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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Recently, a family member purchased apples from Costco. The label on it states in small lettering that there is a coating on it which may very well be halachically problematic. Echoing the words of Rabbi Akiva, we can warn readers – “Sheli, veshelachem – shellac.”
It is a problem that dates back to the 1980’s. At the time, the Agudah tried fighting it at the state level, but, unfortunately, they lost. New York State law allows apple producers to coat apples with shellac.
After apples are picked off the trees, growers often wash them to remove bugs, dirt and leaf litter. Most of the apple’s natural wax is washed away dulling the apple’s appearance. A coat of edible synthetic wax is used to replace it to make up for it. Mostly, this is either shellac or carnauba wax. They help to both seal in the moisture and extend the shelf life of the fruit.
But where does shellac come from?
It comes from a beetle known as Kerria Lacca.
Jack Dorsey said Tuesday that Donald Trump's tweets will no longer be protected once he's out of office and suggested he could be booted from the platform come January.
'We do have a policy around public interest where for global leaders we do make exceptions in terms of whether – if a tweet violates our terms of service, we leave it up,' Dorsey said in explaining a policy that differs between normal users and the president.
'So, if an account becomes – is not a world leader anymore, that particular policy goes away,' he said while being questioned at a Senate Judiciary hearing on social media transparency on Tuesday.
Dorsey explained during his line of question with Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono that world leaders' tweets are left up, even if they violate Twitter's terms of service, but that the sharing capabilities are limited.
'Will he still get to use your platforms to spread disinformation?' Hirono asked.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was also called to answer questions related to Big Tech's handling of information, revealed his website also has somewhat of a different handling of accounts for politicians when compared to the general public.
'In terms of President Trump and moving forward, there are a small number of policies where we have exceptions for politicians under the principle that people should be able to hear what their elected officials are saying – and candidates for office,' he said.
Zuckerberg, unlike Dorsey, however, said that there are no exceptions to their rules for world leaders or other politicians.
The Facebook boss also came under fire from senators for dodging questions.
Many times, Zuckerberg responded to senators by saying he either could not recall a particular instance or would have to get back to the members of the panel regarding a specific inquiry.
An enraged motorist plowed into a rival — and straight through the front window of a Queens bakery — in a road-rage attack on Monday, video obtained by the Post shows.
The events unfolded around 2 p.m. at 41-21 Kissena Boulevard in Flushing when two men driving a BMW had a dispute with the driver and passenger of a white Audi with New Jersey plates that was double parked there, cops said.
Video shows the foursome throwing punches in the street with one of them even striking another repeatedly with a bat.
At one point, one of the men returns to his car and begins to drive away but the man with the bat follows him and strikes his car.
The driver then appears to floor his vehicle and strike the man with the bat from behind, before crashing through the bakery window, leaving pedestrians on the sidewalk with minor injuries, cops said. The pedestrians were treated at area hospitals, cops said.
Driver Jie Zou, 24, was charged with assault and reckless endangerment, according to cops. Jonathan Zhang, 35, was charged with assault, cops said.
New York’s dictatorial Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have finally met his match. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, led by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, is asking the US Supreme Court to strike down Cuomo’s Oct. 6 executive order virtually shutting down houses of worship in areas of Brooklyn and Queens. This, even as the governor allowed supposedly essential businesses like pet stores and big-box retailers to remain open.
Cuomo insists he is battling COVID-19. The diocese counters that the governor is making a value judgment that going to Target is essential, but taking communion isn’t. The diocese is right: For devout Catholics already suffering social isolation during the lockdown, finding church doors closed is soul-crushing.
Before Cuomo’s executive order, churches were already following safety precautions, including roping off every other pew, requiring masks and urging social distancing. The executive order disregarded that and capped attendance at 10 people for all churches, even massive ones with the capacity to fit 1,200 or more souls.
Where’s the science here?
What the late Rebbe didn't count on was that once the little "rebbele" tasted some power he would covet his father's home too...
One problem, his mother, relatively still young, lives there ..so in the last few weeks .. his followers broke into her home many times making her life a living nightmare ..and harassing her trying get her out ..
So she hired a lawyer to fight her own son .. to get him to stop
As Chassidim say ...."Ess vert lebidik"
The schism in the Ger Chassidus is becoming ever more entrenched. A young man who entered the main synagogue of the Chassidus in Jerusalem on Monday was apparently severely beaten by several of those present, resulting in his hospitalization.
Sources with the Chassidus related that the young man had attempted to create a provocation, entering the building with a canister of tear gas. However, the young man himself protested that nothing of the sort occurred, and that he was attacked simply because he numbers among those who have joined the breakaway Chassidic group founded by the Gerrer Rebbe’s cousin, Rabbi Shaul Alter. He admitted having tear gas in his possession, but said that the canister was in his pocket and that he had not intended to remove it.
In an interview he granted to the Haredim 10 media channel, he related: “I come to see the Gerrer Rebbe regularly, and have been doing so for years, in order to ask his advice on various issues. Yesterday, I came to ask him a question about my daughter, who is under sedation in hospital.”
“I called the police, and they said they were on their way. They kept attacking me, and then one of the leaders of the ‘terrorists’ there arrived and then they threw me on the ground and kept hitting and kicking me. Then one of them said, ‘Grab his belongings,’ and they took my yarmulke, my hat, and my tear gas. I always carry tear gas with me,” he explained, “ever since I was once almost lynched in east Jerusalem.”
He added that, “They also took my glasses, my cell phone, and everything else I had with me. Then a security guard arrived, and he took me outside. I asked him to bring me my belongings, but they told me, ‘Forget it – you’re not coming in here again – we’ll kill you if you do.’”
When the police arrived, he added, “They drove away my attackers. I now have a broken nose, and wounds all over my body.”
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