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I hope that this finds you and your families, safe and healthy. As our city, state, and nation continue to combat the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, I want to update you on the latest information and actions regarding this public health crisis.
Is your driver’s license valid? It may not be. In the last 28 months, New York issued nearly 1.7 million driver-license suspensions for not paying traffic tickets. That is nearly two thirds of all license suspensions in New York.
One of the most fundamental beliefs we have in Yiddishkeit is that Hashem runs the world. No one can so much as lift a finger without Hashem willing it. Another is that everything Hashem does is for the good – even if we can’t see or feel that good at the moment. Whenever we are faced with adversity, Hashem is really giving us the opportunity to create a vessel to receive all kinds of brachah, r’fuah, parnasah, y’shuos, and nachas from our children, among other things.
The Orthodox Union, the umbrella organization for American Orthodox Jewry, has launched a page on their website (www.ou.org/covid19) to keep the community updated with the latest guidance regarding the COVID-19 outbreak. The page will be updated as circumstances evolve.
(Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.)
Eliezer Yitzchak ben Shifrah
Yeshiva University’s Macs men’s basketball team is having a banner season. Last Thursday, Yeshiva earned a convincing victory over Worcester Polytechnic Institute moments before the onset of Shabbos in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, 102-78, then continued its momentum shortly after Shabbos by defeating Penn State Harrisburg in the second round, 102-83. Both meets were hosted by Johns Hopkins in what was believed to be the first US sports event held without spectators because of the rise in coronavirus within the Baltimore region. This was a decision by the school alone. NCAA president Mark Emmert has since announced that all championship events for the season will go on in empty gyms with only essential staff and limited family attendance. The National College Players Association had succeeded in urging the NCAA to host March Madness games without fans in attendance.
