גדו"י מזהירים את ראשי הישיבות: "זלזול בכללים עלול לפגוע בבריאות"

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גדולי ישראל, מרן שר התורה הגר"ח קנייבסקי, ראש הישיבה הגרי"ג אדלשטיין, ונשיא מועצת חכמי התורה-ראש הישיבה הגר"ש כהן, במכתב משותף על שמירת הנחיות בישיבות

As the Coronavirus Surges, a New Culprit Emerges: Pandemic Fatigue

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/17/us/coronavirus-pandemic-fatigue.html

 Exhaustion and impatience are creating new risks as cases soar in parts of the world. “They have had enough,” one U.S. mayor said of her residents.

Top rabbi defies orders for preschool reopening limits

 https://www.jpost.com/health-science/top-haredi-rabbi-defies-orders-to-limit-reopening-to-preschools-646060

 While the country takes its first steps toward returning to routine today, most of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community will defy the government by opening up educational institutions for hundreds of thousands of students in first through eighth grades against the law.On Saturday night, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky – one of the leading rabbis of the Lithuanian haredi community – ordered that his community’s elementary schools open up while adhering to Health Ministry regulations, such as wearing masks, organizing students into small groups, and maintaining social distancing.

The move comes after negotiations between authorities and the haredi sector failed last week.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called upon the haredi community to keep their children at home and not obey the rabbi’s order.
“I call on the ultra-Orthodox public and its leaders not to do it,” Netanyahu said. “We followed the health official’s recommendation to open the preschools. They clearly said that there should be no opening beyond that.”But Netanyahu said that while he would send police to enforce the regulation, he does not anticipate mass arrests and does not want to see violence like that which occurred between the police and haredi violators in recent weeks.“We are unable to send a police officer to every street corner or alley,” the prime minister said. “We will exercise our best judgment. Understand that there are limitations here.”

Rabbi Kanievsky orders opening Torah studies in haredi centers

 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/289251

 Haredi-Lithuanian leader Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky this evening ordered Talmud Torah directors in the haredi areas to open classes tomorrow.

This, after they failed to reach an understanding around an agreed outline last week. The rabbi's instruction also includes the yeshivot ketanot without boarding schools for 13-16-year-olds.

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, also among the senior Lithuanian-stream leaders, stated that for the time being, remote learning should be enough, and instructed not act against the law.

 Former Maayanei Hayeshua Hospital Director Prof. Moti Ravid warned on Kan News of a disaster in the haredi sector: "If they open up the education system to the haredi, it'll spell disaster in a short time."

Ravid explained that while kindergarten children are not contagious while the older population is more careful, children and teens aged 7-20 are "super contagious". "If the overall infection rate is 0.6, for them it is 2-5. Fifteen percent of all patients are responsible for 60% of all infections," Ravid said.

White House official pushes back on Trump's Barr critique, claiming AG ‘saved his presidency'

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-bill-barr-criticism-administration

 Trump also called the conclusion of an investigation into unmasking requests made by the Obama administration on some names in classified documents a “disgrace,” after a veteran federal prosecutor tapped by Barr – U.S. Attorney John Durham – declined to bring charges.

Washington Post: Trump-hyped investigation into Obama officials concludes without charges

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/13/politics/william-barr-unmasking-investigation/index.html 

 The US attorney tasked by Attorney General William Barr to review instances of "unmasking" -- the practice of releasing the names of American citizens who are caught up in National Security Agency foreign intelligence reports -- done around the 2016 election has completed the probe without bringing any charges, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.

While Republicans for months have hyped the Obama-era unmasking requests as an enormous scandal, John Bash found no evidence of substantive wrongdoing in his investigation, which has concluded without a public report, the Post said. Bash left his role with the Justice Department last week.

Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing Exposes Hypocrisy of Graham and McConnell

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Brain Gym - Kishuf or simply nonsense?

 Dear Reb Daniel,

I've been told that various "authorities", including Reb David Feinstein have ruled that "Brain Gym" is a form of Kishuf.

I don't know enough about the subject to form a definitive opinion. Are you aware of any resources that you can point me to?

Thanking you in advance,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Gym_International

 

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Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial after 'unexplained illness'

 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/12/health/johnson-coronavirus-vaccine-pause-bn/index.html

Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has paused the advanced clinical trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in one of the volunteers.
"Following our guidelines, the participant's illness is being reviewed and evaluated by the ENSEMBLE independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) as well as our internal clinical and safety physicians," the company said in a statement. ENSEMBLE is the name of the study.
"Adverse events -- illnesses, accidents, etc. -- even those that are serious, are an expected part of any clinical study, especially large studies." The pause was first reported by Stat News.

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