Wednesday, July 29, 2020 / ח׳ אב תש״פ ערב ט׳ באב
- Chatzos 1:03 pm Fast begins 8:13 pm
-Weather: Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High 91F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Humidity 69%
- Important to hydrate ahead of the fast of Tisha B'Av
-Roshei Yeshivos in Eretz Yisrael painfully decry the sad state of many yeshiva bochurim who have left the yeshivos and roaming the streets because of the shutdowns on the yeshiva due to coronavirus. Bochurim have not been to the bais medrash for 6 months and have a spiritual downfall.
-Tefilos for Harav Yitzchok Soloveitchik shlita who has the coronavirus and is currently on oxygen. Name for Tehillim Yitzchok ben Shoshana.
- 4 new cases in Lakewood totals 2680/196
- Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky calls to vote for Donald Trump in an interview with Mishpacha magazine. He said "If Trump doesn’t win in November, it’s worrisome". You see the matzav the anarchy it's frightening G-d has become a dirty word in America, religion and religious institutions are their enemy we need rachmei shamayim "I think people should vote for him he's done a good job its hakaras hatov
- Lunch distribution: Klausenberg Oak and Vine behind Evergreen 2:30 pm- 5:00 pm
- Murphy: increasing numbers of COVID19 cases that are being traced to indoor house parties. We cannot continue to have crowded house parties. They are not safe. They put the hard work we’ve all undertaken since March at risk of being undone. This weekend, there was a massive house party in Jackson that had an estimated 700 people We don’t even know yet how many new coronavirus cases may ultimately be the outcome of this party.
- Cafotteria closed will reopen Sunday
-Bingo open today till 6:00 pm, Seasons 6:30, Evergreen 7:00 pm Gourmet Glatt 6:00 pm NPGS 6:00
- Rabbonim in Har Nof ask everyone to shorten saying kinus in shul in order to minimize the risk of spreading the virus.
-Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein of EY and other poskim rules that one may disinfect their hands on tisha B'av with soap or Alcohol based gel since its not being done for pleasure but to disinfect
- Lakewood DMV has met it's capacity and will not be servicing any new customers
-US Mint asks public to 'start spending their coins' as country faces change shortage
The government is facing a coin shortage. Because of the pandemic, more people in the United States have been using credit cards and cashless payment options, resulting in a dearth of quarters, dimes,
nickels, and pennies. There is an adequate amount of coins in the economy, but the slowed pace of circulation has meant that sufficient quantities of coins are sometimes not readily available where needed.“We ask that the American public start spending their coins, depositing them, or exchanging them for currency at financial institutions or taking them to a coin redemption kiosk.
Note what Alexis de Tocqueville, the most perceptive observer of America to the present day, wrote in his 1831 classic "Democracy in America."
ReplyDelete"[T]he American clergy in general, without even excepting those who do not admit religious liberty, are all in favor of civil freedom; but they do not support any particular political system. They keep aloof from parties and from public affairs. In the United States religion exercises but little influence upon the laws and upon the details of public opinion; but it directs the customs of the community, and, by regulating domestic life, it regulates the state. . . .
"There is certainly no country in the world where the tie of marriage is more respected than in America or where conjugal happiness is more highly or worthily appreciated. In Europe almost all the disturbances of society arise from the irregularities of domestic life. . . .[W]hen the American retires from the turmoil of public life to the bosom of his family, he finds in it the image of order and of peace. There his pleasures are simple and natural, his joys are innocent and calm; and as he finds that an orderly life is the surest path to happiness, he accustoms himself easily to moderate his opinions as well as his tastes. While the European endeavors to forget his domestic troubles by agitating society, the American derives from his own home that love of order which he afterwards carries with him into public affairs.
"In the United States the influence of religion is not confined to the manners, but it extends to the intelligence of the people." Amazing insight.