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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com And it happened before Tisha B’Av! As many residents of Monsey, New York are aware, there are two Eruv committees in the Monsey area, and, of late, there has been some confusion between the two, which has, unfortunately, created some tension. The confusion had spilled over into a number of areas: • which committee is in charge of which particular sections of the Eruv • aspects of actual ownership of the Eruv • An overlapping of who checks what – in regard to the Eruv. • various aspects of fundraising concerning the Eruv. • A dispute as to the actual naming and numbering of the various sections also had developed. There were also attempts at invoking Halachic juridical adjudication of the matter and responses.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will require that masks be worn on the House floor after a Republican member of Congress tested positive for the coronavirus. The member, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, often shunned wearing masks and was known to vote without one. Pelosi announced on the House floor Wednesday evening that all members will be required to wear a mask and one will be provided if they forget. She said failure to wear a mask is a “serious breach of decorum” and members could be removed from the chamber if they aren’t wearing one. They will be able to temporarily remove them while speaking, however. “It’s a sign of respect for the health, safety and well-being of others present in the chamber and in surrounding areas,” Pelosi said.

Twitter defended its decision to flag President Trump’s tweet about violent demonstrations but not Iran’s calls for violence against Israel, suggesting to Israeli’s legislature on Wednesday that the latter fell under its protections for “commentary on political issues of the day.” Human rights attorney Arsen Ostrovsky asked Twitter’s Ylwa Pettersson: “You have recently started flagging the tweets of President Trump.

The United States is criticizing a number of eastern and central European nations, including Poland, for failing to compensate Holocaust victims and their families and communities for property seized during Nazi occupation in World War II as the numbers of survivors dwindles due to age. In a report issued Wednesday, the State Department called out Bosnia, Belarus, Ukraine and particularly Poland for not having acted on restitution claims. Croatia, Latvia and Russia were also taken to task in the report, which is likely to draw angry responses from the governments identified.

Following the Six Day War Concerning the rejoicing taking place at the Kosel Hamaaravi דרשת יום א’ דסליחות תשכ”זבקיץ של שנת תשכ”ז שוחרר ירושלים העתיקה מידי הערבים ושוב התאפשר ליהודים לגשת אל הכותל המערביולשפוך שיח ליד שריד בית מקדשנו בעת ההוא דיבר בקדשוכ”ק מרן הגה”ק מצאנז קלויזענבורג זי”עובכה מאין הפוגות באמרו שלעת כזאתרבתה צער גלותנו פי כמה וכמה משל לבן מלך שסרח וגורש מעל פני אביו ולאחר שנות עינוי וסבל  נתן לו אביו רשות לשוב עד איזה חורבה בסמוך לפלטרין של מלך אך אל ביתו לא יבוא ופניו לא יראה…   נ.ב. להשיג שאר הקלטות, ווידיאו’ס, מד”ת של רבינו מצאנז קלויזענבורג זי”ע, שנערכו וי”ל על ידינו נא לשלוח אימייל לכתובת: באוצר החיים: oitzerchaim@gmail.com     קורצע שטיקלעךמדרשת יום א’ דסליחות תשכ”ז צו זעהן קליקט דא

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U.S. energy consumption plummeted to its lowest level in more than 30 years this spring as the nation’s economy largely shut down because of the coronavirus, federal officials reported Wednesday. The drop was driven by less demand for coal that is burned for electricity and oil that’s refined into gasoline and jet fuel, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said. The declines were in line with lower energy usage around the globe as the pandemic seized up economies. Those trends are turning around as commercial activity resumes but the impact has already been profound — including energy companies filing for bankruptcy protection and a forecasted dip in annual U.S. and global greenhouse gas emissions. Overall U.S.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Wednesday that the viral epidemic is endangering the modest economic recovery that followed a collapse in hiring and spending this spring. As a result, he said, the Fed plans to keep interest rates pinned near zero well into the future. That faltering economy, pressured by a resurgence of the virus, has heightened the need for Congress to continue providing significant financial aid, Powell said. Members of the House and Senate are negotiating a new package but are nowhere near agreement. Senate Republicans and the White House are proposing a plan that would provide less help for unemployed Americans than they are now receiving.

The summer’s third and final mission to Mars — featuring NASA’s most elaborate life-hunting rover — is on the verge of liftoff. The rover Perseverance will follow China’s rover-orbiter combo and a United Arab Emirates orbiter, both launched last week. It will take the spacecraft seven months to reach Mars after traveling 300 million miles. Once on the surface, Perseverance will scrounge for evidence of past microscopic life in an ancient lakebed, and gather the most promising rock samples for future pickup. NASA is teaming up with the European Space Agency to return the samples to Earth around 2031. This unprecedented effort will involve multiple launches and spacecraft — and cost more than $8 billion. “We don’t know if life existed there or not.