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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Fwd: News From Agudas Yisroel

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From: Agudath Israel of America <news@agudah.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 10:25 AM
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News from the Agudah:

Ki Heim Chayeinu and Shivti's special Pesach programming continues today, with a shiur klali by Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Waxman 11:30, and biurim on the Haggadah from Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Frand, in Yiddish, at 4:00 pm today. Click here to watch live! More details here.

Our virtual Yarchei Kallah continues today - hachanah shiur is at 11:30, followed by shiurim from Rabbi Yosef Elefant and Rabbi Meir Tzvi Spitzer, at 12:30 and 4:00, respectively. Full details and mareh mekomos below, or click here. Recordings of yesterday's shiurim will be available later today at our website.

Chayim Aruchim, this morning, commended U.S. government agencies for ensuring the fair and equitable care be provided, without discriminating on health services during emergency situations. More details below.

Reminder that the New Jersey Office of Agudas Yisroel has engaged a team of professionals who are well versed in the new Federal and State coronavirus programs that can help you, your business, or non-profit. Should you or anyone you know need any guidance, please reach out by sending an email to njcovid19@agudah.org with your name, phone number, and a concise description of your situation, and one of their professional volunteers will call you shortly thereafter.

We appreciate the chance to share a write-up summary of last week's Roth&Co webinar on the CARES stimulus act - read it here.

Our live Pesach preparation shiurim continue tonight - see below for tonight's speakers and topic, and make sure that you're using the new call-in number. Details also here, including schedule and speakers.

Please be reminded about the Klal Yisroel Helping Klal Yisroel campaign - many, many of you have already donated, and we appreciate it. We wish that would be enough, but the unfortunate reality is that your donations are still needed. Please donate generously here.

Finally, representatives of mosdos will want to see this webpage, a compilation of advice and information - courtesy of the EDN Network - about dealing with the special concerns of Yeshivos and Bais Yaakovs regarding the current status of our mosdos.

BMG's Shivti andAgudath Israel's Ki Heim Chayeinu Special Learning Program Continues

Want to learn all there is to know about the Pesach seder?

Invest one hour each day in your home, from now until Pesach, in a structured learning program. This week, attain complete and total understanding of the Mitzvah of Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim.

Cover the Gemaros, Poskim, Lomdus, Teshuvos and Halacha L'Ma'aseh, with our easy-to-use learning model. Your Pesach seder will be an entirely different experience!

Thousands of Yidden are now home from work, school, or Yeshiva – whether due to school closures, quarantine, or government order. This translates into tens of thousands of hours of time. Hours during which we can accomplish so much. Beth Medrash Govoha's highly-popular Shivti program is partnering with Agudath Israel's Ki Heim Chayeinu in rolling out a special B'Shivticha B'veisecha initiative, filling your day with meaning, accomplishment, and the protection that limud Hatorah brings.

Shivti's model is simple – the editorial staff learns a sugya in depth – beginning with the posuk in Chumash and continuing to the Gemara, the Rishonim, the Acharonim, and all the way through to the contemporary Poskim. All source material needed to learn the sugya is compiled in a single booklet. This single booklet enables one to learn the entire sugya in depth, guided by detailed explanations, footnotes, pointers, and more. Whether you are a serious Talmid Chacham or a newbie – or somewhere in between – you will be captivated by the Shivti style.

In response to "the new normal," B'Shivticha B'veisecha will be providing a live Shiur (in Hebrew, English, and Yiddish), to guide you as you learn through a new sugya each week, which will be followed by exciting shiurim by prominent Rabbonim and Roshei Yeshiva, who expound further on the subject you have just learned.

Grab this opportunity to finally learn about Pesach the way you always wanted to!

To access, click here.

The schedule of the next few days of live events is:

Sugyos pertaining to the Seder Night:

Daily shiur Klali on at 11:30 AM delivered by Rabbi Avrohom D Waxman

(Yated Ne'eman halacha columnist, Shivti Rosh Chabura Bais Efraim Zvi)

Halacha L'maaseh:

Rabbi Shmuel Felder (Posek at Beth Medrash Govoha)

Wednesday, April 1 at 2:30 PM

Hilchos Pesach related to the COVID19 crisis

Biurim on the Hagadah (daily):

Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Frand (Yiddish)

(Rosh Ma'areches Shivti, Rav Kahal Chasam Sofer)

Starting Tuesday, March 31 at 4:00 PM

Rabbi Uri Deutsch (English)

(Rav, Forest Park (Lakewood)

Starting Wednesday, April 1 at 8:00 PM

Virtual Yarchei Kallah Program

The Agudah is hosting an inspiring virtual Yarchei Kallah this week, with shiurim from world-renowned English speaking Roshei Yeshiva and Rabbonim from Eretz Yisroel. Every day there will be a hachanah shiur, a chazarah shiur, a shiur klali, and a shiur halacha l'maaseh covering the sugya of Leil Haseder. Call in at 646-558-8656 with PIN 876513892, or click here for zoom. You can see all the information you need about the Yarchei Kallah, including mareh mekomos and the full schedule, by clicking here.

Mr. Roger Severino, Director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, attending a Chayim Aruchim conference about civil and religious rights for the elderly and the disabled.

Amid growing concerns regarding shortages of equipment and supplies due to the coronavirus pandemic, we applaud the United States Department of Health and Human Services and its Office for Civil Rights for ensuring that fair and equitable care be provided to all Americans in a recently released bulletin.

Acknowledging the ongoing Public Health Emergency, the March 28th bulletin reminds all HHS funded health programs and activities that the law prohibits discrimination against individuals because of their race, color, national origin, age, existing disabilities or quality of life assessments.

"We commend President Trump, HHS Secretary Alex Azar and Director Severino for taking concrete steps to protect the dignity of all human life," said Chayim Aruchim President, Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz. "To quote Director Severino, 'Persons with disabilities, with limited English skills, or needing religious accommodations should not be put at the end of the line for health services during emergencies.'"

Pre-Pesach Inspiration and Guidance

This year's first Pre-Pesach shiurim continue tonight - Rabbi Doniel Neustadt on Daled Kosos: Wine or Grape Juice? (in English) at 10:00 pm; Rabbi Chaim Feivel Schneebalg on b'zchus nashim tzidkonios nig'alu avoseinu m'Mitzrayim (in Yiddish) at 10:30 pm.

Note the new call-in number: 929-219-1197.