White House Holds Phone Conference With Rabbonim & Community Activists ..."Frum Community Ignoring All Warnings!"

An urgent phone meeting regarding the spread of the Coronavirus conducted by the Whitehouse concluded moments ago at which dozens of Admorim and Rabbonim participated. 

Leading the meeting was Avi Berkowitz and a council for the President. President Trump and VP Pence did not participate in the call.

The reason for the call was because of the total lack of concern in the Orthodox Jewish community in the NY/NJ area, despite the non-stop calls from health officials and doctors to take serious action. 

To hit this point home, as the conference call was taking place, a wedding in Ateres Avrohom Hall in Williamsburg with hundreds of guests was shut down by the FDNY, despite repeated pleas by the President, Governor and Mayor not to have gatherings of more than 10 people.

More than 3 dozen times the white house reiterated how if this is not taken seriously, this will “turn into a serious issue of Pikuach Nefesh”.

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Message From DIN ......

My Dear DIN family עמו״ש

Listen carefully

This Shabbas March 21 will be the very first time in the 71st year history of the State of Israel
which will not have transportation, theaters, sports, restaurants, beaches and malls open on the holy Shabbas

And what’s the first topic of this week’s Parsha?

Moshe assembles all of Israel And talks to them about keeping Shabbos

ויקהל משה את כל עדת בני ישראל ויאמר אליהם אלה הדברים אשר צוה ה' לעשות אתם

ששת ימים תעשה מלאכה וביום השביעי יהיה לכם קדש 

שבת שבתון לה' 

I’m not asking a lot
We are all home anyway
Let’s make this coming Shabbos holy ... 

let’s try to refrain from any Chillul Shabbas at least this Shabbos.....

If you can only do two hours.... then do 2 hours

If you can do three hours ....then do 3 hours

If you can do the entire Shabbat .... תבוא עליך ברכה והצלחה 

may blessing and success come to you and your entire beautiful family!

Let’s be part of the millions of our brothers and sisters that will observe this Shabbos...with holiness!

With love always and ever

DIN 😍

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"Makkas Arbah" set to descend upon Middle East in time for Pesach But Not In Israel

A plague of locusts the likes of which have been unseen for over 30 years is about to hit Africa and the Middle East. Adding to the perfect biblical storm, the current coronavirus pandemic is affecting travel of international experts and in-country gatherings for training to combat the locust threat, said Rome-based Senior Locust Forecasting Officer Keith Cressman on Monday.

Cressman works at Locust Watch, a division of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization, which gives emergency assistance to countries facing desert locust invasions and constantly monitors the status of potential infestations. According to the organization’s most recent forecast report, there are new “extremely alarming” swarms forming in Horn of Africa.

Cressman, who has worked with the organization for over three decades, told The Times of Israel on Monday that the previous time the region has been in such danger was during the plague of 1987-1989.

The Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) “is the most destructive migratory pest in the world,” according to the Locust Watch website. As depicted in the Book of Exodus, when the highly mobile swarms of Desert Locust form, “they are ravenous eaters who consume their own weight per day, targeting food crops and forage.”

While one locust may not seem a major fresser (eater, Yiddish), the swarms can grow to millions of individuals, “with the capacity to consume the same amount of food in one day as 35,000 people.”

The current widespread breeding in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia represents “an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods at the beginning of the upcoming cropping season,” writes the Locust Watch website.

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Chassidic Wedding in Beit Shemesh Today .... Defying Health Regulations

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Pope Francis Calls on Goyim to Keep Sabbath

Supreme Pontiff, Bishop of Rome, and leader of the worldwide Catholic Church His Holiness Pope Francis has called on believers to keep the Sabbath as "the Jews followed and still observe."

"We live with the accelerator down from morning to night," Francis said in an interview which as been circulating the web during the past few days. 

"This ruins mental health, spiritual health, and physical health.

 More so:

 it affects and destroys the family, and therefore society. 'On the seventh day, He rested.' What the Jews followed and still observe, was to consider the Sabbath as holy. On Saturday you rest. One day of the week, that's the least! Out of gratitude, to worship God, to spend time with the family, to play, to do all these things. We are not machines!"

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Bobov Has 50 Confirmed Cases of Corona.... Over 100 Cases in BP

More than 100 people in Boro Park and Williamsburg have tested positive for COVID-19.

Asisa urgent care clinics, which began testing just days ago at two Boro Park locations and one in Williamsburg, told Hamodia Tuesday that it has over a hundred positive tests across the three locations.

The clinics administered over 500 tests. Some results are still pending.

Asisa only tested patients exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms or those in proximity to someone who has tested positive.

There have been 50 confirmed cases in the Bobov community.

The new virus has hit other communities as well.

In a voicenote that went around social media Tuesday morning warning of the virus’s dangers, Chasky Rosenberg, a Bobover askan who is also a paramedic, said that in Crown Heights alone, there are 10 coronavirus patients on respirators. Rosenberg urged that people over 60 years old – who are most at risk from the disease – completely isolate themselves.

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Rabbi Warns Vatican: Return Temple Vessels or Corona-Virus in Rome Worsens

As the COVID-19 crisis worsens worldwide, the Nation of Israel requests that the Vatican immediately return to Jerusalem the Temple vessels that have been stored in Rome for nearly 2000 years. 

Rabbi Levi Sudri, an award-winning Bible expert, noted that a divine message must surely be contained within the coronavirus.

“It is clear to everyone that we are living in powerful times,” Rabbi Sudri said. “It is our responsibility to understand what God wants from us. We have no prophets today, so we need to do our best to understand.”

Rabbi Sudri pointed out that the coronavirus began in China and very quickly took hold of Italy in a counter-intuitive manner. 

“What is the connection between China and Italy?” Rabbi Sudri asked. “They are geographically distant from each other. That is true but they have a spiritual connection in that they are both centers of two different types of idolatry.”

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Plague of locusts set to descend upon Middle East in time for Passover

A plague of locusts the likes of which have been unseen for over 30 years is about to hit Africa and the Middle East. Adding to the perfect biblical storm, the current coronavirus pandemic is affecting travel of international experts and in-country gatherings for training to combat the locust threat, said Rome-based Senior Locust Forecasting Officer Keith Cressman on Monday.

Cressman works at Locust Watch, a division of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization, which gives emergency assistance to countries facing desert locust invasions and constantly monitors the status of potential infestations. According to the organization’s most recent forecast report, there are new “extremely alarming” swarms forming in Horn of Africa.

Cressman, who has worked with the organization for over three decades, told The Times of Israel on Monday that the previous time the region has been in such danger was during the plague of 1987-1989.

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New York Times Celebrate Fall of Stock Market Because It Will Hurt Trump

Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-winning trade economist and New York Times columnist, celebrated the sharp decline of the stock market due to the coronavirus on the grounds that, in his opinion, it would hurt President Donald Trump.

“Economists, myself included, often make a point of saying that the stock market is not the economy, which it isn’t. It *is,” however, pretty much the Trump presidency,” Krugman tweeted. “Take away his magic talisman and there’s nothing left.”

Krugman was one of the most prominent economists to mistakenly predict that markets would collapse following the election of Donald Trump.

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Avi Schiffmann, a 17-year-old ,Created the Website Used by Millions to Learn About Coronavirus

An American teenager is at the helm of a website currently being accessed by millions of people across the world. It is updated every minute on the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic as it spreads.

Since it launched in late December, the website, ncov2019.live, has been visited by more than 12 million people.

Avi Schiffmann, a 17-year-old tech-savvy Seattle area resident, uses reliable data from around the world to include on his website. The website displays the latest, real-time statistics on the number of confirmed cases, serious cases, deaths, and recovered, including statistics both worldwide and in each country.

The website also serves as host to an interactive Google map, Twitter feed, preventative measures to stop the spread of the virus, information about the virus, travel tips, and preparation for quarantine.

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Quarantined? ..... Make "Babka Bites"

Adorable bite-size versions of the classic Jewish yeast cake. Makes 46- 48 bites

Type: Parve Prep Time: 140 minutes Level: Intermediate

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Rashi Wrote a cure for the Coronavirus over a 1,000 Years Ago

See Mishlei (Proverbs) Chaper 18, verse 14:
רוח איש יכלכל מחלהו ורוח נכאה מי ישאנה 
"A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but who can support a broken spirit?"

See Targum on the word מחלהו .... sickness
כרהניה ....... Corona

See Rashi:

רוח גבר שהוא איש גבור ואינו נותן דאגה בלבו , ומקבל כל הבא עליו בשמחה ובחבה .........אין כח סר מעליו

"Someone with a healthy attitude, that tries to lead a happy life , and he does not allow worries to effect him, no power, including illness [corona]  will be able to consume him"

The above was loosely translated

In other words.... those who have a great attitude even during these times .... will be able to survive 

See  also the Mezudat David ...and the Rabbeinu Yona

who basically explain that if a person strengthens himself with the knowledge that there is Godliness within him and that whatever God brings upon him is for good, his spiritual depression will be healed and yes even his physical health will improve!

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Police ask public to stop calling 911 over lack of toilet paper...

Police are trained to respond to all kinds of emergencies, but this is a new one.

One police department in Oregon posted a reminder on their Facebook page, asking the public to not call for an emergency if they run out of toilet paper due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The post then pointed out the different methods used throughout history before suggesting other items that could be used in lieu of "your favorite soft, ultra plush two-ply citrus scented tissue."

Among their suggestions: grocery store receipts, newspaper, cloth rags, magazine pages, cotton balls and even leaves.

"Be resourceful. Be patient. There is a TP shortage. This too shall pass. Just don’t call 9-1-1. We cannot bring you toilet paper," the post concluded.

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Wife of murdered rabbi attacks Gantz: 'You granted legitimacy to murderers'

Rabbi Raziel Shevach Hy"d (may God avenge his death) was murdered in a terror attack near Havat Gilad in Samaria in 2018. 

In a Facebook post, his widow Yael, who is now raising the couple's six children alone, expressed her anguish at recent developments on the political scene, specifically, the plan of the Blue & White party and its leader Benny Gantz to cooperate with the predominantly Arab Joint List in order to form a government.

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Watch As Yeshivos In Israel Stick their Thumbs in the Eyes of the Health Department and Continue defying Authorities ....

This video is from today ......Monday

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Reb Chaim Kanievsky Says that he "Never Heard of the Corona Virus"

This is crazy....

I'm not talking about the fact that Reb Chaim said that he "never heard of this deadly virus...."..looks like he didn't know ..it's not like he reads this stuff...

But what is crazy, is that right after the guy hears this from R' Chaim's own mouth, he says that 
"this is proof that "Corona" doesn't exist! "
Because if the Rav didn't hear about it .... how can it possibly exist?

How insane is this guy???
Who is he?

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In Ashdod ....Yeshivishe Couple Try to Circumvent Ban on Weddings .... so they make the Wedding 4:30 in the morning!

Mazal Tov! Nice way to start a Jewish home by violating regulations and infection the guests ..

Police raided a wedding taking place Sunday morning and dispersed the guests after new regulations took effect Saturday night prohibiting gatherings of over 10 people in one place. 

The wedding was set for 4:30 in the morning in an attempt to circumvent the new regulations and hold a large gathering. However police arrived at 8 A.M. and dispersed the guests.

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שוטרים הגיעו לחתונה, ולא לאחר השעה 23:00 בגלל המוזיקה, אלא בשעה 8:00 בבוקר כדי לפזר את החגיגה שהחלה כמה שעות קודם. אולמי האצולה באשדוד. צילום: משה פחימה

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R' Chaim Kanievsky Rules that Yeshivas remain open, but with students split into groups of 10

Ultra-Orthodox religious leaders on Sunday night said Haredi schools would remain open Monday, but said they would divide the students into groups of ten to avoid the spread of COVID-19.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the chief rabbis and other ultra-Orthodox representatives on Sunday evening to convince segments of the Haredi community to shutter their schools, after they defied Health Ministry directives designed to contain the virus. All other schools in the country have been shut down by the state to stem the spread.

Following the meeting, Rabbis Chaim Kanievsky and Gershon Edelstein, prominent leaders venerated by hundreds of thousands of followers in the Lithuanian sect, agreed Sunday night to a proposal backed by Netanyahu that would see no more than 10 students learning in a single classroom. Kanievsky last week had ordered his followers to ignore the Health Ministry’s coronavirus restrictions by keeping schools open.

Israel on Saturday night limited all gatherings to 10 people.

It remained unclear whether the institutions, many of which suffer from overcrowding, would find sufficient space to split up the students. The agreement referred to Talmud Torahs, or elementary schools, yeshiva high schools, and yeshivas of post-high school learning.

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Could I be responsible for Israel's destruction?

by Alan Silverstein

After three deadlocked elections, it looks like Blue & White thinks it will take control of Israel.  Their policies are destructive to Jews living in Israel.  They jeopardize everything that Israel has built over the last century and potentially could destroy the state.   

I and many of my Jewish friends are frustrated that the Likud and Religious Zionist parties didn't get enough votes to form a governing coalition.  

We, who comfortably live outside Israel ask,  How could this happen?  Why did this happen?  After all that Netanyahu has done for Israel in trade, energy development, security, and international standing shouldn't it be a no-brainer that he easily get reelected? 

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Bereaved husband blasts Blue and White leaders: They're murdering us for a second time

Guy Yehezkel, husband of Kim Levengrond-Yehezkel who was murdered in the terrorist attack in the Barkan industrial area in 2018, on Sunday published a heartbreaking post on Facebook following Benny Gantz's intention to form a minority government backed by the Arab parties.

"My dear Kim, I want to apologize to you. You must be watching and crying. I feel ashamed and embarrassed at the sight of this despicable act. And I feel like we're being murdered for the second time," Guy wrote.

"Little Kai no longer calls for you at night. The remnants of the memories have faded away. And I'm going crazy! How will I explain to him, as he grows up, that his people worked hand in hand with his mother's murderers."

Guy added, "I see the sights and my heart refuses to believe. I want to wake up, like from a nightmare. You will be damned forever, generals who crossed the lines. And are now laughing with a murderer. Dear Kim, I want to apologize to you. Yours forever, Guy."

Natan Meir, whose wife Dafna was murdered in a stabbing attack in Otniel south of Hebron in 2016, wrote to MK Moshe Ya’alon on Facebook:

 "So far I have refrained from writing about politics...During your shift as Defense Minister, a terrorist infiltrated into my house and murdered our Dafna, and now you are asking for another shift with the support of those who praise the murderers. I'm ashamed that you came to our home to express your condolences."

MK Ya'alon placed the blame on the victim's family and in response,

 "Unfortunately, I know of and am in touch with many bereaved families. I have never made any political use of the constant contact I have with bereaved parents, and I regret to discover that the family chooses, once again, to cooperate with parties that cynically and politically take advantage of a subject as painful as bereavement.”

“I deeply sympathize with the family for the unbearable loss, but I ask here again - please respect the victims! They are not political tools!” he added.

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