Will Charedim Now Bring Internet into the Home? ....

The dire circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic are pushing prominent Haredi Orthodox figures to acknowledge the hazards of keeping the internet out of their homes, though so far any changes have been limited and temporary. 

In Israel, after being diagnosed with the coronavirus, Health Minister Yaakov Litzman was forced to defy the strict rules of his Gerrer hasidic sect and install a computer in his home that is linked to the internet so he can communicate with other government officials.

In North America, the influential Lakewood yeshiva leaders issued guidelines that allow internet use during home isolation, though its rabbis stressed that this is a temporary step made necessary by the urgent situation (“sha’as ha-dehak”). 

They also emphasized that this easing of policy does not extend to children, for whom there should be “no relaxation of technology standards… even [for] Torah purposes.” Video conferencing apps such as Zoom are still off limits for kids, the Lakewood directive says.

It’s no secret that many Haredi Jews use smartphones covertly. 

Academic studies have pointed to widespread internet use, evidenced by the abundance of Haredi-oriented blogs and websites. Still, the disproportionately high spread of the COVID-19 virus within Haredi communities shows that information is not getting through and that limiting digital access endangers lives. Without the internet, people were less informed about the potency of the virus, less exposed to fast-rising fatality numbers, less familiar with the rules of social distancing and hygiene, and slower to transition to safer conduct.

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Residents Had Enough of the "Peleg Crazies" That Protest Closing of Shuls and Beat the Hell Out of Them

This happened in Modiin Elite a city that has a hotbed of crazed "Peleg " extremists .

The crazed "auerbach" meshugaim that go under the flag "Peleg" decided to protest the Health Department in Modiin Elite and were yelling... that the regulations of "social distancing" are really made by the Zionists to destroy Torah!

Well.... not so fast...

Some of the shoppers in that strip mall had enough of these parasites and started ripping their signs, telling them that they are "Murderers and Roidfim" and they should return to their homes....

When they put up a fight the residents fed up with these spreaders of the deadly virus ..... beat the living daylights out of them ...

Recent reports say that there hasn't been any protests since 

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Bats Mysteriously Drop Dead Across Israel: An End-of Days Omen?

"For that, the earth is withered: Everything that dwells on it languishes— Beasts of the field and birds of the sky— Even the fish of the sea perish." (Hosea 4:3)

Is God taking revenge on the bats for starting coronavirus?

Adi Moskowitz took to Facebook to post what he called “lots of dead bats” he discovered near the Gan Leumi Park in Ramat Gan on Saturday.

The ‘dead bat plague’ was also corroborated several miles away by a resident in the Pardes Katz neighborhood of Bnei Brak who caught the lifeless creature on video.

Many of the bats are young and show no signs of trauma. 

“The phenomenon is extremely rare” explains Nora Lifshitz, founder of the Israeli Bat Society in an exclusive interview with Breaking Israel News. The only explanation Lifshitz can offer is that it was the result of the cold weather of the weekend storm. However she did admit that it was just a theory and that it’s a phenomenon she’s never heard of before.

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R' Leibel Groner Longtime Secretary Of Lubavitcher Rebbe Latest Corona Victim

Rabbi Leibel Groner, one of the most prominent figures in Lubavitch of the last generation who served as a secretary and one was of the closest people to the Rebbe, passed away.

He was 88 and was infected by coronavirus.

Rabbi Groner was born on 8 Iyar 5691 (1931) to a family that is descended of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe and founder of Chabad-Lubavitch. His parents were R’ Mordechai Avrohom Yeshaya and Menucha Rochel Groner.

His connection with the Rebbe began at a very young age, when the Rebbe, then known as the Ramash, attended his Bar Mitzvah and spoke for an hour and 20 minutes. At the conclusion, the Rebbe asked, “Leibel, did you understand what was said?” When he didn’t reply, the Rebbe added, “don’t be embarrassed, many of the people around didn’t either understand.”

Despite his humility at the time, Rabbi Groner learned in the Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch at 770 Eastern Parkway and become an immense Talmid Chacham.

His knowledge was partly reflected in Sefer HaMinhagim, the authoritative book of Chabad-Lubavitch Customs that was authored by himself and Rabbi Volf Greenglass, the Mekubal and Mashpia of Montreal. For many years, he was a teacher at Beis Rivkah of Crown Heights and was an editor of Otzar Hachasidim, the editorial team that publishes Chabad Chassidus.

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The Novominsker Rebbe Succumbs to Corona

The Novominsker Rebbe, Harav Yaakov Perlow, z’tl, was niftar early Tuesday morning at the age of 89, plunging all of Klal Yisrael into deep mourning.

The Rebbe has served as a leader of the American Jewish community, the head of Agudas Yisrael of America and the Nasi of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. The Rebbe was known for his rhetorical skills and was the keynote speaker for many years at Agudas Yisrael and Torah Umesorah gatherings.

The Rebbe, who was ill with the coronavirus, collapsed in his home in Boro Park at 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Hatzalah volunteers who arrived at his home spent many long moments trying to resuscitate him but to their sorrow, they were unsuccessful and were forced to declare his death.

Harav Perlow was born in New York to Harav Nochum Mordechai Perlow, z’tl, the previous Novominsker Rebbe and learned as a bochur in Yeshivas Chaim Berlin and was the close talmid of Harav Yitzchak Hutner, zt’l.

Following his father’s death in 1976, Harav Perlow was appointed as the next Novominsker Rebbe and he established a shul as a center for Novominsker chassidim and yeshivas Kol Yehudah in Boro Park.

The Rebbe also authored the sefer Eidas Yaakov on Shas.

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What to do without the "goyteh"? Also a Pesach Lesson from the Rebbitzen

** Kol Isha alert!

** Kol Isha alert!

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Vehi She'omda Yaakov Shwekey & Shlomi Shabat

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Happy Pesach! A musical greeting from the Israel Philharmonic

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Virus, shmirus, let's focus on the Palestinians

The whole world is changing – but not for J Street, which, virus or no virus, is still devoting itself to persuading members of US Congress to embrace the Palestinian cause.

Over the past several weeks, J Street was mobilizing its supporters around the country to urge them to "demand the administration release vital assistance to help the Palestinians combat the coronavirus pandemic."

Think about that. In the midst of an epidemic that has left US hospitals desperately short of emergency equipment and has resulted in millions of Americans losing their jobs, J Street is trying to convince the government to give millions of taxpayers' dollars to two anti-American terrorist regimes: the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.

Talk about tone-deaf! 

Completely oblivious to the suffering of American citizens, J Street's top priority is to give American money to two of the most vicious America-hating regimes in the world.

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Amshinover Rebbe of Boro Park Killed by Covid-19

 Rav Yosef Kalish zt”l, the Amshinover Rebbe of Boro Park passed away  He was 63.

The rebbe had contracted the coronavirus.

The rebbe was a son of Rav Yitzchok of Amshinov. He took over his father’s position following his father’s petirah about 17 years ago.

The rebbe led the Amshinover Bais Medrash at 15th Avenue and 44th Street in Boro Park.

The rebbe, who was a noted talmid chochom and masmid, was a son-in-law of Rav Eliyahu Shternbuch zt”l, rosh av bais din of Khal Machzikei Hadas in Antwerp, Belgium.

The rebbe is survived by his sons, Rav Menachem Kalish and Rav Asher Chaim Kalish, and his daughters, the wives of Rav Yehodhus Yehuda Klein, Rav Aharon Mendelson, Rav Avrohom Shimon Maryles, and Rav Yisroel Moshe Hopstein.

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