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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3101 on: November 06, 2020, 02:36:35 PM »
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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3102 on: November 23, 2020, 10:37:50 AM »
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What the outdoor mincha/ma'ariv minyan in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, looked like today, Due to high winds the canopies were taken down in November 15th. So they daven outside daily shacharis, mincha, & ma'ariv except for when it rains.
These guys are real heroes of doing the right thing
Tomorrow, on Monday morning, Toronto goes under lockdown; Thornhill is expected to follow next week. Since a maximum of 10 people will be allowed to daven inside, according to the new regulations, they expect to pick up more participants; weather not withstanding.

what Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner posted about the Thornhill minyan:
When a member of our backyard minyan arrives before G-d for judgment one day, the malachim will say, "What can we do to punish this guy for his misdeeds? Fire is useless; for three months we sent him boiling heat and suffocating humidity, and still he davened to Hashem. Cold is useless, too; we sent him cold, ice and freezing rain, and still he davened to Hashem. We might as well just let him through to Gan Eden."

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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3103 on: November 23, 2020, 11:09:34 AM »
Wow.

In Toronto we're limited to 10 people for minyanim as of today, which definitely makes things technical especially with the snow. We're figuring it out how to make it work indoors, but that's definitely some serious mesiras nefesh on the part of this crowd.

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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3104 on: November 23, 2020, 04:40:34 PM »

The mesiras nefesh is incredible but I’ve got to say putting older people outside three times a day like that has got to be more risky than Covid.

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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3105 on: November 23, 2020, 04:46:49 PM »
The mesiras nefesh is incredible but I’ve got to say putting older people outside three times a day like that has got to be more risky than Covid.
What is the risk of being outside, bundled up?
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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3106 on: November 23, 2020, 04:54:11 PM »
The mesiras nefesh is incredible but I’ve got to say putting older people outside three times a day like that has got to be more risky than Covid.

They are Canadians, the mesiras nefesh would be staying indoors too long while it is cold out.

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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3107 on: November 23, 2020, 05:02:06 PM »
What is the risk of being outside, bundled up?
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/cold-weather-safety-older-adults

It’s not a problem for you. It can be a real issue for older folks. Think siyum hashas. Standing in one place for a while will get you chilled even if you are bundled up. It doesn’t take 4 hours for the cold to start affecting your extremities. That can make older people susceptible to other illnesses as well even if they don’t reach the point of hypothermia.

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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3108 on: November 23, 2020, 05:07:52 PM »
Standing in one place for a while will get you chilled even if you are bundled up.
Fake news. Just a poor job of bundling/layering.
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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3109 on: November 23, 2020, 05:14:45 PM »
Fake news. Just a poor job of bundling/layering.
Probably, but on a practical level, these people probably won't dress properly, hence the concern.

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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3110 on: November 23, 2020, 05:16:06 PM »
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/cold-weather-safety-older-adults

It’s not a problem for you. It can be a real issue for older folks. Think siyum hashas. Standing in one place for a while will get you chilled even if you are bundled up. It doesn’t take 4 hours for the cold to start affecting your extremities. That can make older people susceptible to other illnesses as well even if they don’t reach the point of hypothermia.

You know there are a lot of old people who live in a lot of cold weather climates, right?
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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3111 on: November 23, 2020, 05:18:51 PM »
You know there are a lot of old people who live in a lot of cold weather climates, right?

Yes, but you know how many retirees are in your state? There's a reason for that ;).

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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3112 on: November 23, 2020, 05:20:21 PM »
Probably, but on a practical level, these people probably won't dress properly, hence the concern.
They live in Canada! I sure hope they know how to dress!
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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3113 on: November 23, 2020, 05:20:56 PM »


TBH, this seems to me somewhat similar to those that try to insist on davening standing up while on a flight. Does davening with a minyan trump non-distracted (by virtue of extreme discomfort) davening?
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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3114 on: November 23, 2020, 05:24:58 PM »
TBH, this seems to me somewhat similar to those that try to insist on davening standing up while on a flight. Does davening with a minyan trump non-distracted (by virtue of extreme discomfort) davening?
Why in the world is this extreme discomfort?
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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3115 on: November 23, 2020, 05:28:38 PM »
Why in the world is this extreme discomfort?

Can you compare this to indoor davening without winds, or other weather elements, and without all the extra layers?
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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3116 on: November 23, 2020, 05:31:00 PM »
Can you compare this to indoor davening without winds, or other weather elements, and without all the extra layers?
The cold never bothered me anyway.
If it did I wouldn't live in CLE. Presumably that applies to YYZ.
You bundle up properly and it's nice and cozy.
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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3117 on: November 23, 2020, 05:40:01 PM »
♪ The cold never bothered me anyway. ♪
If it did I wouldn't live in CLE. Presumably that applies to YYZ.
You bundle up properly and it's nice and cozy.
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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3118 on: November 23, 2020, 05:41:20 PM »
The cold never bothered me anyway.
If it did I wouldn't live in CLE. Presumably that applies to YYZ.
You bundle up properly and it's nice and cozy.
So you just hang out outside in the winter? Take you laptop out there get some work done?

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Re: Corona virus and your shul
« Reply #3119 on: November 23, 2020, 05:44:50 PM »
So you just hang out outside in the winter? Take you laptop out there get some work done?

No, but most lifelong residents are used to being outdoors in the extreme cold for longer than 30 minutes.
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