Miami Braces For Coronavirus Outbreak, Declares Visiting For Pesach Prohibited
by CrownHeights.info
Miami is the Spring Break City, but now, its trying to be a ghost town.
In a letter addressed to the Jewish community across the Unites States, Miami Hatzalah, Doctors and Rabbonim came together to prohibit those looking to come for Pesach from coming.
“The Florida health care system is currently overburdened and an influx of new patients can lead to deaths. In addition to being a chillul Hashem, we have a Halachic requirement to keep our communities safe.”
With the strong letter, the Miami Jewish community is hoping to bypass what has occured in the New York City Jewish communities, a mass outbreak of Coronavirus.
Miami is especially at risk for the virus as it houses a large elderly population, and does not have the extensive medical capabilities of New York City.
Read the text of the letter below:
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23 Adar, 5780
March 19, 2020
Urgent Community Warning
To all those from out of state considering spending Pesach here in Florida:
It’s Halachically prohibited and medically irresponsible to come for Pesach.
The Florida health care system is currently overburdened and an influx of new patients can lead to deaths. In addition to being a chillul Hashem, we have a Halachic requirement to keep our communities safe.
If you choose to come anyways, jeopardizing the lives of many in Florida, you must quarantine for 14 days. This means no leaving the house, no excursions, no beach, no pool, no restaurants, etc.
Please be informed: Our local Shuls, organizations, Chabad Houses, or Kosher establishments will not be able to accommodate you for davening, mikvah, meals, tickets to parks or similar.
Wishing everyone a kosher, happy and healthy Pesach!
Jonathan S. Auerbach, MD
Critical Care Medicine
Ronny Aquinin, MD
Internal and Hospital Medicine
Palliative/Hospice Medicine
Ari Ciment, MD FCCP
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach
Gershon Fink DO, EMT-P
Medical Director, Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Avi Z. Rosenberg MD, PhD
Yekutiel Sandman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, FIU College of Medicine
Assistant Chair Dept. of Surgery, Baptist Hospital of Miami
Aaron Uryash, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology
Pearlman Biomedical Research Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Roy E. Weiss, MD, PhD
Professor | Chairman
Department of Medicine – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Daniel Wolfson, MD
Gastroenterologist, Attending Physician
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Aventura, Kindred Hospital Hollywood
Rabbi Donald Bixon,
Beth Israel Congregation, Miami Beach
Rabbi Yisroel Brusowankin
Chabad at Waterways, Aventura
Rabbi Edward Davis
Rabbi Emeritus, Young Israel, Hollywood
Rabbi Tzvi Dechter
Chabad of North Broward Beaches
Rabbi Sholom Ber Dubov
Chabad of Greater Orlando
Rabbi David Elmaleh
Hechal Shalom Or Oziel, Surfside
Rabbi Yisroel Edelman
Young Israel of Deerfield Beach
Rabbi Pinchas Ezagui
Chabad of Greater Daytona
Rabbi Laivi Forta
Aventura Chabad
Rabbi Yisroel Frankfurter
Jewish Educational Leadership Institute, Miami Beach
Rabbi Yosef Galimidi
Beit Edmond J. Safra Synagogue, Aventura
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
Boca Raton Synagogue
Rabbi Moshe Gruenstein
Young Israel of Bal Harbour
Rabbi Meir Moshe Haber
Young Israel of Sunny Isles
Rabbi Daniel Hadar
Temple Moses Sephardic Congregation of Florida
Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Janowski
Yeshiva Elementary School
Rabbi Alexander Kaller
Chabad Russian Center of S. Florida, Sunny Isles Beach
Rabbi Yosef Konikov
Chabad of South Orlando
Rabbi Zvi Konikov
Chabad of the Space & Treasure Coasts, Satellite Beach
Rabbi Benjy Korf
Lubavitch Educational Center
Rabbi Gavriel Koskas
Magen David Congregation, Surfside
Rabbi Aron Lieberman
Synagogue of Inverrary – Chabad, Lauderhill
Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar
The Shul
Rabbi Avrohom Lipszyc
The Jewish Center – Chabad of North Miami
Rabbi Yossi Marlow
Bais Menachem of NMB
Rabbi Yair Massri
Shaare Ezra Sephardic Congregation, Miami Beach
Rabbi Moshe Rabin
Rohr Bais Chaya Academy, Coral Springs
Rabbi Mendel Rosenfeld
Lubavitch Aventura South
Rabbi Mendy Rosenfeld
Chabad of Lake Worth
Rabbi Leibel Schapiro
Bais Menachem, Miami Beach
Rabbi Kopel Silberberg
Chabad Jewish Center of Tamarac
Rabbi Yehoshua Sova
Shaare Ezra Sephardic Congregation, Miami Beach
Rabbi Yosef Weinstock
Young Israel, Hollywood
Rabbi Yaakov Zucker
Chabad Key West – Florida Keys
Rabbi Yitzy Zweig
Talmudic University of Florida
