Community Corner

(Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.)

Eliezer Yitzchak ben Shifrah

(Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.)

Eliezer Yitzchak ben Shifrah

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.