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Dear Alice,

I overdid it on Shavuos by really letting loose and now I regret it. Is there a liquid diet or a cleanse that you recommend just for a few days to reset my body? Once I lose the few pounds I will definitely go back to your healthy balanced plan.

Recap: Feter Dan and Shimon Zev are getting ready to take Feter Dan’s yacht to Dunkirk to help rescue the Allied soldiers stranded there. Tante Aimee is worried about them going.

January 11, came from JFK,

Had an Art Show Reception scheduled for the next day;

First words upon waking were not “Modeh Ani,”

But instead, “Hashem, please grant my life to me!”

Felt so sick and dizzy, could hardly move,

Couldn’t take a deep breath, my lungs felt bruised;

The stabbing pain wouldn’t stop, from my head down my neck,

I was rocking and crying, a total wreck.

The doctor said, “Do what you gotta do!”

Three extra-strength Tylenol, plus Tamiflu;

Made me light-headed and stupefied

But, at last, thank G-d, the pain did subside.

My sinuses felt frozen, couldn’t register smells,

Only medicinal chemicals;

The fevers hit when the sun would set,

Woke up five times nightly, drenched in sweat.

I’d line up replacements, they were never enough,

Had to run to the dresser for wearable stuff;

Whether cotton or something much less comfortable,

I had to get dry till the next interval.

Couldn’t lie down on my back or side,

Felt tremendous weight, or a tearing inside;

Couldn’t think of food,

Could hardly speak,

Couldn’t look in the mirror,

Dropped ten pounds in a week.

My arms looked like twigs, ready to snap,

Like a tree in winter, drained of its sap;

But I held on and prayed, and looked for the good:

A warm, cozy home, friends who understood.

In four weeks I recovered,

My lungs took eight weeks more;

But I know I have so much

To be grateful for.

Whether COVID or not, I was under attack,

But Hashem, in His mercy, carried me back;

When I think of how close I came to death,

I smile, thank Hashem,

…And take a deep breath!

By Sharon Marcus

“Let’s Get Real with Coach Menachem,” a series of therapy meetings on Zoom, has reached its two-month anniversary. This program emerged organically in response to the negative emotional symptoms people are suffering in the current climate—people who don’t usually have them and especially those with underlying symptoms. It started as a small counseling session hosted by coach Menachem Bernfeld and soon grew into a therapy platform with hundreds of log-ins. Topics that have been addressed include anxiety, depression, trauma, and shalom bayis. How did all this get started?

Recap: Bayla escaped with Sophie’s family to England. Before they left, Sophie was about to open up to Bayla about her accident but they were interrupted by the danger.

The current pandemic has caused confusion and uncertainty as people are overwhelmed with information about the COVID-19 virus. While epidemiologists and virologists are trying to come up with answers about the virus, economists are trying to predict its aftermath and effect on our economy. And as the country continues to work through the health crisis, conversations are starting to turn to economic recovery. While we look for signs that we’ve reached a plateau in virus cases, the scenario of what will happen as businesses open up again plays out in our minds. There is speculation about what our economic recovery will look like and how quickly businesses will rebound after the shutdown. It is important to understand how our economists will attempt to predict our road to recovery, by analyzing three scientific modules.
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