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Dear Common,
I posed the question about davening at home, and was told Kol Hakovod! The Rosh Yeshivos and Rabbonim who have very busy schedules daven in private often. Those that deem it a serious risk will still daven at home. There is not much to say. Many shuls are not as beneficial as they should be. But what is there to do? Maybe we could daven.

It seems that poorer countries have better numbers than wealthier countries.

My siblings in EY told me, that people there cooperate because there is a greater sense of responsibility. When the one who are at risk are your brothers, you are happy to stay inside.

Dear Bk,
This thread was not started by the left/media at large. The point of the thread was never clarified. I think it was leadership, not politics. How is there a double standard in this post?

Come on everybody!
We could discuss each Governor’s policy. We cannot discuss the President’s. Because there is none. He keeps moving on to something else. Bush had his popularity soar (like 85%) after 9/11. Trump wasted an easy chance to win reelection in a landslide. He never acts like a leader. That may be a good thing. But people get frustrated by a lack of leadership during a crisis. This is not about policy or politics. Leave Coumo out. He is leading 5 states right now. Trump is leading 0. I am not saying Coumo is better for it, put it does seem like the President does not get it. [If he does, it is a golden opportunity for him.] Please try to understand the point before making it political.

Dear Silent,
Left wing modern orthodoxy is also mainstream. Otherwise, remove the wing. Radical left modern orthodoxy is not mainstream. Radical means extreme.

Dear Hachareidy,
Why is this a reason to be silent? It is probably worth repeating.

Dear Health,
Okay, but your (mine and anyone else’s too) idea of established values is a minority in every aspect, when compared to politics or society at large. Why would you care if Mr. Biden or President Trump line up with your values, your still the same one opinion?
Not okay. This definition is based on allowing societies to develop their traditions according to their own beliefs. Therefore, Conservatism is far, far more introverted than extroverted.
Same idea, different phrase. Why should someone from a different society believe in these values?

Dear Milhouse,
This is confusing. I will write as if you made these points.If I got you wrong, just assert your opinion.
1) Who could more truthfully claim “I am the state”, Charles V or Donald Trump? (Slight spoiler alert the President has made the point without saying it.)
2) What matters is if he is a legal king. Therefore a puppet king is also a king. A president with vast powers is not. I do not think that would hold up to an inquiry of our Torah sources.
3) Because the law allows it, the advice in Mishlei does not apply. WOW!!! I could think of many reasons not to do things that are lawful.

The main is always relative to what the extremes of the stream appears to be. When standing on the head is no longer considered extreme, it becomes mainstream.

However, sponsored content are deemed essential. Migrant workers were brought in from Honduras to fill in for the sick.

Dear Little,
Agreed.
Dear Milhouse,
Feel free? A lot of comments here do not care for personal accountability.

And to Reb Eliezer too. From an historical perspective, President Trump is as wealthy and as powerful as just about any king mentioned in TaNaCh. Even puppet kings have the din of a melech.

Dear Jersey,
Forget the news. Do the math. From a geographic perspective the only country worse off is Russia. Even Europe as a whole is better off.

Dear Milhouse,
That is an extremely liberal interpretation of justice.

Dear Jersey,
Which news outlet one follows does not matter here., It only matters if they cannot do math themselves. Take any official count, and tell us how this country is in good shape. Additionally, a lot of the testing is reactive, not proactive. (There is still no cohesive plan how to test and track cases.) Factor in the geography of the various hot spots, and the country as a whole is in a really bad spot. It seems like it is up to regional groups. (Like the northeast Governors joining together. The Great Lake Region and the Pacific Coast States.) Or each Governor for themeself.

Dear Defend,
Being blunt or sharp, is not an indicator of hate. Lack of patience, maybe. An attempt to highlight the point, likely.

Dear Joseph,
Is that an opinion? Rhetoric? Sarcasm? Why do I always feel like I am missing the joke? If we want to talk sensibly about the pandemic, we should reference scientists, not politicians.

Dear Pekak,
Exactly! Success in this endeavor, is incidental. Not recurring, throughout the ages. And definitely not through out the land. But to say only one of these matches in my ancestry was successful, is a bit harsh.

Dear Health,
Please tell me where this comes from. Very few conservative thinkers write about these topics. (Why? Maybe because they are true conservatives? It is a vexing question!) If you are a liberal, than universalism is at or near the center of your worldview. Therefore, liberals are always getting caught up in what others are practicing or preaching. Hence, The common hypocrisy. For a conservative, universalism is peripheral or non-existent. There is no automatic reason to fight anyone else’s worldview. I do not mean to call you a liberal, but why is any of this important to you.

Two years ago I read a court decision about freedom of religion in a private community. It was not discussing gatherings, but it seemed like they could ban them. Because they want everyone to use/rent the social hall.

Dear London,
Rav Chaim is a very special yid. I would not talk about him. But, if we go by seforim, It is not even in the top ten of today’s authors in vast Torah knowledge.

Dear Joseph,
The Guy had lice.

Dear Health,
Who cares what they do? Welcome to genuine conservatism.

OOOPS! There is no one left to invite you. All the conservatives have joined the liberals, in assessing viewpoints of other people’s outlook. A true conservative sticks his own view to his own outlook. And he sticks it to himself.

This is why there should be (At this point, have been.) no minyanim at all. They were getting into trouble the whole time, and did not have the proper morals to act respectfully. If all the leaders would have said no minyanim now we have to focus on other things, the outliers would clearly be outsiders.

After what happened last night, some people need to be reminded that human dignity precedes human rights.

Dear Kluger,
Walmart management would have wanted the clerk to put it back on the shelf. Laziness/lack of intelligence is why they threw it out. But either way, your thinking is completely irrational. If someone would steal the a/c that would be stealing. If someone pays for it and keeps it, the store has money. When the item is returned the store does not have the money, the customer does. That money was rightfully earned by the store. The customer reclaiming it without deserving it, is theft. That is not based on policy, it is common law. I have not found anything resembling your rational in Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, or Kant. The onus of reason is on you to show your ‘rationality’.

Dear Gadol,
I think I agree with that part. But, to say a breakoff minyan is covered by 100 percent entitlement is a little bit mean.