We are embarrassed that we need to turn to you with our heartfelt plea. However, unfortunately we are much pressured for time. CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW My name is Yosef Shamilashvili. My wife and I been married for 28 years, and to our great sorrow we do not yet have any children. We are going for treatments, but the costs are extremely high, in addition to debts from previous treatments, which are greatly weighing down on us. The cost of these treatments are $ 46,000, and we have outstanding debt of $50,000 incurred from previous treatments (after selling our house to be able to cover some of the cost). I therefore turn to you my brothers יהודים רחמנים בני רחמנים Please help me with this heavy burden, so we can merit the great zechus of having children.

A total of 24 residents of the Ateret Avot nursing home in Bnei Brak were diagnosed with the coronavirus on Sunday. The coronavirus has been sweeping like wildfire in nursing homes throughout Israel and 34 of Israel’s fatalities from the coronavirus were residents of nursing homes. The 12th coronavirus patient from the Yokra assisted living facility in Yavne’el in northern Israel passed away overnight Sunday. A Be’er Sheva nursing home has recorded 13 deaths out of its 35 residents, the Migdal Nofim nursing has suffered 4 fatalities and a nursing home in Rishon L’Tzion suffered three fatalities.

President Donald Trump generated new questions about the fate of his anti-coronavirus policy team by retweeting a post that called for firing Anthony Fauci. Trump did not explicitly endorse the call to remove Fauci in his Sunday tweet, but in recirculating it, he defended himself against claims he did not act quickly enough to curb the spread of the virus that has killed thousands and led to a near-shutown of the American economy. DeAnna Lorraine, a pro-Trump congressional candidate who polled less than 2 percent in a recent open primary challenge to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., claimed in a tweet that “Fauci is now saying that had Trump listened to the medical experts earlier he could’ve saved more lives.

There are 11,235 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel, including 181 in serious condition, of whom 133 are ventilated. Israel’s youngest victim of the coronavirus, a woman in her 40s, passed away on Monday at Kaplan Hospital in Rechovot. Later on Monday, a man in his 80s passed away at Laniado Hospital in Netanya and an 85-year-old woman passed away at Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem, raising the death toll to 113. A 747 jumbo plane carrying 60 tons of medical equipment from China arrived in Israel this morning, the first of five planes scheduled to land in Israel in the next four days to bring badly needed medical equipment from China, including 12 million masks.

There is evidence that Israelis are tiring of staying inside. Traffic cameras are recording a high amount at traffic at intersections and families have been spotted taking hikes at nature reserves. Government officials fear that Israelis may become more and more undisciplined as the last day of Pesach approaches, followed by the traditional Minouma celebrations on Motzei Yom Tov, which although originally only celebrated by Morrocan and Algerian Sephardim, are widely celebrated throughout Israel with large gathering and parties. In light of the above, the government may renew the curfew put in place for the first day of Pesach, a Channel 12 News report said. Knesset MKs will be asked to approve a curfew forbidding Israelis from leaving their home from Tuesday at 5 p.m.

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com The year was 1984, and the place was Beis Midrash Gavoah in Lakewood, New Jersey.  A special day of Tefilah was established for Iosef Berenshtein, a prisoner of Soviet Russia and on trial.  His crime?  He taught Torah to children in Kiev, Russia. The Mashgiach of BMG, Rav Nosson Wachtfogel zt”l, spoke.  What he said then, can shed enormous insight into our current situation now – facing the COVID-10 virus.  These were his words: “We must know that we are davening here on behalf of a Jew who was moser nefesh for Torah – for chinuch.  His entire trial that he faces is on account of the fact that he taught Torah to children. Yisro left all the honors of the world and came to learn Torah.

This Torah article is dedicated in memory of Elisheva Kaplan a”h and Yisroel Levin z”l, whose second Yartzeit is tonight. Miss Kaplan was the author’s student. (By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) There is a minhag in many families of Klal Yisroel to avoid eating gebrochts. And yet, the Shulchan Aruch (OC 461:4) writes that one fulfills the Mitzvah of Matzoh with matzoh shruyah – gebrochts, soaked Matzah – as long as the Matzoh remains intact and whole.  This is based upon the Gemorah itself (Psachim 41a) which states the very same law. WHAT IS THE SOURCE What then is the source for the custom of avoiding Gebrochts – dipped or wetted Matzoh?

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio doubled down Sunday on his plan to close schools in the nation’s largest district for the remainder of the academic year, but Governor Andrew Cuomo says ultimately the decision lies with him. De Blasio announced Saturday that the public schools serving in the city’s 1.1 million-students would close for the rest of the academic year to curb the spread of the coronavirus. “It’s the moral question,” de Blasio said on Sunday. “What’s the right thing to do for our parents, our kids, our teachers.” But Cuomo reiterated that school closings must be coordinated with districts surrounding the city and the Tri-State area. “We are not going to open any school until it’s safe from a public health point of view.

We, Yanky’s parents, are here pleading for your help. We’re asking you to join the 1000 people who are pledging $102  so we can reach the $102k goal we need for medical expenses to help our Yanky. CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW Yanky was once a regular child, but at the age of five he fell on his head onto a hard surface, and since then he suffers from brain damage and lives in a wheelchair, with severe epilepsy and muscular dystrophy. He needs to be carried everywhere, he cannot speak and needs constant supervision by a parent, severely limiting their ability to provide parnossa for the other 12 children in the family. The Bituach Leumi only pays for part of Yanky’s care, but he still needs therapists and medications that are not included in the the Israeli National Insurance benefits.

Despite the positive drops in several key figures, New Yorkers continue to die at an alarming rate. Over the last 24 hours, a staggering 758 individuals lost their lives, marking the sixth day that the state death toll has been over 700. Cuomo said the death toll could go over 10,000 on Monday. However, he added that the total rate of hospitalizations is the best indicator that the state is flattening the curve, reiterating that in reality, the apex that had been spoken about so often, is actually a plateau. “The apex isn’t just an apex, it’s a plateau. You see that line flattening, and that’s what the experts were talking about, that it might have been a straight up and then rapid down, or it might be up to an apex, and the apex becomes a plateau,” Cuomo said.

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