In order to protect elderly Bnei Brak residents from the coronavirus, all residents above the age of 80 will be transferred to hotels, which will be managed by the IDF’s Home Front Command. The plan was formulated by Defense Minister Naftali Bennett and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri who are leading the efforts to combat the […]
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There are 6,360 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel as of Thursday afternoon, including 107 in serious condition, 83 of whom are hooked up to respirators. Israel’s number of fatalities rose to 33 by Thursday afternoon, after five Israelis, all men over 72, passed away overnight Wednesday and two on Thursday, a 90-year-old man […]
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The following is the text of a letter released today by Lakewood’s senior Posek, Hagaon Harav Yaakov Forcheimer Shlita: Regarding the issur we previously published regarding traveling to family or others over Pesach, many have asked if this applies only to out-of-town travel, or if travel to parents and inlaws who live in Lakewood is […]
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Harav Yisrael Meir Druck, a close talmid of Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky, visited HaRav Chaim at his home last week and invited the Rav to his home in Yerushalayim on Chol Hamoed Pesach, a visit that Harav Chaim customarily makes twice a year, on Sukkos and Pesach on his visit to Yerushalayim to daven by […]
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Coronavirus deaths soared. New York City playgrounds were targeted for shutdown to help slow an outbreak projected to grow worse for another month. Overtaxed hospitals began transferring patients north of the city. And residents near one struggling hospital have become all too used to ambulance sirens. “It’s very eerie. I think everyone’s just doing what […]
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HaRav Zev Rothschild Z”L known to most people as “Zeev”, was ripped from us so suddenly, not just in middle of a chapter, but in middle of enough chapters to fill up book fulls of stories. To even attempt to describe his life in a short article, is simply not possible. In life displayed to […]
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The CEO of Medtronic’s Israel division, Yaron Yitzhari, announced that his company will be giving away its patents for their specially manufactured ventilator in an attempt to open the market and have more ventilators built enabling more lives to be saved in light of the rampant Covid-19 virus. The release of the patents will allow […]
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There are a total of 730 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Wednesday morning in Bnei Brak, a jump of 159 in 24 hours. Much of the increased numbers can be attributed to increased testing due the testing stations established in the city on Tuesday. Bnei Brak has not yet been placed in complete lockdown, and […]
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A young man was tragically Niftar from COVID-19 on Tuesday, and neighbors are now pointing fingers at Con Edison workers for their despicable actions during the incident. As YWN reported, Rabbi Chaim Yechezkel Shraga Dahan Z”L, a beloved Pre-1A Rebbi at Yeshivat Shaarei Torah passed away on Tuesday. He was diagnosed with the Coronavirus, and […]
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Verdan Rebbe, HaRav Yosef Leifer ZATZAL. He was 95. The Rebbe collapsed suddenly in his home on Tuesday night, and was Niftar shortly after. The Rebbe, a Holocaust survivor, was the oldest Rebbe in the United States. His Bais Medrash is located on Avenue N […]
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