After a long closure, the dormitory of Tomchei Temmimim Yeshiva – 770 at 1414 President Street in Crown Heights will reopen next week after having been closed for 3 months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The dormitory will reopen on Sunday Erev Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, the hanhallah of the Yeshiva announced, but only for some of the students.
The menahel Rabbi Sholom Dovber Brod says only students who have had coronavirus and have since recovered will be able to reenter the building. Students will require to present proof from a doctor that they have had the virus.
In order to return to the dorm, students who are both in Crown Heights and out of town will have to register in advance.
Brod added that the students who remained in Crown Heights and do not wish to return to their dorm rooms have until Wednesday to remove their belongings.
It’s still unclear what the students who have returned home to Israel during the pandemic and do not wish to return to New York will do about retrieving their belongings.
770 Yeshiva is currently open for learning daily, but for only a few students at a time, which are chosen by raffle.
Please please don’t, israel has SO many new cases, I’m not looking for a relapse of the caronavirus in the neighborhood!
If they had corona and now test negative to corona virus there is no problem. but i suggest staff should be tested for corona as well. In israel they opened schools without testing staff and students first which resulted in around 25,000 in quarantine and over 500 new cases among staff and students
What will be the protocol for teachers and staff in all our schools? What if a teacher of many students did not get the virus? Should that teacher not be allowed to teach in September?
The immunity period is 100% unknown. So . . .
The Bochurim in Israel should present their medical certificate to Rabbi Brod before traveling to Ben Gurion Airport.
Why????????
camps can’t open but 1414 with all the germs with no supervision can open and spread disease around the hood!!
Didnt the rabanim here and israel say Israeli are not allowed to travel to new york so why is 1414 opening?
if you read the article you would see that 1414 is only allowing bochurim to come back if they already had corona (and they have antibodies now)
This includes bochurim from Israel that they can only come back if they have antibodies so therefore there is no worry that they would bring back corona to the community
with info that isn’t accurate
My experience is that it is hard
If it is easy, that is the irresponsible choice of the doctor.
there is no guarantee that a person with antibodies cannot become infected.
But it is together with a letter that he had corona.
If thats not enough, crown heights should still be locked up.
Look, don’t come for Tishrei …. but you can come if you’re part of 1414?
A bit of consistency would be nice .
Also , how does anyone plan to enforce this . Say a 1414 bochur comes back and Ian rejected from the dorm …he will just chill in CH , which is the same as having Tishrei guests ( who I love having by the way )
I appreciate they are trying their best to regulate , but I fear it will simply become a flood
Why don’t we test all residents of Crown Heights. Those who didn’t have the virus should be quarantined. We have to continue living
That is not normal. Thank you collive for making us aware of this.
Everyoen please call R Braun and tell him we ch residence are not ok with this.
Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch 770 is the foundation of the world – including Lubavitch and including Crown Heights. Bochurim are well aware of what it’s like to be mushlam in maaseh; in dibur and in machshovo. They work on their Ahavas Hashem and Yiras Hashem. They sweat toiling to grasp nigleh and chassidus. They have mesiras nefesh to share what The Rebbe says with the world. A yungerman might r”l say that he needs to make money so he can learn nigleh, chassidus and do The Rebbe’s inyonim. …he might r”l get stuck in the bloteh – okay he will make… Read more »
I don’t understand the Rabbis are saying people should not come in for the 3rd of Tammuz But they’re going to open up the dormitory to have 100s of boys come in from other countries.a lot of things lately just don’t add up any more
Let us wait for the response from the community doctors who signed against visitors coming for Gimmel Tammuz.
Might as well open 770.once you open the door for one thing people are just going to start coming
the local Rabbonim allowed this?
All of these bochurim were here during the days after purim and got corona together with the rest of Crown Heights. They fled to home to Israel after that. Medically, they are in the same category as the most of the residents of our shchunah. If we are prepared to open our schools and day camps and resume our lives, we should allow them entry. Remember, these aren’t guests. They are effectively crown heights residents for this year, including the worst of the breakout. These bochurim did us a favor by going home and not wandering around in crown heights… Read more »
He is only allowing those who get a letter from a doctor saying that they had it, as well as antibodies (or a positive than negetive corona test), which would put them in the same category as ppl in ch right now. (To get a letter from a doctor that you had it, is not the same thing as getting a antibody test or tested negative, it means a lot more..) I doubt bochurim would come and get rejected, because where would he go? No one is allowing bochurim into they’re house (talking from expirence),everyone in ch is afraid, and… Read more »
First the rabbis closed the shuls and mikvos them prohibit coming for 3 Tammuz and Tishre When do they allow going on Mivtzoim as you might catch it from someone or to go to Boro Park or an a train. Make everyone just self isolate forever and ever
Will the Gedaliah Society, Dr Eli Rosen and his medical colleagues being responding to the proposed opening of 1414 at this time?.