Chabadnik News
Another day of quarantine! While you are quarantined at home, don’t forget to fill out your online census. Here’s your coronavirus briefing for today: The new numbers: As of 10 a.m. this morning, there are 14,776 positive cases of the coronavirus and 131 fatalities in NYC. In Brooklyn, the number has gone up to 4,237. […]
Feeling boxed-in due to the Corona pandemic restrictions? This is for you! I’d like to share a meditation for anyone who is feeling boxed-in, whether in general, or currently due to the Corona pandemic restrictions. The meditation herein presented is based upon the Six Constant Mitzvot of the Torah.1 These six are central to Jewish […]
More than half of a group of 114 students who returned to Israel from a yeshiva near the Chabad world headquarters in New York have tested positive for coronavirus. The Hasidic students returned after the headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights neighbourhood of Brooklyn was closed for the first time ever. They were […]
Why will this Passover be different from all others? This year, the London Beth Din, or religious court, has created a list of permissible products not made under special supervision for Passover due to difficulties caused by the coronavirus crisis. The Kashrut Division of the court developed the list, titled “Product guidelines in extremis,” from […]
We are nine days into quarantine, just over two weeks before Passover, and we are busy squirreling away Passover supplies in the basement. Matzah, paper goods, pots, pans, oil . . . a veritable Passover store has sprung up in the spare bedroom. Yet, even with a houseful of goods, I cannot tell you that […]
More than one-third of the coronavirus patients whose movements the Health Ministry made public this weekend visited synagogues during the period they were presumably infectious. The ministry published the movements of 95 patients; at least 32 of them visited synagogues, yeshivas or Chabad Houses in the days preceding their diagnosis. Some of the patients are […]
he American Jewish Committee (AJC) is one of the largest advocacy groups in the world. The organization constantly fights for Jewish rights across the globe, whether it’s stopping the spread of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, or fighting for human rights. On Long Island, the AJC is spreading their message by working with local synagogues, interfaith networks […]
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – More houses of worship have moved their weekly services online in response to county and state officials requests for greater social distancing and hygiene to combat the community spread of COVID-19. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Hasbrouck Heights will be worshipping and meeting online. On Sundays, the will have a 30 minute service […]
What does Judaism say about a pandemic? What have the great Jewish sages and mystics taught throughout the ages, and what insight can we glean for our times?
Around a long, set table, the crowd of Chassidim held their breath, afraid to miss a word from Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Opatow, who sat at the table’s head, his face aflame with the words of Torah. Suddenly, Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua’s face broke into a warm smile, which widened until it crinkled his kind […]