From Sophie a retired microbiologist
from the School of Medicine of Tel Aviv University:
Why are older people dying from Covid?
Normally when one gets a virus one produces from the lymphocytes that produce Cytokines (are a broad and loose category of small proteins
important in cell signaling. Cytokines are peptides and cannot cross the lipid
bilayer of cells to enter the cytoplasm. Cytokines have been shown to be
involved in autocrine, paracrine and endocrine signaling as immunomodulation
agents) and they turn into antibodies later on.
The problem is that the Cytokines become too numerous in the blood of elderly
people and the slower reaction to produce antibodies. The elder is smothered by
Cytokines causing an autoimmune response before the antibodies can work.
Parsha Emor
Last week we dealt with the people of
the Nation being holy. This week we start up with the holiness of all, the
Cohanim.
21:1
And the LORD said unto Moses: Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say
unto them: There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;
Although a Nazir cannot defile himself for the dead, the average
Cohain cannot. The Nazir specifically refrains from wine and coming into
contact with the dead; the Cohain is born into this level of not defiling
himself for the dead.
2
except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father,
and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother; 3 and for his
sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband, for her may
he defile himself.
These are exceptions if they day in his household for some will
die in the night when he sleeps in the room with them.
4 He
shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane
himself. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they
shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Unlike royalty, where the king or prince could attend a funeral,
the Cohain has an obligation to lead in holiness. I find Pasuk 5 a repeat of
the command given to all males of the Bnei Yisrael; however, the Cohain being
special needed a repeat of the command as perhaps he was exempt.
6
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for
the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer;
therefore, they shall be holy.
This Pasuk explains why the Cohain is singled out in holiness.
7
They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profaned; neither shall they
take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.
The Cohain should strive to marry a
virgin or a widow of the best of stock. An ordinary Jew or Levi can marry a
divorcee, a reformed woman like Rachav of Sefer Yehoshua or an enemy like a
woman from Moav and she would sire kings and eventual the Moshiach. A child or
grandchild of a Ger could eventually even marry a Cohain. Shemaya and Avtallion
were from Gerim of Sanhevriv and they were responsible for continuing our
tradition. Not to mention the background of Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef or Achilles
who gave us the Targum. Still the holiness of the Cohain stands above and he
eats Korbanos in 4th degree purity vs. 2nd degree purity
daily of an ordinary Jew. In short, like the Korban must be unblemished and the
Cohain cannot have blemishes so his wife should not have blemishes.
8
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of thy God; he shall
be holy unto thee; for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
Like Perek 19 in last week’s Parsha, the Cohain has the job of
imitating the holiness of his G-D.
9
And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot,
she profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
Why is this? The truth is that Halacha views this as a married
woman only.
10
And the priest that is highest among his brethren, upon whose head the
anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall
not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes; 11 neither shall
he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his
mother;
The Cohain Gadol is holier than the rest of the Cohanim. While an
ordinary Cohain if he feels the need can identify the body of his father,
mother, wife etc. A Cohain Gadol cannot do so but others mourn in his place for
him as mentioned in Parsha Achrei Mos.
12
neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God;
for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the
LORD. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or one
divorced, or a profaned woman, or a harlot, these shall he not take; but a
virgin of his own people shall he take to wife. 15 And he shall not profane his
seed among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him.
These laws set the standards of marriage for a Cohain much higher
than that of a Levi or Yisrael.
16
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying: Whosoever
he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not
approach to offer the bread of his God.
Why is the standard for a wife of a Cohain so high? Because they
offer up the bread of HASHEM.
18
For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind
man, or a lame, or he that hath anything maimed, or anything too long, 19 or a
man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, 20 or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or
that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones
crushed; 21 no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall
come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire; he hath a blemish;
he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
Just as the wife, seed of the Cohain shall be without a blemish;
so too the physical aspects of the Cohain has to be without a blemish.
Each sacrifice must be perfect too. This is why the Torah mentions the blemishes that are possible to disqualify the Korban.
… 32 And ye shall not profane My holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who hallow you, 33 that brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
Cohanim must remember to do everything n holiness.
23:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The appointed seasons of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My appointed seasons. 3 Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work; it is a Sabbath unto the LORD in all your dwellings.
The Torah is about to go into all the Yomim Tovim but first and foremost we start off with the holiest festive day one of special Kedusha and that is Shabbos Kodesh!
4 These are the appointed seasons of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season. 5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD'S Passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD; seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread. 7 In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work. 8 And ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days; in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.
Work is Melaches Avoda and from the 39 categories and their derivatives.
9 And the LORD spoke unto Moses saying: 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest. 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you; on the morrow after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Pay attention this is what the Korban is.
12 And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt-offering unto the LORD. 13 And the meal-offering thereof shall be two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour; and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the offering of your God; it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
We say this in our Siddur and Prayers from Pesach until Shavuos. I am prepared to count the Omer as written in the Torah:
15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the day of rest, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the waving; seven weeks shall there be complete; 16 even unto the morrow after the seventh week shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall present a new meal-offering unto the LORD.
We say each night to this point. What we bring in the ‘new’ offering is listed.
17 Ye shall bring out of your dwellings two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, for first-fruits unto the LORD. 18 And ye shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams; they shall be a burnt-offering unto the LORD, with their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. 19 And ye shall offer one he-goat for a sin-offering, and two he-lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace-offerings. 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before the LORD, with the two lambs; they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. 21 And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no manner of servile work; it is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
This section is followed by the high
holidays third Regel, Sukkos. Why are they called Regelim for 3 times a year
one must go up by foot to the chosen place which today is the Temple in
Yerushalayim. Because of the destruction, I am unable to comply.
…24:10 And the son of an Israeli woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israeli woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp. 11 And the son of the Israeli woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
I don’t know why our people can’t have internal peace but this is what happens. He used either the 4 letter name or the 72 letter name to curse.
12 And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of the LORD. 13 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 14 'Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
I once say a sign with a picture of a fish hook on it. It said, “Even a fish would not get into trouble if he kept his mouth shut.” This is one of the laws of speech with also involve 3 curses, 17 negative commands and 14 positive commands.
15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying: Whosoever curses his God shall bear his sin. 16 And he that blasphemes the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him; as well the stranger, as the home-born, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. 17 And he that smites any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
If there was warning and two witnesses as stated in Tractate Sanhedrin.
18 And he that smites a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.
He shall replace the cow, sheep or goat with another plain simple meaning.
19 And if a man maim his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him: 20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath maimed a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.
Not literally but monetary compensation.
21 And he that kills a beast shall make it good; and he that kills a man shall be put to death.
A repeat of the above for emphasis or the conclusion of this section. Note this is not manslaughter and we see the cases and the laws in Sefer Devarim.
22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for the home-born; for I am the LORD your God.'
Stranger means Ger Toshav and the Ger Tzeddek is as the home-born.
23 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and they brought forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
All these laws were stated on Sinai with the law of a person who curses G-D.
From
Illegal Immigrant to Orthodox Jew by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
How Hernandez gained his freedom – and became an Orthodox Jewish convert – is a fascinating story. Aish.com spoke with Hernandez from his home in California, and with his son Yehuda who is currently studying at Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem.
Hernandez was born and raised in Guatemala where he enjoyed the modest lifestyle of an elementary school teacher. He considered himself fortunate not to be one of the many thousands of Guatemalan field hands who endure backbreaking jobs and squalid living conditions to earn a few pesos a day.
One day in 1992, Hernandez’s friend announced his intent to cross the border into Mexico, where the value of pesos was triple that of Guatemala. “We’ll work, make some money, and then come back,” the friend said.
The Guatemala-Mexico border was infamous as a passageway for migrant workers and military grade weaponry like the RPGs favored by Mexican drug cartels. Hernandez, then age 20, agreed to go along with the plan. “It was easy to cross the border, so why not?” he says.
In the dark of night, Hernandez and his friend snuck across the Mexican border. They found their way to a southern Mexican coastal town, Pesqueria La Gloria, where they obtained Mexican ID papers. After a few months, Hernandez had earned enough pesos and was ready to return to life in Guatemala. But on the urging of his friend, they moved to Mexico City “in order to make more pesos, while settling in an extremely dangerous neighborhood.”
Soon, Hernandez’s friend revealed his original plan: to move onward to the land of unlimited opportunity, the United States of America.
Hernandez was content to stay in Mexico, but eventually agreed to the plan and found himself on a 3-day bus ride to the U.S.-Mexico gateway: Tijuana. En route, they were stopped twice by Mexican immigration officials who checked their IDs and sent them onward.
Once in Tijuana, Hernandez and his friend arranged to pay "coyotes" to help smuggle them across the border. In a coordinated process involving many operatives, they were placed in a safe-house near the border and waited patiently while the coyotes monitored the movements of the U.S. border patrol – in search of a safe opportunity to cross.
In preparation, the coyote running the safe-house surprised Hernandez and his friend by adding another condition: Once smuggled into the U.S., they’d need to pay $300 each for their “freedom.”
“My friend had an aunt in the U.S.,” Hernandez explains. “The coyote phoned her and she promised to pay the fee. But I didn’t have anyone, so I figured I’d just stay in Mexico.”
The next morning, while Hernandez waited in the safe-house, a group of 10 migrants tried to “run the beach” – venturing out into the water and past the metal barriers that extend into the Pacific.
The U.S. border patrol pushed them back to Mexico. That night, the group tried a second time – and again failed to cross the border. The coyote began investigating what might be causing this string of bad luck. After interrogating Hernandez’s friend, the coyote concluded: “It’s because you abandoned your friend here.” The next night, they took Hernandez along – and crossed the border easily.
Hernandez and the group were brought to Los Angeles and placed in a safe-house that doubled as a drug den. “Everyone had somebody to pay the $300, so they were all quickly released,” Hernandez says. “But with no one to pay for me, I was confined to one room of the safe-house. I sat there in squalid conditions, day after day, for many weeks, basically imprisoned.”
In the wake of the 1992 LA race riots (spurred by the Rodney King verdict), President George H.W. Bush ordered an immigration raid on Hernandez’s neighborhood. As federal marshals checked house to house, Hernandez worried he’d be deported back to Mexico. Yet the raids turned out to be a blessing in disguise: The coyotes wanted to empty the safe-house and were under pressure to get him out.
“I had no money and no family, so the coyotes called my friend’s aunt and pressured her to help. Eventually, her husband offered $175 to set me free. He told the coyotes: ‘Either take the money or send him back to Mexico. I don’t really care.’”
Hernandez gets pensive and chuckles. “$175. That’s all my life was worth.”
Once free, Hernandez settled into a neighborhood densely populated by Guatemalan immigrants. “Every morning, I would go out and wait near the local Home Depot,” he says. “People would come and hire me for a few hours.”
Hoping for a better future, Hernandez’s break came when his friend’s family in Orange County, 60 minutes south of LA, offered them a place to stay. There, while attending English classes, he met a Mexican woman who had walked across the border easily in 1989. They got married, and after having two boys, became involved in a Christian-Messianic church that incorporated various Jewish traditions.
In 1999, they were expecting their third child. Inspired by the Jewish teachings he heard at church, Hernandez promised God: “If it’s a boy, I will give him a circumcision.”
Indeed it was a boy, and in 2000, Hernandez found himself at a Judaica store on Pico Boulevard in LA, staring at an advertisement for a mohel, Rabbi Yehuda Lebovics. “I called and told him that we don’t have enough money, but he agreed to do it for whatever we could pay,” Hernandez recounts. “When he came to do the bris and realized we’re not Jewish, he did it anyway, without saying the blessings.”
The bris of Yehudah Hernandez, 2000: Ezra with the LA
mohel, Rabbi Yehuda Lebovics
Hernandez was so moved
by the mohel’s generosity and compassion that he gave his new son the mohel’s
name: Yehuda.In Orange County, Hernandez found steady work as a welder. Time went by and someone gave him a Sefardic Siddur. From this Siddur, Hernandez taught himself to read Hebrew. “I discovered the beautiful morning blessings,” he says. “With every prayer, I felt closer to God.”
Hernandez taught his three sons to read Hebrew and together they shared a budding interest in Judaism as the path to connect with God. At the church, they asked many questions and received unsatisfactory answers.
In 2009, a friend whom they’d known from the Christian-Messianic church – who’d converted to Orthodox Judaism – invited the Hernandez family to attend a Simchat Torah celebration at Beth Jacob of Irvine, led by Rabbi Yisroel Ciner.
“I was moved by the incredibly joyous dancing,” Hernandez says. “I was called up for an aliyah to the Torah, but I told them I’m not Jewish. I asked Rabbi Ciner to give us opportunity to learn more, and he helped us with patience and kindness.”
Beth Jacob – known as a melting pot of immigrants from South Africa, Argentina, Turkey, Mexico, China, Morocco, etc. – welcomed the Hernandez family (along with their youngest, a daughter) into the community.
The family resolved to convert to Judaism, yet in their quest to find their place in the world, one major obstacle loomed: Hernandez was an illegal immigrant.
Hernandez heard about a federal program that allowed migrants from Guatemala and Central America to apply for political asylum and receive permanent U.S. residency status in the form of a Green Card. The application process takes years and in many cases is denied.
Hoping to resolve his status, Hernandez visited a lawyer who entered the information from his original Mexican work permit into the computer. The result gave Hernandez a shock: An order had been issued nearly 20 years earlier for his deportation.
“That was one of the most difficult days of my life,” he says. “All those years, I was unaware that the immigration authorities were looking for me. I was lucky because I hadn’t been careful.”
Hernandez hired a lawyer for $10,000 who gave him a 50-50 chance of becoming legal. “The situation was extremely stressful and I begged God to help. Here I was with a household of six and at risk of deportation.”
A breakthrough came when the lawyer found the original deportation order sent to Hernandez in 1993. The recipient is supposed to sign the letter verifying receipt, but Hernandez never signed it. So he went to court and convinced a judge to erase the deportation order, clearing the way to apply for political asylum.
Hernandez had the support and letter of recommendation from the rabbi and other members of the synagogue. But the legal process dragged on, with judges deferring a decision on his status – leaving the Hernandez family in despair.
One night, Hernandez dreamed that the court had signed the papers granting him permanent residency. “One week later, my Green Card was approved,” he says. “Miraculously, I was now legal in the U.S.”
One of the first things Hernandez did was travel to Guatemala to visit his father, whom he hadn’t seen in nearly 25 years. At the airport, border patrol agents checked his fingerprints and pulled him over to the side. “I knew something was wrong,” Hernandez says. “The system showed that I’d been deported. Fortunately, I had the papers to prove otherwise.”
Meanwhile, the family’s Jewish journey had stalled. All of Hernandez’s money had gone to paying lawyers to resolve his immigration status, and with America mired in a recession, finances were tight. Moving into Irvine’s Orthodox neighborhood – a prerequisite for conversion – was not an option.
Hernandez continued to stay connected by driving to synagogue every Shabbat, reading Jewish books, and praying from the Siddur. But it wasn’t enough. He recalls driving home one Saturday after synagogue: “Right there on the freeway, I cried out to God: ‘I can’t do this anymore!’ There was a fire burning inside and I wanted to convert.”
In 2017, economic circumstances improved and the Hernandez family moved into the Jewish neighborhood. They immediately began the conversion process with the Beit Din of Rabbi Moshe Hafuta, driving every Sunday to Los Angeles for classes. (The two older sons opted not to convert.)
In the spring of 2018, a few days before Passover, they drove up to Los Angeles for a final meeting with the Beit Din. They answered a round of questions and dunked in the mikveh. Hernandez was now Ezra, his wife was now Chana Leah… and Yehuda was the rare Jewish convert who didn’t need a new name.
Back in Orange County, Ezra and Chana Leah remarried under the chuppah and Rabbi Ciner hosted a celebratory feast, amidst great tears of joy.
In January 2020, after completing his sophomore year of college, Yehudah Hernandez arrived in Israel to study at the Aish HaTorah yeshiva. Today, he and 80 other yeshiva students are riding out coronavirus in the Old City of Jerusalem – living and studying in one of the few yeshivas in the world functioning today. The students abide by strict health regulations; a limit of 10 people are allowed in the study hall at one time and the yeshiva has created a number of small study halls to accommodate everyone, and the students are not even permitted to visit the Western Wall, just outside their window.
Yehuda is enjoying a deep dive into the world of Talmud, Hebrew ulpan, and Jewish law. Next year, he plans to return to the U.S. and complete a degree in business administration.
In this amazing true story, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen next.
This year 9 women have been murdered! 5
since the Corona Quarantine!
Keeping Your Marriage Strong during
Quarantine by Slovie Jungreis Wolff
This has been a straining time for many couples.
Crisis can bring out the best or worst in people. Living together 24/7, many in
small spaces, with emotional and financial stress along with the fear of the
unknown can give even the best relationships a whack.
Add kids, teens, housework, and homeschooling to the
mix and it becomes easy to see the heavy toll this may be taking. Before Covid-19
we had a built-in breather – getting out to work, kids going to school,
socializing with friends and extended family, but now we are left to spend days
and nights constantly together. Many are frustrated and in a negative zone. (I
am of course speaking to couples in this piece who were not in a severely
dysfunctional relationship and seeking help before this situation).
How can we successfully navigate
these days as couples?
1 Focus on needs and goals
Though we may be a couple, it does not mean that we
see every situation eye to eye. One may see catastrophe looming, the other may
see no big deal. We can be in the same situation and have completely different
views. Our unique perspective can bring us to conflicting places.
In order to keep our relationship strong, now is the
time to remove confusion and identify needs.
Voice needs. If we need a partner to hear our views,
to take health concerns more seriously, or to lighten up a bit so that we don’t
fall into anxiety, then we should have a conversation and express ourselves.
Living together under quarantine also means that
there is a lot more responsibility in the home. Instead of becoming frustrated
and going into resentment mode, talk about how we will both be accountable.
Divide the checklist. Consider each other’s schedules.
Who cooks? Who takes out the trash? Who does the
laundry and then puts it away? If we have children living at home, there is no
reason that they not be a part of this conversation. Too many parents have told
me that they feel sorry for their kids now, or that their children are
sleeping, eating, snacking, constantly online, and then going to bed at
ridiculous hours. It’s time to take back our homes with wisdom and guidance.
This is what parenting is all about.
2 Create a Personal Space
Space is not just about a floor plan; it is also
mental space. We each need room for reflection, quiet, work, exercise and down
time. Just because I am asking for alone time does not mean that I don’t love
you or want to be with you. It means that unwinding and finding self-time is
healthy for us both.
Think about providing both physical and emotional
space. If you live in tight quarters, can you set up a screen and a desk? Can
you figure out a schedule so that both parents are not ‘on’ all day?
Getting into some sort of routine makes us feel as if
we have regained some control and safety. Voice your feelings in a calm,
private conversation. If we each carve out some alone time and create a
schedule, we will feel less antagonistic and overwhelmed.
3 Practice Kindness
In times of stress it becomes easy to say and do
things that we regret. Kindness falls away without our realizing that we have become
hardened. We over react. We take each other for granted. We forget ‘please’,
‘thank you’, and ‘would you like me to warm a slice of pizza for you, too?’
Go out of your way to be kind to your spouse. Give a
good word, encouraging thought, a hug, even a smile is considered kindness.
Express gratitude for the little things that become overlooked. Hold back from
becoming that critical person. Don’t attack, belittle, and call names and
shame. Yes, this is true for all times but especially now it becomes more vital
to remember.
Don’t grow selfish. When you do for yourself, do for
your spouse, too. This includes making your bed, a hot cup of coffee or a
midafternoon snack. Not because you are counting on ‘payback’ but simply
because you are kind. If you see that your spouse is down be extra sensitive.
Use humor to lift spirits, be positive, forgive, apologize, stop blaming and
find a way to express ‘I love you, we will make it through this’.
4 Find a new way of connecting
Stop checking the news all day. No devices or corona
conversation at meal times. Enough! Ha a news addict like
myself who eats during the news some things may or may not work but that is her
advice. Probably good but know thyself.
Transform this challenge into an opportunity. If you
would have been asked: What would you do if you had free time together with
your spouse? What would have been your response? Well, now you have it! Go for
it!
Think about these days as a segue towards connection.
Take the corona challenge. Rethink priorities, values and lifestyle. All those
things you thought you needed have fallen away by the wayside. Now it’s just
you and your spouse. What can you do together to bond more? Even if you have
kids at home you must find the time and place for privacy. Create meaning in
your days. Take an online Torah class together. Cook a meal, bake a dessert
together. See the world online and plan a future vacation. Take a walk (safely
of course). Put on music. Paint. Take an exercise class online. Do whatever it
is that you love and do it together. Create an at home date night.
This is your chance to get creative. Turn darkness
into light, bring joy home and use this time together to
find peace with one another.
Ukrainian Priest, a righteous gentile. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279552
Nazi Officer who saved hundreds of Jews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-vm8Inq5ts
Yeshiva Boy dies while helping others. https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/featured/1856657/tragedy-bochur-from-monsey-rl-killed-in-hi-and-run-in-arizona-while-making-kiddush-hashem.html/
Pesach Sheni this year a real celebration. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279865
From Barbara M. OR Cowboy catches thief. https://vimeo.com/370138066?ref=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR2S7wPzSUtu8ejQZxrLlgZmpLD82-48pPJkL7cFOGmsPwrlFscmH8mDYuI
Rosh Yeshiva passes away old age? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279761
Inyanay Diyoma
Kim appears in public for the first time in weeks. https://www.foxnews.com/world/north-korea-pictures-kim-jong-un-alive
US has plans in case something goes haywire in N.
Korea. https://www.foxnews.com/world/oplan-5029-north-korea-nuclear-weapons-kim-jong-un
China covering up Covid19 research. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/five-eyes-dossier-chinese-coronavirus-coverup-u-s-findings
Finally NYT calls for DNC to investigate Biden. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ny-times-dnc-investigation-biden
Corona patients on respirators rise to 84. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279546
Boris Johnson names baby. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/498223
Disorganized opening of schools not good for
parents, industry or teachers. Next week, my daughter having 35 or 36 children
in her kindergarten has to teach two day classes to 33% of the children and
rotate as she works five days while the normal Gan operates six days. Some
parents vow to keep their children home and my daughter is keeping her third
grader home so as not to be a laboratory rabbit from the Hebrew. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279520
Former health director would not send his children
back to school. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279511
Women injured by terrorist released. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279533
Ed-Op Yemeni High Court’s Imperialism. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/SyW11xG7YL
Ed-Op Dr. Sherman the left newspaper that went too
far. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/25635
Sea of Galilee approaches full. https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/HkDPlyiYU
Synagogues in German to reopen. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279527
Not many commercial flights but burial flights. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/SkrBac5FU
Can High Court cancel Constitutional Law? https://www.debka.com/can-high-court-disqualify-netanyahu-invalidate-his-coalition-deal-with-gantz/
Putin has demands of Assad. https://www.debka.com/putin-to-assad-syrias-prime-economic-assets-are-russias-due/
IDF Intelligence continues to work on Corona. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279570
Gyms to open mid-month. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1S6Hm2YU
Protests for freedom turn antisemitic. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryL11a72FI
Health Min. the other side of the graph. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/4J537W7R0
Seeing grandkids again soon gyms. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/BJ0Fgd3FU
Court taking over Legislature & Executive
Branches. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ByzcRJ2YU
Trump – Vaccine by end of year. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279623
Bill to prevent terrorist supporter MKs. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279613
Louisiana Synagogues torched. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279608
Tomb of Patriarchs renovation. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279604
Sudanese infiltrators via Hezballah! https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279575
ADL Charedim are scapegoats. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279571
Syria claims another attack. https://www.rt.com/news/487768-syria-missile-attack-aleppo/
Covid restrictions eased in Israel back to the gym
soon. https://www.debka.com/netanyahu-sweeping-steps-for-easing-coronavirus-restrictions/
Death projections in USA high. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279684
Why US Jews hit hard vs. Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279683
Dutch King acknowledges his grandfather’s mistake. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279693
Health in Israel improves. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rJe131RtU
3 arrested 3 detained in plot on wardens. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279664
Suicide attempts in quarantine hotels. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279656
Time for override law vs. interference of court. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279667
Teacher found to have Virus. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279651
Intel purchases Israeli Start-up. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279688
Jihad tries to sop Gaza Deal. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ByjmraJc8
Kinneret 4.3 inches from top. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279759
Ambassador US will recognize sovereignty. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279757
Political Correctness Community
Standards Censor appoints a freedom of speech commission Facebook Jail. What a
sham! Funny elsewhere nobody needs such a commission. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279804
Vegas antisemitism. https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/05/07/las-vegas-woman-charged-in-antisemitic-stalking-case-allegedly-called-neighbors-jewish-pigs/
Iran still obsessed with Israel. https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/05/07/iran-regime-pledges-annual-quds-day-urging-israels-destruction-will-go-ahead-despite-coronavirus/?utm_content=news1&utm_medium=daily_email&utm_campaign=email&utm_source=internal/
Somebody or people going to jail big time as former
National Security Advisor is cleared of all charges. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279874
Ed-Op Ben Yishai Iran has no plans to leave Syria. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/BkrpC6AY8
Health Ministry needs money for hospitals. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/B1AaXJg9I
72 MK’s nominate Netanyahu. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279855
Israel sees a small rise in Corona. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/A62SXQGFC
Hamas denies progress for exchange. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1EER00b5I
Acclaimed Cellist and Japanese saved 6,000. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279808
Biden praises PLO and Two State Solution. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279817
Good Shabbos, enjoy Pesach Sheni, the
make-up Passover, and happy Lag B’ Omer,
Rachamim Pauli
