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WE CAN RECOVER recovered people is elusive because of the absence of a standard definition of coronavirus recovery and an inability to track recovery without a standard definition. We are grateful that many River Garden residents and Coves members who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 have resumed their lives.
By Mauri Mizrahi, River Garden Senior Services
there are a lot of unanswered questions about COVID-19 and we continue to remind staff & families to remain careful especially when planning seasonal or holiday activities with friends & family. The CDC remains the most reliable resource for COVID-19 information. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/����-ncov/hcp/faq.html
when around people, washing our hands frequently, and maintaining a physical distance of six feet (6’) from others. We are hopeful for a vaccine to be approved soon, and look forward to greater health and wellbeing in 2021.
Based on current coronavirus data, a person who has Our best defense against been symptom free for 24 hours and was diagnosed 10 spreading COVID-19 and days prior, does not pose an protecting ourselves contininfectious risk to others. But, ues to be wearing masks
Millions of people have been infected with COVID-19 and have recovered. The exact number of
UNDERSTANDING THE ARK By Torah Academy of Jacksonville
Parshat Noach really came to life here at Torah Academy. To help the students understand the enormous structural undertaking of the Ark, Rabbi Binyamin Levin, our 2nd and 5th grade Judaic studies teacher, assisted the students in stretching a string across the schoolyard to demonstrate the length of the ark. Because of space restrictions, we were able to create a length one-sixth the length of Noah’s ark. The total actual length was 300 cubits
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Students stretch a string across the yard to get a sense of the ark's length.
(or approximately 600 ft., according to some sages). To demonstrate the height of the ark, we suspended a 60ft ribbon from helium balloons.
It was really amazing to see the dimensions of the ark and imagine all the animals boarding two by two.
Helium balloons demonstrate to students the height of Noah's ark.
