Israeli prisons prepared for the Holiday season in order to allow religious prisoners to celebrate the holidays. The Israel Prison Service (IPS) had more of a challenge this year as it had to take into account not only the holiday preparations but also the COVID-19 restrictions aimed at preventing a breakout of the disease inside the prisons. IPS Rabbis oversaw the construction of Sukkas by and for prisoners and guards that included Sukkas in the various wards as well as for those undergoing COVID-19 isolation. Where there was usually only one central Sukkah in previous years, additional Sukkas had tot be purchased and erected in order to allow for prisoners to have some separation while eating and celebrate the holiday while complying with Health Ministry regulations.

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Some say that it is the most coveted spot for a full page ad to appear.  You always want the ad to appear on the right side not the left, as people’s eyes naturally gravitate to the right.  Also, you want it near the front of the paper, but not at the very beginning – because people rush to see what is happening.  The third page in – is perfect – page seven. Regardless, there it was, in all of it’s glorious controversy, located on page seven of one of New York’s fastest growing newspapers.  It was a Sukkah made up of Gourmet Glatt boxes.  Glorious controversy, you ask?  Yes – controversy, a halachic debate that has been raging for centuries – possibly even longer.

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They’ve been fighting in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania over the cutoff date for counting mailed ballots, and in North Carolina over witness requirements. Ohio is grappling with drop boxes for ballots as Texas faces a court challenge over extra days of early voting. Measuring the anxiety over the November election is as simple as tallying the hundreds of voting-related lawsuits filed across the country in recent months. The cases concern the fundamentals of the American voting process, including how ballots are cast and counted, during an election made unique by the coronavirus pandemic and by a president who refuses to commit to accepting the results.

Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer is opening a dedicated pediatric coronavirus facility on Thursday. “A lot of small hospitals are struggling to care for coronavirus kids, so part of the rationale behind the new facility is to help them,” said Itai Pessach, director of the children’s hospital at Sheba Medical Center to Times of Israel (TOA). Pessach said that children with the coronavirus are hospitalized in general COVID-19 wards that aren’t suitable for children. The new facility will provide a ward with appropriate decor and amenities for children. “The biggest consideration has been to find a way to provide holistic care, not just a bed, but also a place to play, conduct school studies, and other things that kids need,” Pessach said.

I’m collecting for a family for Yom Tov. Their daughter is also in cemenary in Eretz Yisroel which put them in debt… its really hard for them and they don’t know that I’m doing this. whoever is doing this is really just helping out another yidishe family make it through Yom Tov and stam. Pushat in debt and they are crying now hoping to make it thru sukkos! its in a FEW DAYS!! please help ASAP!!! May Hashem half you that by you giving and helping someone in need you should never have to go through this and be in need. Tisku L’mitzvos. A git Kivtel and a git Yom Tov.   Please donate here https://thechesedfund.com/cje123/foryomtovandbasicsthingscemenary  

The year draws to a close with a rush of animated activity at Jerusalem’s star development.  Just this week, Jerusalem Estates publicized receipt of the final approval for occupancy- right in time for the new year.  The company representatives were proud to bring news of the requisite Certificate of Occupancy for the first 4 buildings at Jerusalem Estates: Building 2, Hakad; Building 3, Hadekel; Building 12, Hanevel; and Building 13, Hagavia.

Chaim Yaakov Sin, a resident of Beitar Illit, was R”L killed on Wednesday, when the roof of a building collapsed on top of him at a construction site on Tzvi Pinkas Street in Afula. United Hatzalah volunteers and Magen David Adom ambulance teams rushed to the scene and performed CPR on Chaim at the scene. Chaim was transported to Ha’Emek Hospital in the city while still undergoing CPR efforts. A few hours later he was Niftar at the hospital. The Niftar was part of the Shalom Rav community in Beitar Illit, and his father, Rabbi Yoel Sin, lives in Beitar and works as a contractor and is well known in the community. Chaim followed in his father’s footsteps and also entered into the construction field after finishing his military service.

The coronavirus tightened its grip on the American heartland, with infections surging in the Midwest, some hospitals in Wisconsin and North Dakota running low on space and the NFL postponing a game over an outbreak that’s hit the Tennessee Titans football team. Midwestern states are seeing some of the nation’s highest per capita rates of infection, and while federal health officials again urged some governors in the region to require masks statewide, many Republicans have resisted. Like other states, health officials in Wisconsin had warned since the pandemic began that COVID-19 patients could overwhelm hospitals. That’s now happening for some facilities as experts fear a second wave of infections in the U.S. A record number of people with COVID-19 were hospitalized in Wisconsin.

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