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Dear Members & Friends
Yesterday, together with numerous other LA rabbis, I heard from Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt of New York, an infectious disease expert and Assistant Rabbi at Young Israel of Woodmere, and Dr. Rick Riggs, Chief Medical Officer at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in charge of overseeing Cedar’s response to the Coronavirus.
After listening to them and subsequent deliberation, and with very heavy hearts, we have come to the collective conclusion that our shuls and schools must remain closed until further notice, in other words, until such time as we can be certain that opening them will not expose those who attend to the virus and its potentially fatal outcome.
On that basis, together with 20 other rabbis, I have cosigned the attached letter, to convey our united front regarding this issue, and to share vital safety information with the community at this difficult time. Please read the letter carefully.
If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate, even for a moment, to reach out, and I will do my best to address your concerns or answer your queries.
In the meantime, my cell number is (310) 499-3407, and I am ready and available to receive your calls. I will also endeavor to be in touch with all of our members by phone during the course of the next few days. If you have a preferred number for me to call, please reply to this email with that phone number.
In the meantime, I will be sending out short snippets and longer shiurim on the various WhatsApp groups we have initiated. Please join them. If you need help joining the groups please call the office.
May God help us all at this difficult time and enable us to overcome the effects of this terrible situation.
And just remember, good times follow bad times, and within a matter of weeks — or at most months — we will all be back to normal, and the world will bounce back from the challenges we are currently facing. With God’s help this will happen sooner rather than later.
Rabbi Pini Dunner
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