing That Must Be Complete"

Rebbe Yochanan says that each strand of hair has a tiny perforation which penetrates deep into the skin unto the flesh.

There is a halachic requirement for tefillin to be written "complete" כתיבה תמה! Any klaf (parchment) that has holes or even pinholes cannot be considered כתיבה תמה ... complete!

According to Rebbe Yochanan how can tefillin ever be written since every klaf has tiny holes;  klaf is actually animal skin, and we just discussed that hair penetrates the skin making microscopic holes?

The Talmud answers that when the scribe writes on the klaf, his ink covers those tiny pinholes that the hairs penetrated in effect rendering the klaf ,,, כתיבה תמה

''דף קכ''א ''אלל

Page 121 Mesectas Chullin  

'' Ah'lol"

Our Mishna stated that the ''Ah'lol" combines with meat to convey  tumah of foods but not the tumah of neveilos.

What is ''Ah'lol?"

There are two opinions of what it is.

Reb Yochanan is of the opinion that it is the very hard sinew of the neck and spine.

Rabbeinu Chananel and Rabbeinu Tam explain that R' Yochanan  is talking about the dead flesh that a veterinarian would cut away if the animal were alive.

According to Tosfos, the Ah'lol is not considered food in its own right, but is deemed edible when combined with other meat.

Resh Lakish, on the other hand, explains that Ah'lol is the meat that was excised by the knife when the animal was flayed.

Rashi explaining Resh Lakish states that when an animal is flayed, the knife used to peel away the hide sometimes cuts into the meat, so that some shreds of meat are excised from the body and remain attached to the hide, these shreds are really insignificant.

''דף קכ''ב ''דבשת הגמל

Page 122 Mesectas Chullin  

'' A Camel's Hump"

The Torah states that only edible items can convey tumah's neiveilah.

Therefore the first mishna in this chapter rules that the hide of an animal does not contaminate tumas neiveilah, since hide is very tough and cannot be eaten; it is not considered meat!

The mishna on this daf, however states that the hide from a young camel's hump does convey tumas neiveilah, because it is soft, so it is considered meat.

Until what age is the hide of the hump of a young camel considered meat?

Ulah states in the name of R' Yehoshuh ben Levi it is considered meat up until the camel carries a burden.

''דף קכ''ג ''גדוד החילים

Page 123 Mesectas Chullin  

'' A Battalion of Soldiers"

An interesting bareisah (Mishnayis that were learned outside of the Bet Midrash, bareisah literally translated means "outside") brought down on this daf, states that if a Roman Legion enters a house while its on a warpath, the house is tumah!

The Romans would carry with them the scalps from their enemies ' corpses, which they would use for sorcery to achieve victory in battle, so this bareisah rules that human skin has "corpse tumah" even after it had been tanned, since it is logical to assume that these scalps were tanned.