Month March 2022
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Ideally, the bracha on trees should be recited in Nissan. He should shy away from seeing fruit trees during Adar. TWO TREES The minhag is to try to be makpid to say the bracha… Continue Reading →
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site, Ukraine’s state power company said Thursday as fighting raged on the outskirts of… Continue Reading →
The Rav of the Old City of Jerusalem, HaGaon HaRav Avigdor Nebenzahl, who was the mechutan of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, z’tl, spoke prescient words in his hesped for the Gadol HaDor last week. “Rebbe Chaim, z’tl, specially protected Bnei… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden is ordering the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, the White House said Thursday, in a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) – Lev Tahor cult leader Nachman Helbrans was sentenced today to 12 years in prison by a US District Court in White Plains, New York. He was convicted late last year of six counts for his role… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose again this week as the key 30-year loan rate vaulted over 4.5% and attained its highest level since the end of 2018. Against a backdrop of inflation at a four-decade high,… Continue Reading →
With a new Iran nuclear deal potentially just days away, bipartisan concerns remain in Congress about the reported concessions being offered to Iran, and the Biden administration’s highly concerning lack of transparency about negotiations. President Biden should submit any agreement… Continue Reading →
Skippy is recalling tens of thousands of jars of two kinds of peanut butter distributed to 18 states, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, over concerns the products could be contaminated by small fragments of stainless steel. Fewer than… Continue Reading →
During my research regarding Covid-19, I came across this study. While I found the information compelling, I honestly did not know how to write an article about it, given the amount of data it sourced. Rather than give up, I… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has unveiled a new policy platform for Republicans ahead of this year’s midterms elections, offering a framework for candidates — and possibly himself — ahead of a potential 2024 presidential run…. Continue Reading →
Circle Time: At Your Shabbos Table is a weekly parshah sheet download brought to you by The Circle.Here is this week’s parshah sheet, along with a printer-friendly version. For the colored parshah sheet CLICK HERE. For the printer-friendly version CLICK HERE. Have… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Sara Schenirer invites all students and parents to an informative Virtual Open House on Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 at 8 PM. With summer approaching, many students and seminary girls are beginning to consider their next steps. Sara… Continue Reading →
A federal judge has sentenced Lev Tahor cult leaders Nachman Helbrans and Mayer Rosner to 144 months (12 years) in prison followed by 5 years of supervised released for the 2018 Shabbos kidnapping of two children who escaped the cult… Continue Reading →
A federal judge has just sentenced Let Tahor cult leader Nachman Helbrans to 144 months (12 years) in prison followed by 5 years of supervised released for the 2018 Shabbos kidnapping of two children who escaped the cult The sentencing… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Below, we find 14 things about Shabbos that every teen-age girl should know. Of course, everyone should ask her own Rav about particulars. If something is unclear, please go over it with a Rav… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve, according to two people familiar with the decision, in a bid to… Continue Reading →
Planting season has arrived in Ukraine. Boot marks stamped in the frozen earth have thawed. But the Pavlovych family’s fields remain untouched in a lonely landscape of checkpoints and churches. Over a week ago, the family learned their 25-year-old soldier… Continue Reading →
Yesterday, TLS reported that a prize distribution event which was causing issues on Route 9 in Howell, was shut down by Howell Police. TLS wrote, “Hundreds of children gathered to collect their prizes for collecting over Purim. However, the overflow… Continue Reading →
It was the first census after World War II. The baby boom had begun. The Great Migration of Black residents from the Jim Crow South to places like Detroit and Chicago was in full swing. And some industrial cities reached… Continue Reading →
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — A U.S. Navy aircraft with three people aboard crashed in waters near the Eastern Shore boundary of Virginia and Maryland on Wednesday evening, killing one, authorities said. Lt. Cmdr. Rob Myers, a public affairs officer… Continue Reading →
One local thief got quite a surprise while attempting to steal a vehicle. On Wednesday afternoon, suspects in a silver Audi (believed to be stolen out of Clifton) attempted to steal a vehicle on Todd Road. The vehicle’s owner was… Continue Reading →