Author Topic: Corona virus and your shul (Read 452090 times)

avromie7 · « **Reply #340 on:** March 18, 2020, 02:44:57 PM »

Quote from: Yonah on March 18, 2020, 02:42:50 PM

So then what is the president in charge of? Kiddush?

Operations & Finance. The rav owns the shteibel, so he has all the power.

chevron · « **Reply #341 on:** March 18, 2020, 03:30:34 PM »

https://youtu.be/el_KvY40RYg

How do we get one of those animated videos made? The ones that explain in simple science terms how this epidemic works and how spreading it and not staying home will cause untold numbers to die

Luvisrael · « **Reply #342 on:** March 18, 2020, 03:38:17 PM »

Quote from: Sam Finkelstein on March 18, 2020, 08:18:20 AM

From the Shul next door:

They are opening a new “bein hazmanim” minyan for Shacharis and Mincha. They do ask that you soap your hands on the way in and only come if you’re 100% fine. I imagine it will be rather crowded and the regulations not adhered to.

Also, they are serving as an off-site classroom for a local school that was forced to close. They must still see it as only a legal inconvenience, as opposed to a measure designed to save lives.

Disclaimer: I would still go to shul if there was a proper protocol in place.

If it’s true that your lost contagious when you are asymptomatic , it’s absolutely ridiculous to say come “if your %100 fine”

Mootkim · « **Reply #343 on:** March 18, 2020, 04:51:45 PM »

Kol Aryeh in Lakewood closed.

israshot · « **Reply #344 on:** March 18, 2020, 06:52:14 PM »

https://www.facebook.com/100019041437153/posts/544376542873722/
Filmed in Créteil, France.
מי כעמך ישראל!

stooges44 · « **Reply #345 on:** March 18, 2020, 08:05:31 PM »

Listen to this! R' Noach Isaac Oelbaum

https://soundcloud.com/user-659614314/r-oelbaum-covid-19-shuls/s-QVCQD6fCe74

ExGingi · « **Reply #346 on:** March 18, 2020, 10:21:48 PM »

As of this evening Beis Din of Crown Heights ordered all outdoor minyanim to cease. Everyone should daven at home.

RewardsAddict · « **Reply #347 on:** March 18, 2020, 10:23:09 PM »

Quote from: ExGingi on March 18, 2020, 10:21:48 PM

As of this evening Beis Din of Crown Heights ordered all outdoor minyanim to cease. Everyone should daven at home.

Wow.

avromie7 · « **Reply #348 on:** March 18, 2020, 10:58:22 PM »

Quote from: avromie7 on March 18, 2020, 01:05:22 PM

We have the same thing, including other precautions like
The doors being propped open
Disinfectant wipes to wipe down your place/seforim
All the chairs are stacked up except for 1 per table (as it is our shul is very spacious, we can easily fit double the amount of tables and still have more room than many other shuls)
No congregating before/after davening (yes, the rav is enforcing it)
No children under Bar Mitzva

this changed pretty quickly, as of tonight our shul is closed.

aygart · « **Reply #349 on:** March 18, 2020, 11:43:38 PM »

The changes stated from this although they were more gradual than I expected. The shul s which closed earliest made a lot of sense.

Quote from: aygart on March 15, 2020, 09:42:24 PM

I expect Lakewood to look very different within a day or two.

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #350 on:** March 18, 2020, 11:44:40 PM »

Quote from: aygart on March 18, 2020, 11:43:38 PM

The changes stated from this although they were more gradual than I expected. The shul s which closed earliest made a lot of sense.

That's because they're catching on earlier than we assumed.

aygart · « **Reply #351 on:** March 19, 2020, 12:14:31 AM »

Quote from: PlatinumGuy on March 18, 2020, 11:44:40 PM

That's because they're catching on earlier than we assumed.

I expected quicker than this. It took one day longer than I thought.

yitzgar · « **Reply #352 on:** March 19, 2020, 12:37:37 AM »

Landau's closed

stooges44 · « **Reply #353 on:** March 19, 2020, 05:55:25 AM »

Quote from: stooges44 on March 18, 2020, 08:05:31 PM

Listen to this! R' Noach Isaac Oelbaum

https://soundcloud.com/user-659614314/r-oelbaum-covid-19-shuls/s-QVCQD6fCe74

Now you can see him say it as well!

https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=105366

AsherO · « **Reply #354 on:** March 19, 2020, 08:08:29 AM »

Quote from: ExGingi on March 18, 2020, 10:21:48 PM

As of this evening Beis Din of Crown Heights ordered all outdoor minyanim to cease. Everyone should daven at home.

This is way overdue. The CH Beis Din seems to have a delay in their guidance.

Was there ever any substantiated expert guidance advising that outdoor gatherings were not a problem?

ExGingi · « **Reply #355 on:** March 19, 2020, 08:17:23 AM »

Quote from: AsherO on March 19, 2020, 08:08:29 AM

This is way overdue. The CH Beis Din seems to have a delay in their guidance.

Was there ever any substantiated expert guidance advising that outdoor gatherings were not a problem?

Well, in EY when they announced the 10 person limit they said to maintain 2 meter distance. I think totally banning minyanim is an extreme measure taken due to the severity of the situation on one hand, and the fact that it was not being taken seriously enough on the other hand.

israshot · « **Reply #356 on:** March 19, 2020, 08:22:51 AM »

Quote from: ExGingi on March 19, 2020, 08:17:23 AM

Well, in EY when they announced the 10 person limit they said to maintain 2 meter distance. I think totally banning minyanim is an extreme measure taken due to the severity of the situation on one hand, and the fact that it was not being taken seriously enough on the other hand.

The reason they did so is because ppl were going to the 770 backyard and it was also full. They are closing the main dorm for bochurim from Monday on, hopefully they will all go back to Israel (quarantined).

skyguy918 · « **Reply #357 on:** March 19, 2020, 08:29:36 AM »

I think this last wave of closures was because of the announcement from the Moetzes.

Galitzyaner · « **Reply #358 on:** March 19, 2020, 10:31:24 AM »

A refreshing perspective from a surprising source.

Rabbi Chaim Druckman: 'No reason not to pray with minyan'

Quote

"we needn't be more strict about Health Ministry guidelines precisely when it comes to sacred matters. If the Health Ministry wouldn't allow one to leave the house, we wouldn't say to leave the house to go pray with a minyan.

"But since there is no such provision, and for certain events, congregations of up to ten people - such as weddings, etc. - are allowed, there's no reason not to pray with a minyan of ten. In Rami Levy Supermarket even 100 people were allowed at one time, in other places they allow up to ten, and there's no reason to be stricter than the Health Ministry."

ExGingi · « **Reply #359 on:** March 19, 2020, 10:36:46 AM »

Quote from: israshot on March 19, 2020, 08:22:51 AM

The reason they did so is because ppl were going to the 770 backyard and it was also full. They are closing the main dorm for bochurim from Monday on, hopefully they will all go back to Israel (quarantined).

If I'll manage I will post later on a video that is going around on WhatsApp of the bochurim that arrived in Israel being told their status. They are basically all being moved to isolation at a hotel in Jerusalem. Each getting their own room. Anyone presenting symptoms will be moved to a medical facility. Health ministry is assuming anyone arriving from Crown Heights is positive.