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למה אין מברכין בבוקר 'שלא עשני בהמה'
שאלה יש גם להסתפק, כמו שאנו מברכים בכל בוקר שלש ברכות שלא עשני גוי עבד ואשה, למה לא נברך גם 'שלא עשני בהמה'.

תשובה בלקט יושר (הלכות הנהגות הבוקר עמוד 7) כתב, שבעל התרומת הדשן אמר שאשה מברכת במקום שלא עשני אשה, שלא עשני בהמה, אבל שמעתי מאשה שאומרת במקום שלא עשני אשה, שעשני כרצונו, וכן מצאתי באו"ח בסימן מ"ו וז"ל: ונהוג הנשים לברך שעשני כרצונו וכו', וכמדומה לי שלא הודה לה הגאון זצ"ל, כי אמו של הגאון זצ"ל הקדושה בגזרת אושטריך הי"ד, היתה אומרת שלא עשני בהמה, זכורני מצאתי בספר אחד (ריקאנטי שמות כב יז) וז"ל: ושמא כי בזה נחלקו רבותינו ז"ל במנחות (דף מג ע"ב) אם יש לברך שלא עשני בהמה ודו"קו.

ההחלטה למחר בלבד: תלמודי התורה והישיבות ילמדו רגיל

 https://www.kikar.co.il/351117.html

למרות שגורמי המקצוע הורו באופן ברור על השבתת כל מערכות החינוך הארציות, כולל החינוך המיוחד, במטרה לעצור את התפשטות הנגיף - מרן הגר"ח הכריע כי הלימודים יתקיימו כרגיל

New Israeli app to notify users of potential coronavirus exposure

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/New-Israeli-app-to-notify-users-of-potential-coronavirus-exposure-620991

A new app developed in Israel in partnership with United Hatzalah will alert users if they have been in proximity with a confirmed coronavirus patient.

The app, called Track Virus, works by tracking the user's location since it was downloaded, crosschecking their path with those of confirmed coronavirus cases through the use of data listed by the Health Ministry. Users will receive a notification should they have been near a case.

https://www.facebook.com/TrackVirus/

Israel to restrict movement, work, as coronavirus crisis continues

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-to-restrict-movement-work-as-coronavirus-crisis-continues-620887

Israel is expected to impose further restrictions and regulations on the public, limiting movement and employment as the coronavirus crisis worsens, N12 reported Friday evening. On Saturday, a senior official at the Health Ministry reportedly said discussions with other officials that Israel should announce a lockdown and not wait, according to Channel 13.

 

Health Ministry officials reportedly said that no more than two people should be in a room together to prevent the spread of the virus, according to N12. Additionally, Health Ministry officials allegedly recommended a partial lockdown for at least five weeks, while others warned that a lockdown could lead to economic collapse.

 

Tucker Carlson: Coronavirus was largely ignored by impeachment-obsessed media as epidemic began

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-coronavirus-story-was-ignored-by-media-obsessed-with-impeachment

 We took a lot of heat for saying that. Some accused us of sucking up to the liberal media, a group we spent three years despising. But it wasn't exaggeration in the end. It took just four days to prove that all of this was totally real. In fact, they were conservative estimates that coronavirus isn't going away. We're going to cover it honestly. We promise.

 

Former Director of White House Pandemic Office Says Disbanding Unit Left U.S. 'Less Prepared' for COVID-19 in Op-Ed

https://www.newsweek.com/former-head-white-house-pandemic-office-says-united-states-less-prepared-after-closure-1492337

Beth Cameron wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post that the Trump administration's response to the novel coronavirus had been "slow and inadequate," and suggested that the closure of the Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense had contributed to its "sluggish" response.

She added that the closure of the unit left "an unclear structure and strategy" for coordination of efforts to combat the damage of a pandemic.

 

Trump's State of Emergency Is an Admission of Failure by the U.S. Government

https://time.com/5802795/emergency-coronavirus-pandemic/

President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency is designed to speed federal support to parts of America that are struggling to prepare for a coming surge of COVID-19 cases, unlocking $50 billion in aid, giving hospitals and doctors more freedom to handle a potential tsunami of sick patients and scrambling to make tests available. In a Rose Garden press conference Friday, Trump presented the emergency measures as proof that, “No nation is more prepared or more equipped to face down this crisis.”

But for epidemiologists, medical experts and current and former U.S. public health officials, the need for such extraordinary and hastily organized steps is a tacit admission of failure, not just by Trump’s White House but by the U.S. government over multiple administrations.

How Fox News misled viewers about the coronavirus

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/12/media/fox-news-coronavirus/index.html

 As the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country over the last several weeks, television viewers — especially those supportive of President Donald Trump —- had one place they could go to for some sense of solace: Fox News.

"If you are over the mass hysteria, if you're over politicizing and weaponizing of the coronavirus, you are not alone," Sean Hannity, the highest-rated host on Fox News, assured the network's prime time audience this week.

Indeed, over the past several weeks, top hosts and personalities on the conservative cable news network downplayed concerns about the virus, baselessly accusing credible news organizations of overhyping the crisis to hurt Trump politically.

Chris Hayes: The Failure Of Coronavirus Comes From The Top | All In | MSNBC

Tucker: We need to take coronavirus seriously

Coronavirus Fake News: Fact Checking COVID-19 Pandemic Hoaxes and Misinformation Online

https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-fake-news-fact-checking-covid-19-pandemic-hoaxes-misinformation-1491906

Fake news stories have been circulating around the Internet pointing people to "cures" for the new coronavirus, sharing advice and faking government announcements. The COVID-19 disease is caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2 which is part of the broad coronavirus family of pathogens.

At the time of writing, there have been 38 deaths linked to COVID-19 in the U.S. out of 1,323 confirmed cases, with eight recoveries, according to Johns Hopkins University, as shown in the graphic below provided by Statista.

 

Why Public Health Experts Say Trump's Travel Ban Won't Curb the Spread of COVID-19 in the U.S

https://time.com/5801723/trump-travel-ban-covid-19/

But public health experts warn that even with the travel ban, the virus will still spread. And travel bans risk discouraging people from disclosing their previous countries of travel. The WHO says that denying entry to passengers arriving from affected countries are “usually not effective in preventing the importation of cases but may have significant economic and social impact.”

 

Coronavirus: Six of President Trump's claims fact-checked

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51818627

Claim 1

"The US has done a very good job on testing. When people need a test they can get a test."

In early March, the White House conceded that the United States did not have enough testing kits. Some health centres have also reported difficulties using them. The government says more than one million have now been distributed, with more on the way.

But the US has carried out far fewer tests than other countries - 26 per million people between 3 January and 11 March compared with South Korea's 4,000. The UK has carried out 400 tests per million and Italy 1,000 as of 10 March. Health experts fear the virus may have spread undetected in US communities because few tests were carried out.

 

BREAKING NEWS: Bergen County Rabbis Cancel All Shuls, Forbid Minyanim, Shabbat Gatherings, Dining Out

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/breaking-news-bergen-county-rabbis-cancel-all-shul-forbid-minyanim-shabbat-gatherings-eating-out-and-more/2020/03/12/

 Following an emergency meeting of the Jewish leadership of Bergen County and shul presidents with health officials, the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County, New Jersey (RCBC) has announced that it is forbidden to pray with a minyan (quorum), all Orthodox shuls are closed, all public celebrations are to be canceled, do not eat in restaurants (take-away is OK), funeral are limited to small group of family to form a temporary minyan, and additional restrictions apply. Mikvaot are open, but women in quarantine or are ill may not use them.