Satmar Yeshivah in Monroe Issued Cease-And-Desist Letter For Illegally Reopening

A Hudson Valley school was ordered to close this week after “hundreds” of students were reportedly found inside the building without proper personal protective equipment against state orders.

The Orange County Health Department served a cease-and-desist letter to the United Talmudical Academy (UTA) of Kiryas Joel Boys School in Palm Tree after officials visited the school with New York State Police troopers and found “what appeared to be hundreds of students inside.”

According to reports, the students were not socially distancing or wearing PPE, both against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order that was issued in March closing schools.

At the time health officials visited the school, there were reportedly dozens of students in classrooms not practicing social distancing, with very few wearing masks.

The school is part of the United Talmudical Academy, the largest of three Hasidic school systems serving roughly 14,500 children in Orange County. It was notified of the cease-and-desist order on Wednesday, May 20.

•  “It has come to our attention that your school has opened in violation of the Governor’s Executive Orders and is operating in a way which endangers the hundreds of students and others who are entering or remaining in that facility,” County Health Commissioner Irina Gelman stated. “COVID-19 is a rapidly spreading infection which appears to be transmitted by droplets and close contact.”

If the school continues to operate, officials said that it could face criminal prosecution, including criminal negligence for individuals.

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Rabbi Yisroel Brog RY Tiferes Avigdor , Wickliffe Ohio..decries Mesira during the Corona Virus

While heimishe people are dropping dead like flies in New York, Rabbi Yisroel Brog brings a Chasam Sofer and a Rebbe Akiva Eiger condemning those who closed the shuls smack during the "megifah".... 
His proof from Akivah Eiger was that when there was a pandemic far greater then Covid-19, R' Akivah Eiger insisted on keeping the shuls open ... but doesn't mention how many people got killed because of that decision ......

What is interesting is what  Rabbi Brog decided to leave out of the R' Akivah Eiger's psak.... 
R' Akivah Eiger requested that Soldiers ... Goyim.. and Police... Goyim ..be in the shuls to monitor social distancing 

גאון הדורות רבי עקיבא איגר , 
in his famous letter to his תלמיד, הגה”ק רבי אליהו גוטמאכר מגריידיץ writes in his עצות  for healthy actions during the מגפה of 1831-1832 that took place in Poland & Germany. When רע”א formulated  תקנות for תפילות on ראש השנה ויום הכיפורים, he placed soldiers and police officers in each shul. The translation of the original German text is found in פסקים ותקנות רע”א דף ע”ב (you can find it on אוצר החכמה). I can’t imagine the awe and יראת הכבוד they had for רע”א, yet he insisted on police and army supervision! הפלא ופלא!


Rabbi Brog accuses frum people of "mesirah" taking photos of those who didn't care to spread death and sick ....
Rabbi Brog condemns Dr Deitchik (not by name , God forbid) and mocks others in the medical profession ...

Rabbi Brog asks why supermarkets can be open ...
Helllllllllow????
People have to shop to eat! ....but being in shul staying in close quarters for over 3 to 4 hours can ...yes kill you ...yes absolutely..

Is Rabbi Brog ready to take responsibility for the dead??
Is he taking the responsibility of the sick...?

See quote from R' Akiva Eiger that Rabbi Brog didn't tell you about..

To quote רע”א again, שם דף ע”ז (loose translation) 
“one who transgresses (רע”א’s guidelines) he is liable (ה’ ישמור) with his life. Additionally, they are responsible for bringing tragedy (ה’ ישמור) by  tripping others, and he will ultimately have to answer ליתן את הדין for himself and others .. and be scrupulously careful, for it is equal to שפיכת דמים (ח”ו).

Well let's hope this virus comes to a quick end and we won't have to listen to these self appointed "know it alls"

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For all that is holy, don’t tell me how to cover my hair

by Tzivi Nochenson

At my first kiruv shabbaton nearly 10 years ago, I was sitting next to my college roommate. We were at an oneg on a Friday night after the meal. The scene was completely unchartered territory. We were at a stranger’s stunning Brooklyn home with shining hardwood floors, tasteful chandeliers and a dessert buffet that could rival any cruise ship. There were a handful of women there, dressed head to toe in what I imagined as the Saks Fifth Avenue modest collection, and various speakers.

After watching these women for nearly thirty minutes I turned to my roommate and said “You know they are all wearing wigs, right?” Her chin nearly hit the ground. She was in complete and total shock! I will never forget when I was newly religious and my grandmother so notably said “Why cover your hair with hair? It makes no sense!” I did not have an answer for her then, but I do now. 

Time went on and years later I was an Orthodox woman dating for marriage. I had made a conscious choice that when the time came, I would cover my hair when I got married. However, I felt strongly that I needed a wig. And not just one wig, but multiple wigs. I needed to feel like me. I was one of those people who adored their hair.

It was long, thick and shiny. I frequented hair salons for highlights, cuts, deep conditioning treatments, and my personal favorite, a blow out. Yes, I paid someone to wash and style my hair for me, gosh I miss those. So naturally when I began covering my hair, wigs were a must. Now, I alternate between all different types of coverings. Granted the high is over 100 degrees where I live all week, so I have a feeling my wigs will be collecting dust over the next little while.

Covering my hair is hard. It can be annoying, inconvenient and downright uncomfortable. I do it because I believe it is what G-d wants, and how I choose to do it is entirely up to me. Or maybe according to some people, I am doing it all wrong. 

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US could be coronavirus-free by late September, scientists say

The US could finally be free of the coronavirus in late September, and the whole world can expect to put the pandemic behind them in December, says a group of scientists in Singapore.

A mathematical model created by the Singapore University of Technology and Design is allowing the scientists to predict the future of the virus using data from already confirmed cases and deaths around the world.

Based on “a predictive-monitoring” technique, the model inputs global data which is converted to a bar chart. A curve over the top of the chart displays the trajectory of the disease. At the end of April, predictions showed that the US would be virus-free by Sept. 20 and the UK could see the end of the coronavirus by Aug. 27.

Scientists at the university cautioned that their dates were not exact and that the predictions should not lead to hasty ends of lockdowns around the world.

“Over-optimism based on some predicted end dates is dangerous because it may loosen our disciplines and controls and cause the turnaround of the virus,” they said.

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"EEE'GEN". Hungarians Come thru for Israel......Hungarian FM says Budapest will defend Israel against EU, UN, and ICC

Hungary and Austria were the only two EU member to oppose threats of Israel sanctions over annexation

The Hungarian government will continue to support Israel and its interests against pressure from the European Union, United Nations, and the International Criminal Court, Hungary's Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said Thursday in his first call with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.  

The call came less than a week after Hungary and Austria were the only two EU member states to oppose threats of sanctions if Israel implemented its plans to annex parts of the West Bank later this year.

EU foreign policy requires all 27 nations to reach consensus before a decision is made on behalf of the bloc, leaving High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell to issue a warning against Israel in his own name, along with several other European countries. 

Szijjártó added that Jerusalem can “count on Hungary’s fair and balanced standpoint," adding Budapest will not support statements "that condemn Israel both in the EU and at the United Nations."

Hungary also objects to the investigation of war crimes against Israel before the International Criminal Court, which it described as "unfounded," adding that Jerusalem and Budapest were fighting against "hypocrisy, bias and political correctness.”

Szijjártó concluded the call by saying that the two countries "share a common standpoint with relation to the issue of retaining identity, and the importance of sovereignty and security as well as with respect to the need to take action against illegal migration.”

A senior Israeli official later told The Jerusalem Post that identity and immigration were issues that were discussed between Szijjártó and Ashkenazi, but the remarks may have been based on past conversations with Israel.  

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Zera Shimshon ... Parshat Bamidbar

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Chabad Couple Gets Married By The Amish in PA

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Lubavitcher Rebbe Gets An Aliyah .........

I see that they gave someone else "hagabah"..... next week they should give the Rebbe "hagbah" ..... (hagbah is lifting the Torah)

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Tiny worms squirming out of strawberries gross out TikTok users

This trick is berry unappealing.

A new viral trend has TikTok users soaking strawberries in saltwater — and then expressing shock as tiny worms emerge from the fruit.

“Apparently if you wash your strawberries in water and salt, all the bugs will come out — which, I didn’t even know there were bugs in there,” says TikTok user Seleste Radcliffe in a video, dumping a box of strawberries into a bowl of salted water. “Look at that, look at that,” she says, zooming the camera in on suddenly moving specks on the otherwise healthy-looking strawberries.

“After nearly 25 years of living, TikTok taught me how to properly wash strawberries,” writes Lauren Mackenzie Gambrell on Facebook. “They are FILLED with tiny bugs and tons of dirt!”

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"Ge'Chapt a Goiteh"...... Cleaning Lady Cleans Out Chassidishe Lady's Purse Too

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Goy Looking "Chusid " Tries Burning Down His Granmas's Home With Dogs Inside

I think that now that goyim are looking more and more like chassidim, .... it's time to change the look.....but I do think he took a haircut on sfirah ...

A Tennessee man is accused of intentionally setting fire to a room in his grandmother’s home with two dogs inside, according to a report.

Dustin Matthew Sneed, 30, was booked on arson charges in East Ridge last week — sporting a bizarre look in his mugshot with pink eye shadow and a bedazzled mohawk, news station WTVC reported.

The dogs were unharmed in the May 5 blaze, but a computer and several other personal items belonging to Sneed’s grandmother were destroyed, police said.

His grandmother also told officers there was a bottle of vodka missing from home after the fire that only he knew about, the outlet reported.

Officers were later called to a nearby diner where patrons said Sneed had been inside and had dropped a bottle of alcohol, the report said. He then left, poured the alcohol on the sidewalk outside and tossed the bottle to the ground.

The officers recovered the bottle which matched the one that was taken from his grandmother’s home, according to WTVC.

He was arrested and charged with arson, aggravated cruelty to animals and other offenses stemming from the incident, the outlet reported.

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Satmar "Der Yid" Mocks R' Edelstein Because He Said That "There Is A Special Blessing Against Corona For Those residing In Israel "

Very interesting indeed!!! 

This is the offending quote in reference to the virus from Harav Edelstein that "Der Shturmer" didn't like...

"הסיבה לזה שיש פה שיפור יותר מאשר בחו"ל, זהו מפני שיש זכות של ארץ ישראל, ארץ ישראל נותנת זכויות, שעושים בה יותר מעשים טובים, והאדם שגר בארץ ישראל משתפר, והוא אדם יותר טוב ממי שגר בחו"ל, זוהי המציאות והזכות של ארץ ישראל".

"The reason why there is a greater  improvement in Israel (in reference to Covid-19) as opposed to  chutz le'aarerz....is because of the merit of living in Eretz Yisroel, Eretz Yisrael offers merits, because of the great chesed done in EY, And any Jew that resides in EY will get better, and that is the reality and the merit of Eretz Yisrael"

To be sure,we are now aware that thousands of Jewish people died of the virus in chutz Le'aarerz with over 1,000 deaths in the US alone.. 
In Israel there are 300 deaths in a country of over 9 1/2 million people...

But what is especially interesting is that "Der Shturmer" only attacked and mocked the Litvisher gadol, Rav Edelstein and left Harav Shternbuch alone who had the very same reaction to the virus!

This is what Harav Shterbuch said:

"על תושבי ארץ ישראל מוטל חיוב הודאה מיוחד – להודות ולשבח לקב"ה שמצילנו שהמצב בכי טוב בארץ הקודש ביחס לשאר המדינות, וזהו בוודאי מהשגחת הקב"ה הפרטית בא"י 

יותר משאר ארצות".

" On those residing in Eretz Yisrael there is a special obligation to thank and praise Hashem that saved us from the situation with good results as opposed to other nations, and this is for sure because of the special protection that Hashem provides to Eretz Yisrael and this is far greater than any other country"

But why not attack Harav Shternbuch who basically said that those living in Israel are better off then those living in Monroe or Williamsburg ?

The Satmar cowards are afraid to mess with Rav Shternbuch because he heads the  Eida Ha'chreidis .... if they would attack him they would lose the confidence of the entire Chasiddishe Israeli Community ....so they attack and mock the quiet saintly Rav Edelstein the Litvisher Gadol ...

And they couldn't just leave this thing alone....because R' Edelstein was basically saying that living in Eretz Yisrael is safer than living in the USA.......

and the cowards keep warning their naive sheep not to make Aliyah! 

Sometimes when reading Der Shturmer it is important to keep in mind, to not only read the hate and garbage they write ..... but it's even more important to realize what they leave out, and that's where "der hint iz ba'gruben" the dog is buried!

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‘Friends’-Themed Bar Mitzvah Gets Canceled .... The Courteney Cox Surprises Him!

“Friends” star Courteney Cox surprised a Jewish teenager who was a major fan of the hit sitcom on Monday’s at-home episode of “The Late Late Show With James Corden.”

“Friends” superfan Naftali Arden, 13, of Borehamwood, England, has watched the entire series seven times. He was scheduled to have a “Friends”-themed bar mitzvah party that included tables named after the show’s characters, a foosball table resembling the one Joey and Chandler had in their apartment and a red sofa for guests to take photos with. His bar mitzvah invitations also featured the iconic “Friends” font.

Arden was forced to cancel his party as a result of coronavirus-related social distancing restrictions. He instead had a virtual bar mitzvah on March 19 with family members and a rabbi. The rabbi who officiated, Rabbi Alex Chapper, said Arden’s was the “first-ever online bar mitzvah.”

Rabbi Chapper referenced the sitcom during the virtual ceremony and Arden talked about the show’s theme song in his bar mitzvah speech.

After footage from the celebration went viral online, Cox, who played Monica on “Friends,” wanted to virtually say hello to Arden. She did so during Monday’s episode of “The Late Late Show,” and also gifted Arden with a foosball table.

By Corden’s request, she additionally performed for Arden one of her character’s famous “I know” lines.

Watch Courtney Cox surprise Naftali Arden on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” in the video below:

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Zionists Invent One Minute Covid Test with 100% Accuracy

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End New York City’s lockdown now!

Sometimes, a good rant is all a writer can offer. Bear with me.

Last Friday morning, some 3,500 New Yorkers lined up at a Catholic church in Queens to receive free food hours before it even opened, ­according to the New York Police Department. Catholic Charities has reported a 200 percent increase in demand over the past month and a half.

By prolonging the coronavirus shutdown long after its core mission was accomplished, Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio have plunged tens of thousands of New Yorkers into poverty.

It needs to end. Now.

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Satmar Gangsters Win ..... Dr Zev Zelenko Leaves Monroe After 20 Years ...Meir Hirsch, Gedalye Szegedin, Joe Mittlelman Celebrate !

In a video released on Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Zev Zelenko abruptly announced that he will be leaving his position as a well known and prominent doctor in Kiryas Joel, and in fact will be moving out of the village.

Satmar Monroe "askanim" Meir Hirsch, Gedalye Szegedin and Joe Mittelman of Ezras Choilim mercilessly harassed him, reported him to the Attorney General's office, all because he promoted the Hydroxychloroquine protocol as a treatment for COVID-19, and which proved very successful in the Kiryas Yoel community...Zelenko had lost just one patient out of hundreds bu using this protocol.

He was now a threat to Ezras Choilim a Satmar medical service that rake in millions from Federal and State grants.

See and watch my previous post.https://dusiznies.blogspot.com/2020/05/meir-hirsch-gedalye-szegedin-and-joe.html

Satmar known for chesed, like bringing chicken soup to the sick in hospitals .... can be vicious and extremely dangerous if you don't tow the Satmar line.

 Zelenko, an "outsider," a Russian Chabadniker thought that by treating the Satmar constituents, he would somehow be exempt from their terroristic tactics..he had no clue that Satmar doesn't care that he treated Satmar patients for 20 years ..... loyalty, devotion and dedication aren't virtues by these uncivilized barbarians, he was still an outsider and would never be fully integrated into their communities.... 

Years ago the Yemenites and the Iranians that joined the Satmar communities  learned that lesson rather quickly albeit very late in the game...Satmar tricked these poor Yemenite and Iranians girls and married them off to the bums and dregs of their community.

Dr. Zelenko needed a lesson on how to deal with the Romanian gypsies.. this poor guy was now stabbed in the back and thrown like roadkill under the bus ..

I am surprised that his fellow Chabadnikers are not out defending and supporting him? .... maybe they will...Maybe it's still too early to tell...

I guess the good doctor forgot how these gypsies hung the Lubavitcher Rebbe in effigy on a purim....
See the photo and the smiles on the faces of those watching

In his video, Zelenko addresses his patients and says that it is with a broken heart that he will be leaving.

In 1985, the great late poet Leonard Cohen asked in a song :

"where is my gypsy wife tonight?"  ..... 

I have an answer she is alive and well in Monroe in Kiryas Yoel ...

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Yom Yerushalyim... Thank You Hashem for this Great Gift .....הר הבית בידינו..............................Six Days of Miracles

An exciting and uplifting historic short movie, highlighting the miraculous events of the Six Day War, and emphasizing the Divine hand orchestrating these remarkable events from behind the scenes.

Six-Day War (1967) - Third Arab–Israeli War DOCUMENTARY

Yerushalyim Shel Zehav .... Concert 

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Watch Seinfeld - The Coronavirus Episode

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Auschwitz renovations uncover 'escape kit': Spoons and tools hidden beneath a chimney

Renovation works at Auschwitz have turned up spoons, forks, cobbler's tools and other objects hidden beneath a chimney flue.

The objects, which also include knives, hooks, scissors, pieces of leather and parts of shoes, may have been used to plan escapes from the Nazi concentration camp.

They were found last month in block 17 of the main camp, Austria's National Fund for Victims of National Socialism said.

The fund commissioned the renovation and restoration works in the block at the former concentration camp, which was in Nazi-occupied Poland, in preparation for an exhibition.

'These utensils, kept out of sight of the SS guards, were perhaps used by shoemakers, or to prepare an escape or simply to be able to eat,' fund secretary general Hannah Lessing told AFP on Tuesday.

The items were likely hidden in the chimney because block 17 was used to house manual workers.

'It is no coincidence that a chimney was used as a hiding place in the very building where chimney sweeps were accommodated,' the fund's structural consultant Johannes Hofmeister said, according to a press release from the fund.

The objects are not expected to be on display at the exhibition, due to open in 2021, but instead have been handed over to the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum for conservation.

One million European Jews died at Auschwitz-Birkenau, which Nazi Germany set up in 1940 and which became Europe's biggest death camp.

More than 100,000 others including non-Jewish Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and anti-Nazi resistance fighters also died there.

Items scattered around the camp and its surroundings continue to turn up periodically during works.

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Lady in Center of "Roe v. Wade U.S. Abortion Case" Said in a Deathbed Confession That She Was Paid to Switch Sides

Norma McCorvey, the woman known as “Jane Roe” in the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion, said she was lying when she switched to support the anti-abortion movement, saying she had been paid to do so.

In a new documentary, made before her death in 2017 and due to be broadcast on Friday, McCorvey makes what she calls a “deathbed confession.”

“I took their money and they took me out in front of the cameras and told me what to say,” she says on camera. “I did it well too. I am a good actress. Of course, I’m not acting now.

“If a young woman wants to have an abortion, that’s no skin off my ass. That’s why they call it choice,” she added.

“AKA Jane Roe,” will be broadcast on the FX cable channel on Friday but was made available to television journalists in advance.

It traces McCorvey’s troubled youth, how she became the poster child of abortion rights and her about-face in the 1990s when she announced she was baptized as a born-again Christian who campaigned against abortion.

The documentary was filmed in the last months of her life before her death at age 69 in 2017 in Texas.

The 1973 Supreme Court ruling has for decades been the focus of a divisive political, legal and moral debate.

The Rev. Robert Schenck, one of the evangelical pastors who worked with McCorvey after her conversion to Christianity in the mid-1990s, looked stunned as he was shown her interview as part of the documentary.

Schenck said the anti-abortion movement had exploited her weaknesses for its own ends and acknowledged she had been paid for her appearances on the movement’s behalf.

“What we did with Norma was highly unethical,” Schenck said in the documentary. “The jig is up.”

In a separate blog post on Tuesday, Schenck said he hoped people would watch “AKA Jane Roe.”

“You’ll see me express profound regret for how movement leaders (like me) mistreated Norma,” he wrote in the blog.

“Her name and photo would command some of the largest windfalls of dollars for my group and many others, but the money we gave her was modest. More than once, I tried to make up for it with an added check, but it was never fair.”

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"Nitra" Brooklyn Yeshivah Causes Huge Chillul Hashem ...

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