Month September 2021
Hezbollah began bringing Iranian fuel into Lebanon via Syria on Thursday, a move the Shiite Muslim group says should ease a crippling energy crisis but which opponents say risks provoking… Read more » The post Feted With Petals, Hezbollah Brings… Continue Reading →
Residents of two Bnei Brak apartment blocks were ordered to vacate their homes early on Friday after Fire and Rescue Service experts declared them at high risk for imminent collapse.… Read more » The post Residents Cleared From Bnei Brak… Continue Reading →
A Suffolk County police officer was arrested for allegedly not responding to several emergency calls last year but filing paperwork saying he did, authorities said Wednesday. Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said Matthew Drury, 34, of Lake Grove, New… Continue Reading →
Kiryas Tosh, with its quaint streets and neat homes, is nestled in Boisbriand, Quebec, 20 miles north of Montreal. After its establishment by the previous Tosher Rebbe, Rav Meshulam Feish Lowy, zt”l, in 1963, it attracted quite a few chasidic… Continue Reading →
Who doesn’t love a crockpot dinner? Especially when it tastes this good! For some reason, pulled chicken doesn’t get the spotlight it deserves. Not only is it tasty, it’s pretty healthy and cost effective too! On busy days, this is… Continue Reading →
It’s a little after 1:00 a.m. and I’m in Baghdad, riding in the car from the airport to my hotel. Sitting to my left is chasidic music superstar Lipa Schmeltzer. Our peaceful journey is suddenly interrupted by the sight of… Continue Reading →
The yeshivah administrators gasped as they took in the sight of the elaborate metal decoration. What had once been their old yeshivah gate was now a wall ornament beautifying the entry area for Likrat Kallah, Rebbetzin Esther Grossman’s new bridal… Continue Reading →
The Ohel Yaacob Synagogue in Deal, New Jersey, where my esteemed and gracious host, Rabbi Eli Mansour, serves as the rav, is probably the most beautiful building—or palace—that I have ever been in. Located on Ocean Avenue, right across from… Continue Reading →
One pan dinner winner coming in first place for delicious and balanced flavor, this champion of a chicken recipe also includes veggies and potatoes. Now that’s a meal you’ll be glad to feast on after a long day of walking… Continue Reading →
There is a gentle summer afternoon breeze as I turn onto Upland Way in Philadelphia. I glance around for the correct house and immediately spot Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky. It is bein hazmanim, and he is sitting on his front porch… Continue Reading →
I enter the luxurious Brooklyn home of Rav Asher’s host to find the rav sitting in an ornate study, answering a shailah over the phone while editing a teshuvah for another volume of his magnum opus, Minchas Asher. The identity… Continue Reading →
He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a brilliant legal scholar, military commander and the founder of America’s financial system. As the first secretary of the treasury, he was the main architect of President George Washington’s… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are some fascinating halachos about the Sukkah and its decorations of which some people may be unaware. FORBIDDEN TO BENEFIT FROM Once a Sukkah becomes an “Official Sukkah” it is forbidden to derive… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A spate of inmate deaths. Cellblocks unguarded. Staggering staffing shortages caused by AWOL guards. Detainees deprived of food and medical care. New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex, troubled by years of neglect, has spiraled… Continue Reading →
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ATLIT, Israel (AP) — Israel’s navy has stepped up its activities in the Red Sea “exponentially” in the face of growing Iranian threats to Israeli shipping, the country’s just-retired navy commander said in an interview. Vice Adm. Eli Sharvit stopped… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 6:40 pm Rabbi Chaim SnyderHusband Mrs. Kayla LevovitzDaughter Rabbi Yankie SnyderSon Mrs. Rikki GrossDaughter Rabbi Leib SnyderSon Rabbi Avrohom SnyderSon
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, R-Ohio, on Thursday announced he will not seek reelection in 2022, citing a desire to “build a fuller family life” as well as “the toxic dynamics inside… Read more » The post GOP Rep. Gonzalez, who voted… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The prosecutor tasked with examining the U.S. government’s investigation into Russian election interference charged a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Thursday with making a false statement to the FBI five years ago. The indictment accuses Michael Sussmann of… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] A huge display featuring dozens of 8.5×11 and 11×17 posters as well as a new selection of large vinyl posters great for hanging in one’s Sukkah or home will be sold for just a few dollars each in Lakewood… Continue Reading →
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected an appeal by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, made in a phone call, for Republicans to join with Democrats in raising the federal debt ceiling,… Read more » The post McConnell Rebuffs Yellen on Debt… Continue Reading →