Stop Minyanim! “We will turn into Boro Park, Lakewood or Monsey,” – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah

Message from Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits, Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah:

“I have been davening on my rooftop (being mitztaref to a minyan down below) from where I get to see the goings on in the area.

The matzav is out of control. People are dreying around without masks, minyanim allegedly keeping to the rules but in reality are nothing more than “kosher style” without masks, krias haTorah is as usual and the two meters observed for Shmoneh Esrei at best. It seems as if people are under the misconception that the government’s decision to allow outdoor minyanim is an “all clear” sign and that the danger is ostensibly over.

Let’s face it, adhering to the rules in a minyan is not so practical and is just not happening.

Even if you believe your minyan is the exception, we must make a statement. 

We must not Chas V’Sholom turn into another Boro Park, Lakewood or Monsey. 

The mashchis has not been mavchin. It has attacked yereim ushleimim, manhigim and roshei yeshiva no less than any other part of the population, if not more. Who has the right to claim bitachon on the cheshbon of chalilah infecting others and endangering their lives?

I urge our kehilla and the entire Anglo community in Eretz Yisroel to go back to the mirpesset minyanim or davening b’yichidus. I am r”l in shloshim for my father hc”m and have yet to daven far amud once. I am sure that in today’s situation, urging the tzibbur to take things seriously is a greater zechus.

Nobody in this world knows if, when and how this is going to end. Gedolei Yisroel will have to determine how to maintain Talmud Torah for young and old without recklessly endangering the tzibbur. The danger of worldwide rifyon is more serious than the threat of Coronavirus, and we do not have the right to be mekil on either front.

For now, I would suggest that all of you are mischazek in your own davening (aren’t 9 and 10AM Shachris minyanim in public during an eis tzarah something of a chilul HaSHeM?) and maintain for yourselves sedorim in your regular learning as well as in sforim that inspire more Ahava and Yirah. And of course, take advantage of everyone homebound in strengthening the family bond.

And May HaSHeM Hear our tefillos and bring not only a yeshuah from the mageifeh, but the geulah sheleimah bimheira.

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Peter Weiss Succumbs to Corona ........ Childhood Friend of DIN

I knew Peter for over 50 years, but I found this hespid in JewishVues that sums it all up ....

by By: Henri Beer

April 13 2020, the third day of Chol hamoed Pesach, will unfortunately always be etched in my heart. That was the day I lost my dear friend R’ Shloime Zev Weiss z”l, affectionately known as Peter. 

I recently heard from R’ Shaul Alter Shlita, Gerrer Rosh Yeshiva, that Pesach is a zman Simcha, and therefore עצבות is prohibited. However לב שברון coupled with שמחה ,is not a contradiction 

Peter and I got to know each other almost 20 years ago. He had the character trait of שווים ופיו לבו .He said it the way he saw it. He wouldn’t mince any words. He gave you the straight scoop. He was a smart man. His advice was on the money, whether you liked it or not He started davening in Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin around the time that Rav Breuer Shlita became Rov of the shul. His love for torah had no bounds and he wanted to absorb all he could from this Talmid Chochom. We started learning bechavrusa about 10 years ago.

 Peter’s knowledge of Torah was immense and his love for Torah was genuine. When we would start our learning, I would often tell him a דבדיחותא מילתא .If I took too long, he would turn to me and say “Herr aufmit die shtissim, lommer lernen a bissel”. 

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"LET THEM EAT ICE CREAM" Nancy Antoinette

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New York Pulls Back Do Not Resuscitate Order Amid Coronavirus

New York State has abruptly nixed a controversial new directive that asked first responders to not work on patients who didn’t have a pulse upon arrival to the scene.

The drastic move was announced by New York State in a memo last week.

Before the change, the protocol was to spend 20 minutes working on patients in cardiac arrest. But according to the state Health Department memo, the decision to roll that back was “necessary during the COVID-19 response to protect the health and safety of EMS providers by limiting their exposure, conserve resources, and ensure optimal use of equipment to save the greatest number of lives.”

New York first responders didn’t take kindly to the new directive, according to The Post.

“They’re not giving people a second chance to live anymore,’’ says Oren Barzilay, who is head of the city union which includes EMTs and paramedics as members.

“Our job is to bring patients back to life. This guideline takes that away from us,” he continued.

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Chassidic Man From Boro Park Appointed As Assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary

A Boro Park man was appointed to a top position in the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday.

Mitchell (Moshe) Silk was appointed as Assistant Treasury Secretary 

by unanimous consent in the U.S. Senate.

Mitchell Allen Silk is a lawyer, author and currently the Assistant Secretary at the United States Department of the Treasury for International Affairs. He is an expert in Chinese law and finance. 

Silk is the first and only Hasidic Jew to hold a US Administration 

senior slot. Silk is fluent in Chinese.

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Mordy Getz Victim of "Chassidishe Bullies" Donates Free Groceries to Widows

You guys remember the post that I posted about the Chassidishe bullies ...from  @kollelniyes ?

So besides targeting Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz & Yaakov Kornblu ... they targeted Mordy Getz (his photo on the poster on left) the owner of New Eichler's on 13th Avenue in Boro Park ...

His crime?
Outing the shuls not following regulations and social distancing! ...

So because he is into Hatzalos Nefashos, saving the lives of the innocent and the elderly ... 
these bullies and Chassidishe terrorists  are trying to destroy the reputation and the livelihood of this Tzaddik ...Mordy Getz .

Here  read a letter from Masbia Soup Kitchen:

To Whom It May Concern:
 Masbia Soup Kitchen is offering any woman widowed due to the C. virus FREE Groceries until the upcoming Rosh Hashana. 
(It is being sponsored by Mordy Getz, the owner of the New Eichler's on 13 Ave. )
The Program is promising a FREE Account in any Grocery Store for Women whose husband's passed away since Purim. The widow should call 252-751-1230 & leave a message.

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Chevra Kadisha Finds Chilling Letter In Corona's Victim Pocket

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Truck with Fruit Tree Driving Thru Beit Shemesh So That Those in Quanatine Can Make a Bracha

Only in Israel ...

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The Story of "Angele" Born in Auschwitz Death Camp and Survived the Holocaust

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Trump authorizes Navy to ‘destroy’ Iranian vessels harassing US ships

President Trump authorized the US Navy to “destroy” any Iranian gunboats if they hound American vessels.

“I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,” the president said in a tweet on Wednesday, without providing more details.

The post comes a week after 11 Iranian gunboats harassed US Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Persian Gulf, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Navy called Iran’s maneuvers “dangerous and provocative.”

The boats, part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy, approached within 10 yards of the Coast Guard cutter Maui, the report said, citing the US Navy.

The US ships responded by sending warnings through bridge-to-bridge radio and blasting horns.

After an hour, the Iranian boats backed off and “opened distance between them.”

The US ships had been conducting military exercises in that section of the Persian Gulf.

Tensions have been elevated in the Persian Gulf region since last year after Iran attacked a Saudi oil installation, shot down a US surveillance drone, and boarded several international ships.

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