“Why Am I Stuck At Home?”
An excerpt from a Shiur given by Rabbi Naftali Silberberg on Shaar Yichud V’Emunah tackles the question “Why Am I Stuck At Home During This Virus Outbreak?”
JEM: The 27th of Adar
Chof Zayin Adar, marks 28 years from when the Rebbe suffered a stroke, while at the Ohel — resting place of the Frierdiker Rebbe. One day prior, on Sunday 26 Adar, the Rebbe stood on his feet for several hours greeting thousands of people, handing each a dollar bill, a piece of advice, or a blessing.
Crown Heights Hatzalah Coronavirus Survey
With scant information on the extent and scope of the coronavirus that has hit Crown Heights, Hatzalah is asking that each community member fill out the form below to help them better understand and track the virus.
Picture of the Day
The hospitals of New York City are already beginning to feel the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the Governors requirement foe each hospital to increase its bed compacity by at least 50%, many hospitals have taken to erecting outdoor tents to handle the extra load. Maimonides Hospital, a staple hospital for the Crown Heights Jewish community, erected three large tents, this one outside its main entryway to triage arriving patients and facilitate intake.
Chof Zayin Adar, Memoirs Of A Chossid
Rabbi Mendy Katz, from Miami Florida, writes an emotional memoir of his experiences of the events surrounding Chof Zayin Adar.
HasidX New Releases Two Singles
New Chabad Nigunim project, HasidX, just released their first two singles, “Tzoma Lecha Nafshi” and “Ki Anu Amecha”. HasidX features traditionally sung Chabad Nigunim over an EDM arrangement, fused with Mediterranean flavor.
A Crown Heights Rav Calls For Daily Tehillim, Sets Monday As Day of Prayer
Rabbi Yeshaya Braun, a member of the Beis Din of Crown Heights, published a request for all members of the Crown Heights Jewish community to say Tehillim each day in an effort to combat the virus plaguing our community. He also noted that Monday, Chof Zayin Adar would be marked as a day of Prayer.
San Diego Chabad Centers Pool Resources To Provide Spiritual Sustenance
Twenty five Chabad Centers around San Diego are working non-stop to help ease the spiritual and humanitarian crisis that is evolving around the COVID-19 virus. The centers have pooled their resources and assembled vast resources of virtual classes for all levels of scholarship and age groups.
Special Story: Everything Changed Nothing Changed
As we all are somewhat shocked at how everything somehow became upended so suddenly, this Shabbos as I was thinking about it, I remembered the following story as Rabbi Avraham Barnetzky related to me.
Trump orders National Guard, building of medical facilities in NY, Calif., Wash.
President Trump on Sunday said the National Guard had been activated in New York, California and Washington and that the federal government would provide additional resources to help those states combat the coronavirus.
BDE: Rabbi Yehuda Refson, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Yehuda Refson OBM, a veteran Chabad Shliach in Leeds England. He passed away Sunday night, the 27th of Adar, 5780 after contracting the COVID-19 virus.
Baby Boy!
Yaakov Yosef and Chaya Raskin (Huntington Village, Long Island)
65 Chabad Bochurim Diagnosed with Coronavirus After Returning To Israel
65 out of 114 Chabad bochurim who came from the US and were staying at the Dan Jerusalem Hotel, a designated Coronavirus hotel, were diagnosed with COVID-19.
Video of the Day
During this trying time, Sunday was marked with an unusual amount of Simchas. Thirteen weddings took place in small ceremonies throughout the day, and one decided to share their joy with the community by driving through the streets, allowing every person to say Mazal Tov.
COVID-19 Update for the Crown Heights Community #8
A eighth update of guidelines for the Crown Heights Jewish community has been published with new recommendations from the CDC as well as reminders for measures that will keep Crown Heights safe.
8:00pm: Coronavirus – Letter From Milan: How Can We Hold On?
The topics in this week’s 301st episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: Coronavirus: Letter From Milan: How Can We Hold On? Where Is G-d in All of This? Why Is It Happening These Days – the Most Joyous and Liberating Time of the Year? Who Do We Turn to Today for Answers? What Is Our Responsibility When a Plague Breaks Out? If We Follow All the Health Guidelines and Also Say Tehillim Are We Guaranteed Not to Get the Virus? How Do We Balance Caution and Positivity? How Did Our Leaders Respond to Epidemics in the Past? How Can Isolation Be Seen in a Positive Light?
Bochurim Breaking Into 770 After Its Closure
770 To Be Patrolled For Closure Compliance, Marshalls To Make Arrests
In an escalation on enforcing the closure orders made by the state and city, 770 Eastern Parkway will be patrolled, and arrests made, for anyone breaking the closure and congregation restrictions put in place to combat the COVID-19 virus.
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