Rav Chaim Kanievski "Daven Without a Minyan" and Report Those Who Go

Hagaon Rav Chaim Kanievski has ruled that at present one is obligated to daven in private without a minyan. 

Rav Chaim says that we are in a situation of Pikuach Nefesh (saving lives) and added that those who violate health ministry regulations are considered to be a rodef (one who is endangering people’s lives).

In the next few hours, a letter will be published by the rabbis of Bnei Brak calling on people not to organize ad hoc minyanim and to daven privately until after the coronavirus has gone. Moreover the rabbis will call on people not to learn in a Beis Midrash but rather in their homes.

Rav Chaim also ruled that one can report to the police any institution of shul which is violating health ministry regulations, even if it means officials will be fined or jailed for their actions.

Last week, chief rabbis David Lau and Yitzchak Yosef ruled to close all shuls and not hold any ceremonies inside them.

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Israeli Firm Donates to U.S. Ten Million Pills Touted by Trump for Coronavirus Treatment

More than six million tablets of hydroxychloroquine sulfate donated by the Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. have arrived in the U.S. and are currently being shipped to national wholesalers to be distributed to American hospitals, a spokesperson for Teva confirmed to Breitbart News.

Ten million tablets in total are slated to arrive in the U.S. within a month as part of Teva’s donation.

The antimalaria drug has been touted by President Donald Trump as a possible treatment for Chinese coronavirus and experts say there is a theoretical basis that it could have a treatment role.  Some doctors who say they have used hydroxychloroquine sulfate in conjunction with other medications have seen positive developments in Chinese coronavirus patients.

Scientists say more trials are needed before determining the possible effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine sulfate in Chinese coronavirus treatment. Still, some doctors are already prescribing the drug on and off-label since they argue the side effects are usually not that strong and there is no time to wait for long-term data.

Hospitals are reportedly seeking to stockpile the drug in anticipation of a flood of coronavirus patients and many pharmacies say they are experiencing a massive number of prescription requests for hydroxychloroquine sulfate.

New York State began clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine on Tuesday along with zithromax and chloroquine.

Teva is one of the world’s largest makers of hydroxychloroquine. A spokesperson confirmed earlier reports that the company would ship six million tablets to wholesalers for distribution to U.S. hospitals by March 31, and more than 10 million within a month.

The spokesperson said six million tablets have already arrived in the U.S. and are being distributed to hospitals by three national wholesalers – ABC, Cardinal and McKesson.

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Prime Minister of Israel Arrives at Kotel to Pray for the Salvation of the Jewish People

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Police Try to Break Up Minyan ...and the "Jews Don't Care" and Continue Davening ... Massive Chillul Hashem!

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Bnei Brak & Yerushalyim lead in number of coronavirus patients in Israel

The cities of Bnei Brak and Jerusalem, with their many Charedi (ultra-Orthodox) residents, lead the nation in numbers of coronavirus patients with 267 and 352 respectively, Channel 12 reported on Friday.  
 

It is thought that a small minority among the community finds it difficult to adjust to the new Health Ministry regulations as they forbid mass prayer, large weddings and studying in big groups – all of which are vital to the Charedi way of life.  
 

The largely secular city of Tel Aviv, that has more than double the number of residents than Bnei Brak, is tied for second with 267 patients. This despite social media posts alleging that the residents of the first Hebrew city are lax in their social distancing and can’t give up their daily jogs and drinking coffee at the beach.  
 

On Hebrew social media, a great deal of anger was expressed at some Tel Avivians for allegedly for not caring about the well being of the elderly, who are much more vulnerable to coronavirus, and insensitivity to the great number of people who are facing unemployment now due to the COVID-19 impact on the world economy.  
 

Such ideas seem to predate the virus. Israelis often imagine Tel Aviv as being a city which is slightly hedonistic and self-absorbed like other cities in the world – such as Paris or New York are imagined in certain ways in France and the US.  
 

Ashkelon is number four with 78 patients, Bat Yam was ranked five with 51 patients, Efrat and Haifa had 44 patients, and Beersheba had 43 patients. 
 

The small Jewish religious community of Kiryat Ye'arim outside of Jerusalem had a local outbreak with 30 patients reported so far. Beitar Elit had 23 patients and Zikhron Ya'akov was at the bottom with 12 patients.

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List of Boro Park Shuls Still Open as of Friday Afternnoon

List of shuls in Boro Park Still Open 

These are the Rodfim ... and Rozchim of Our Brothers & Sisters 

Satmar 52 - 1364 52nd St 

Skver - 4716 17th Ave

 Satmar 49 - 1352 49th St. 

Spinka - 5111 18th Ave 

Bistritz 5202 12th Ave 

Beis Chaim Shia - 4911 17th Ave 

Burshteen 5610 12th Ave 

Rubeditch 1535 49th St.

Skver 12 - 5323 12th Ave

 Vien - 972 45th St. 

Tarnipal - 163 Parkville Ave 

Koson 906 50th St.

 Sadovna - 1424 51st St.

 Ungvar - 5306-12 16th Ave

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NYC coronavirus cases reach nearly 30K, with a death every 9.5 minutes

Troubling new data released Saturday shows the death rate from coronavirus sharply accelerating in the Big Apple, with one person dying every 9.5 minutes in the last 24 hours.

At least 67 more people died overnight from COVID-19, bringing the death toll for the five boroughs to 517, new numbers released by the city reveal.

The new figures reveal that 151 people died since the same time early Friday — revealing an even deadlier toll per minute compared to the Thursday to Friday evening calculation of one death every 17 minutes.

The total number of infected in the city rose to 29,158, up by 2,461 overnight.

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Dr Mark Allen Respler Succumbs to Corona

 Dr. Mark Allen Respler Z”L, a well-known urologist who lived in Boro Park died from Corona. 

He was in his mid sixties.

Dr. Respler worked at Ahava Medical & Rehabilitation Center. He leaves behind a wife – 

Dr. Yael Respler who is  well-known psychotherapist – and four children.

He was Niftar on Friday morning.

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Sasregen Shul in Flatbush To Dr Stuart Ditchek .... "Go To Hell"

Dr Stuart Ditchek, the one on the front lines of that dreaded virus, drove by the Sasregen Shul on 24th Street and Avenue M this week,, where the big "machers" daven and saw to his astonishment that there were minyanim there ..."like nothing happened."

So he went into the shul asking to speak to the Holy Rebbe .... 

Some bigshot "attorney"shoved him out the door... and told him in front of the Aron Koidesh and in front of the "machers" with tefillin on their heads ...to 

"Go to Hell"

The "machers" are confident that the virus won't dare infect them... after all they are the "Sasregen Machers"....

However, someone should tell the Rebbe of Sasragen ....

that the Malach Hamovas doesn't give a damn how big their homes are ..... it can infect anyone from the homeless old lady on the streets of Bankok to the Fancy shaven guy with the bekesha....

One never knows who is going to "go to hell" first!

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Making Children Sing In Israel During the Virus........ Watch

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