As you know, Tuesday is Lag B’Omer a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶u̶s̶a̶n̶d̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶J̶e̶w̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶M̶e̶r̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶a̶v̶e̶n̶.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has emerged as a champion of defying stay-home orders intended to stop the coronavirus from spreading, picking up support — as well as critics — on social media. Among the supporters was President Donald Trump, who on Tuesday morning tweeted that Tesla’s San Francisco Bay Area factory should be allowed to open despite local health department orders that it stay closed except for minimum basic operations. “It can be done fast & safely,” the president tweeted, joining many of Musk’s 34 million Twitter followers who back the defiance. Among Musk’s biggest critics is California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, who used an expletive to describe the CEO after his threats to relocate his operations to Texas or Nevada.

Boeing failed to sell a single commercial airplane but saw orders for 108 planes canceled in April as a sharp drop in air travel erased any demand among airlines for new jetliners. It marked the second month this year in which Boeing received no orders, a fate that would have seemed impossible not long ago. Boeing also indicated Tuesday that it is no longer certain about completing orders for another 101 planes and dropped them from its backlog, which dropped below 5,000. Airbus said it received orders for nine planes in April, bringing its 2020 total to 299 planes after cancellations. The European plane maker said its backlog was 7,645 jets. The COVID-19 outbreak has caused global air traffic to plummet and compounded a crisis at Boeing Co.

Even as President Donald Trump urges getting people back to work and reopening the economy, an Associated Press analysis shows thousands of people are getting sick from COVID-19 on the job. Recent figures show a surge of infections in meatpacking and poultry-processing plants. There’s been a spike of new cases among construction workers in Austin, Texas, where that sector recently returned to work. Even the White House has proven vulnerable, with positive coronavirus tests for one of Trump’s valets and for Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary. The developments underscore the high stakes for communities nationwide as they gradually loosen restrictions on business. “The people who are getting sick right now are generally people who are working,” Dr.

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Harav Yehudah Aryeh Dinner, Rav of central Bnei Brak and a renowned posek, said on Tuesday in the name of Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievky that Lag B’Omer is a day that is mesugal to end the coronavirus pandemic, Kikar H’Shabbos reported. “Don’t forget what we said in the name of Harav Chaim Kanivesky that Lag B’omer is a day that is mesugal to end a mageifah,” said Rav Dinner. “It’s like what happened at the time of Rebbi Akiva, when his talmidim stopped dying [on Lag B’Omer].” “It’s written in the Rema that [Lag B’Omer] is a day of simcha. [The Rema] based this on the fact that [Rebbe Akiva’s students] stopped dying on Lag B’Omer.

In a Zoom meeting of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) last week during which they discussed issues in their communities related to the coronavirus pandemic, Dutch rabbanim described the shocking behavior of their healthcare system towards coronavirus patients over 60, Arutz Sheva reported. The head of the Amsterdam Beis Din, Rav Eliezer Wolff, and former Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam, Rav Aryeh Ralbag, said at the meeting: “[The Dutch healthcare system] doesn’t provide medical aid, certainly not ventilators, and to our great sorrow we have seen actual opposition, even in the Jewish nursing home. They don’t evacuate patients who require hospitalization, and since we were called in to help, unfortunately, we have lost another four elderly residents.

Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman on Tuesday that he is resigning from his position with the swearing-in of the new government on Thursday. “I am proud of my years as director and especially regarding coping with the coronavirus crisis,” Bar Siman-Tov wrote in his resignation letter. “I will remain [in office] for the required time to pass on the position in an organized fashion.

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com There is a viral video going around featuring an adorable two year old girl named Lily.  Lily had apparently touched the food of the family dog, Jude, and is accused of such by her mother.  The young girl vehemently denies such action on her part.  The girl is then accused by her father of touching the food and Lily denies it once again. The actions of Lily in regard to denying to both of her parent’s her touching Jude’s food bring up some interesting points in Halacha.

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