Month March 2020
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Rav Yitzchok Raitport is a renowned Tzaddik and Talmid Chochom who lives in the heart of Boro Park. He runs a Kollel Metzuyanim, has published over 37 seforim, and has funded over 180 Mikvaos… Continue Reading →
The Mossad has continued its unique contribution to Israel’s response to the coronavirus pandemic with the delivery of some 10 million protective medical masks, The Jerusalem Post reported on Monday.… Read more » The post Mossad Delivers 10 Million Protective… Continue Reading →
A Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds arrived Monday in New York City as officials pressed for more federal help. Mayor Bill de Blasio said President Donald Trump’s suggestion that thousands of medical masks are disappearing from New York City… Continue Reading →
The Boro Park Jewish Community Council has created a new site to assist people with the financial repercussions of the cornavirus pandemic. The site has links to initiatives, and grant and… Read more » The post BPJCC Launches New COVID-19 Info-Site… Continue Reading →
Additional ventilators are currently the New Jersey’s biggest need to combat the coronavirus outbreak, Gov. Phil Murphy said Sunday. Murphy, a Democrat, said on ABC’s “This Week” that he made a request for more ventilators during a call with federal… Continue Reading →
Alumni and Friends of Chofetz Chaim/RSA UNITING TO Support the Leaders of Tomorrow. TODAY! All funds raised today will be distributed to Kollel families now,… Continue Reading →
DO NOT TRAVEL ANYWHERE FOR PESACH – make Pesach here in Lakewood. This applies even if you have been in quarantine for 14 days. We note, that most Kehillos, including Cleveland, Toronto, Miami, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis and Baltimore, are… Continue Reading →
YWN has been inundated the past 24 hours with letters from Rabbonim, doctors, major community organizations and Jewish community activists from around the United States with one common message: DO NOT TRAVEL ANYWHERE THIS PESACH. Below, are the countless letters… Continue Reading →
With the extreme seriousness of the current situation, many are wondering how the yearly Mechiras Chometz will be done. Getting together with the Rov will not be an option. Filling out the shtar and getting the information to the Rov… Continue Reading →
The LRRC is open and available to answer any questions you may have during this difficult time. If you find yourself struggling to afford necessities such as healthcare and food, please do not hesitate to reach out to us so… Continue Reading →
The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday issued an emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, decades-old malaria drugs championed by President Donald Trump for coronavirus treatment despite scant evidence. The agency allowed for the drugs to be “donated to… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JTA) – A Brooklyn attorney has filed a lawsuit accusing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of violating his right to free speech and ability to observe his Jewish faith because of the state’s ban on large gatherings due… Continue Reading →
PARIS (AP) — They don’t have to put themselves in harm’s way, but the volunteers of France’s well-known Civil Protection service have chosen the front line in the fight against the coronavirus. They are often the first to knock on… Continue Reading →
There are 4,347 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel as of Monday, with 80 in serious condition, of which 63 are attached to ventilators. A total of 134 Israelis have recovered from the coronavirus. Israel recorded its 16th fatality… Continue Reading →
It is with great sadness that we report the tragic and untimely passing of Reb Zevi Halberstam, who passed away on Shabbos after just a few days in the hospital with Coronavirus. Zevi was a lovely young man, and always… Continue Reading →
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — In the wake of the ruling by Rav Chaim Kanievski that people who violate health ministry regulations are considered to be a rodef (endangering other’s lives) and may be exposed for their actions, police reported a… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] The Jewish communities of New York and New Jersey are reeling, as COVID-19 rips through its population, robbing us prematurely of many precious neshamos. New York’s coronavirus death toll is nearing 100,000, and Governor Andrew Cuomo estimates that there will be… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – A Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds arrived Monday morning in New York Harbor to help relieve the coronavirus crisis gripping the city’s hospitals. The USNS Comfort, which was sent to New York City after 9/11,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse with asthma, a grandfather with cancer and a homeless man with no known family are wracked with coronavirus-induced fevers. They are struggling to breathe, and a ventilator could save their lives. But who gets… Continue Reading →
The first person in Israel to be hospitalized in serious condition from the coronavirus has recovered and was released from Poriya Hospital in Teveria on Monday afternoon. The 38-year-old bus… Read more » The post First Israeli in Serious Condition… Continue Reading →
[Submitted] A new daily Tehillim conference has been started as a zechus for all Cholei Klal Yisroel. The participants will say 3 Perakim of Tehillim together at 11:00 AM, and then at 8:00 PM. To join the conference, you can… Continue Reading →