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 […]
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
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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
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Mazel Dalel, 53, a Beit Shemesh mother of 9 with no preexisting medical conditions passed away from the coronavirus on Shabbos. Dalel, a resident of the Kiryah HaChareidit in Beit
Dr. Zev Zelenko is a frum doctor who treats the community of Kiryas Yoel. Now he is at the center of the worlds attention due to his novel treatment of patients with Covid-19 using the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. After publicizing his encouraging results in a short video, officials from the Trump administration, as well as […]
The United States top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the economy in parts of the country could have a rolling reentry as early as next month, provided health authorities can quickly identify and isolate people who will inevitably be infected with the coronavirus. Dr. Anthony Fauci also said he cant guarantee that it will […]
By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the coronavirus, it may already have been too late. Interviewed at Davos, a gathering of global elites in the Swiss
There are 11,145 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Israel, with 174 patients in serious conditions of whom 123 are ventilated. The condition of the 22-year-old Israeli who has been
Blood tests for the coronavirus could play a key role in deciding whether millions of Americans can safely return to work and school. But public health officials warn that the current Wild West of unregulated tests is creating confusion that could ultimately slow the path to recovery. More than 70 companies have signed up to […]
In addition to the terrible loss of life in Klal Yisrael due to the Coronavirus, the families of those affected by this magefa have also suffered the additional pain of
Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein and Met Council CEO David Greenfield today announced a last-minute partnership to provide emergency grocery needs for hard-hit needy families in the wake of COVID-19. Despite the
THe attached videos are just some of the good news that is unfortunately drowned out in the avalanche of bad news. Bichasdei Hashem, many people have been released from the
An invisible enemy is killing thousands and forcing people worldwide to cower behind closed doors. Unfounded conspiracy theories and miracle cures abound on social media. Politicians and pundits send mixed messages about how to protect yourself. Who you gonna call? As the coronavirus rampages, the public increasingly is turning to experts in academia and government […]
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The CEO of United Hatzalah, Eli Beer, has Bichasdei Hashem been taken off the ventilator at the University of Miami Hospital on Thursday, the first day of Pesach. In a
Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Hagaon HaRav Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron ZATZAL. he was 79 and was Niftar from COVID-19. In a short statement, Shaarei Tzedek Medical center says that Rav
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times We say this Aramaic text just before Pesach every year. We recite it once in the evening and again in the morning. What is behind the wording of Bitul Chometz? According to Torah law we can dispose of our Chometz before Pesach either by Biur- […]
Your kids being home all day means an increase in screen time, especially with schools themselves transitioning to online education. It also means its that much harder to control how much time your children spend on devices and what type of content they are exposed to. Children will inevitably be more bored during this period, […]
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