DENIED: As expected, a judge has rejected a lawsuit brought by Agudath Israel of America and has confirmed New York State’s restrictions on religious worship.
Thus, as Shemini Atzeres is set to begin, minyanim in New York State may have no more than ten people.
The United States District Court judge, on Hoshanah Rabbah, threw out the request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in response to the revved-up restrictions put into place by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo on Chol Hamoed.
Sol Werdiger, chairman of the board at Agudath Israel, reponding to the judge’s decision, says that askanim will be working with officials in Albany and will pursue litigation of necessary. He says that Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zweibel, Avi Shick, Avrohom Weinstock and others on the Agudah legal team will continue to battle on behalf of the frum community.
“This is not the end,” said Werdiger in a message. “We will continue.”
{Matzav.com}
Sad turn of events! Let’s not let the שטן get his way!! He doesn’t like our dedication and commitment to the Torah: let’s show him that we will remain committed nonetheless and even add to our commitment and connection to the Torah: its ways and its Chachomim!
Simchas Torah this year will truly be “leibedig”
Yup. This judge is another Obama appointee.
And the moetzes and aguda leadership should be reminding the people of these hotspots to follow the rules and wear a mask in shul major chillul hashem this week
All the decrees are really coming from Hashem.
Please let us see Hashem’s rachamim in our current matzav. So many things we are experiencing now are somewhat reminiscent of what happened to the Jews in the ghettos before they were sent to concentration camps or killed in the ghettos – but Hashem is doing all this now with great compassion.
The Jews in ghettos could not have large gatherings for simchos or otherwise. They could not daven together in large groups. They waited on lines to get their food. Levayos were conducted quickly with few people, etc.
Although we may be restricted as to where we can go, baruch Hashem we are not afraid of a bullet in our back, chas v’shalom. We may not be able to have children in shul, but baruch Hashem there are many, many Jewish children in our homes. We may not be able to all dance with a Torah this Simchas Torah, but baruch Hashem, every shul has many sifrei Torah and there are no “scraps of siddur, bullet holes, bloodstains on the floor.”
Listen to this song and read the lyrics below – and let’s turn to Hashem on Shabbos and Yom Tov and thank Him for His compassion, and at the same time daven with all our heart and soul for the yeshuah THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM HASHEM! Thanking Hashem can bring nissim v’niflaos, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1nD3evC0Vs
The Man from Vilna from Journeys
We danced round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong
From evening until morning, filling up the Shul with song
Though we had no Sifrei Torah to clutch close to our hearts
In their place we held the future of a past so torn apart
We ran as one towards the shul, our spirits in a trance
And we tore apart the barricade, in defiance we would dance
But the scene before our eyes shook us to the core
Scraps of siddur, bullet holes, bloodstains on the floor.
Turning to the eastern wall, we looked on in despair
There’d be no scrolls to dance with, the holy ark was bare
Then we heard two children crying, a boy and girl whom no one knew
And we realized that no children were among us but those two.
We danced round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong
From evening until morning, filling up the Shul with song
Though we had no Sifrei Torah to gather in our arms
In their place we held those children, the Jewish people would live on.
We danced round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong
From evening until morning, filling up the shul with song
Though we had no Sifrei Torah to clutch an hold up high
In their place we held those children, Am Yisrael Chai”.
We danced round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong
From evening until morning, filling up the shul with song
Though we had no Sifrei Torah to gather in our arms
In their place we held those children, the Jewish people would live on
Am Yisrael Chai
The Jewish people would live on.
The Jewish people WILL live on.
PLEASE SHARE THIS MESSAGE WITH OTHERS BEFORE SHABBOS/YOM TOV.
The Agudah has to come together with ALL other Jewish Organizations plus all all Multi Cultural organizations who expect Jews to stand up for them and with them and fight this all the way to the Supreme Court and get AG William Barr involves.
Gotta donit quick. Biden has threatened to pick the wicked Cuomo as his AG.
“the Moetzes Gedolei haTorah should do…” “The Aguda should do…” is it possible that they don’t need our advice…?
Blame the idiots who keep on taking the useless test. Since there are almost zero covid19 fatalities these days in NY/NJ area, therefore no stupid test = no corona.