NEW YORK (VINnews-Sandy Eller) — An Orthodox Jewish man has been hospitalized with coronavirus, prompting the closure of three local yeshivas.
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In a Tuesday morning news conference, Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said that the 50 year old man lives in Westchester with his family and had traveled to Miami, although he was not infected with the virus at that time.
According to Cuomo, the man is a parent at SAR in Riverdale. Parents at the yeshiva were notified by elementary and high school principals Rabbi Binyamin Kraus and Rabbi Tully Harcsztark that both schools would be closed for the day as a precautionary measure because of a suspected case of coronavirus “in our community.” No one at SAR was available to comment on the matter and Cuomo confirmed that the school closed on its own accord.
According to the governor, the man is an attorney and had been hospitalized at Lawrence Hospital and had been transferred to an unnamed New York City hospital.
Both Westchester Day School and Westchester Torah Academy also closed for the day. Parents at Westchester Torah Academy were told that buses would be turned around to send students back home. School officials said that they remain in close contact with both the Westchester County Department of Health and the White Plains Public School District and would be following their guidelines. No one at any either yeshiva was available to comment on the coronavirus closures.
In a press conference this morning Cuomo described the spread of coronavirus as “inevitable” and said that the state would continue its efforts to manage the outbreak.
In addition, the Shul of the man who has been hospitalized with coronavirus has been ordered to close for the time being. The Young Israel of New Rochelle received a notice from Westchester County Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler, at the direction of New York State.
Besides the human tragedy of this – Am super worried this Coronavirus is going to cancel Pesach programs and leave us all stranded and unprepared.
His name for Tehillim is אליעזר יצחק בן שפרה (Eliezer Yitzchok ben Shifra).
ribono shel olam!
Nothing to worry about. Dispicable Donald said all 15 victims were recovering. The 6 dead and 100+ sick must be Fake News. In fact you can run up to Riverdale and inhale- nothing to worry about.
Come back to me after pesach and tell me of this corona virus is still a worry. Oh I guess if i want to sound all intellectual I should call it COVID-19!
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Pesach programs could certainly be affected. Programs are crowded and often have senior citizens who are most at risk of a virus-based fatality. The programs won’t cancel but the hotels might given the potential liability especially with outside catering contractors using the kitchen facilities.
No reason to worry about Corona virus affecting Pesach programs since the stable genius with the yuuge brain assured us that the virus will go away once the weather turns warm. The weather will be warm within the next 5 weeks.
Every year there are problems at some of the numerous Pesach programs. What’s wrong with observing Pesach with family at home as we did for thousands of years until the plague of affluence.
let’s stay on topic….4 orthodox institutions, one law firm and one law school, in Manhattan, Riverdale and Westchester, are tragically stricken with a Coronavirus connection and pose a potential furthering of Coronavirus….. why are we talking about Pesach programs and Donald Trump?
let’s stay on topic….4 orthodox institutions, one law firm and one law school, in Manhattan, Riverdale and Westchester, are tragically stricken with a Coronavirus connection and pose a potential furthering of Coronavirus….. why are we talking about Pesach programs and Donald Trump?
I am sure that since you are against Pesach programs you stay in the kitchen and help your wife. Guess what! things happen at home as often as they do in hotels. If you help your wife you might see them happening and publicize it.
In view of the spread of coronavirus, Agudath Israel of America has scheduled an emergency Asifah for the recitation of Tehilim which will take place at Madison Square Garden this Sunday at 8:00 pm. There will be separate seating (for those infected and those not infected – yet)
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Very sad situation..this a horror that will bring tremendous pain.
Be very careful and stay away from restaurants where you simply dont know who is preparing your food.
Buy you raw food, cook it at home and be safe. Stay away from prepared food and take out meals.
Now is the time to stay home, cook your own meals and reconnect with what is important.
Our health starts with our food.
What happens with Parshat Zachor if you are quarantined?
I hope no simchas including bar mitzvahs were affected by the forced closure of his shul.
Nebach I hope hashem has in all of us and brings Maschiyach bekarov