Month August 2022
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Many people hate studying history. This is probably because it usually involved school, tests, and memorizing boring facts and details. Sadly, the negativity associated with knowing history, removes us from a sense of both… Continue Reading →
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended the elected state prosecutor of Tampa on Thursday for pledging not to enforce the state’s new 15-week abortion ban and for supporting gender transition treatments for minors. The Republican governor announced the suspension of Hillsborough… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Many people hate studying history. This is probably because it usually involved school, tests, and memorizing boring facts and details. Sadly, the negativity associated with knowing history, removes us from a sense of both… Continue Reading →
In his continued effort to force everyone to bow down to him, former President Donald Trump took a swing at Fox News – a former friend of his – claiming that the ultra-successful cable news channel wouldn’t exist without him…. Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com “Can we take those pre-fasting pills on Shabbos or is that considered hachanah?” “Do I really bring my Tishah B’Av shoes to shul on Friday?” “Is it true my cholent pot must remain unwashed… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com “Can we take those pre-fasting pills on Shabbos or is that considered hachanah?” “Do I really bring my Tishah B’Av shoes to shul on Friday?” “Is it true my cholent pot must remain unwashed… Continue Reading →
Arizona voters relegated House Speaker Rusty Bowers to the history books after the conservative Republican crossed former President Donald Trump and refused to back his unsupported claims that he lost in 2020 because of fraud. Bowers was thoroughly trounced in… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rav Henoch Leibowitz zt”l was one of the Gedolei HaMussar of the past generation. He headed the Rabbinical Seminary of America – Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim, and spearheaded an entire Yeshiva movement that has educated… Continue Reading →
At least two robbers ambushed an armored vehicle in broad daylight Thursday and opened fire on the armed guards, injuring one critically in a Southern California casino’s parking lot before fleeing with cash, police said. At least two suspects, armed… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman It was a Mitzvah which the Chofetz Chaim himself observed meticulously, and one that Mr. Roy Neuberger’s has been promoting for close to two decades – hoping for and anticipating Mashiach’s arrival. Now you can watch… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman It was a Mitzvah which the Chofetz Chaim himself observed meticulously, and one that Mr. Roy Neuberger’s has been promoting for close to two decades – hoping for and anticipating Mashiach’s arrival. Now you can watch… Continue Reading →
The Air Force has filed criminal charges against an airman in connection with an April explosion that injured U.S. troops at a base in eastern Syria. Tech. Sgt. David D. Dezwaan Jr. is facing several charges including dereliction of duty,… Continue Reading →
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell below 5% for the first time in four months, days after the Federal Reserve jacked up its main borrowing rate in an aggressive effort to get inflation under control. The 30-year rate tumbled… Continue Reading →
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A West Virginia man was sentenced Thursday to three years in federal prison after he sent emails threatening Dr. Anthony Fauci and another federal health official for talking about the coronavirus and efforts to prevent its… Continue Reading →
The families of the two slain IDF soldiers whose bodies are being held by Hamas and the Israeli civilians being held hostage in the Strip set out on a three-day march toward the Gaza border on Wednesday. According to a… Continue Reading →
The employment market appears to have lost some of its sizzle, a development that could influence Federal Reserve policy and further raise concerns about an economic recession among investors. Job openings have been edging lower since April as rising inflation… Continue Reading →
KENTUCKY (JNS) – Rabbi Shlomo Litvin and his father, Rabbi Avrohom Litvin, of Chabad of Kentucky, drove across the commonwealth on Monday, their car filled with supplies such as portable mattresses, bottled water, cleaning items, gift cards and more. They… Continue Reading →
When camp counselor Allie Tarantino was flipping through a magazine years ago, he came upon a familiar name: Mark Zuckerberg. He rifled through boxes of memorabilia in his basement, running his fingers over old photos, newspapers and bus maps before… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – Four people have been critically injured after a lightning strike outside the White House, fire officials said Thursday. The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department said the four people were injured in Lafayette Park,… Continue Reading →
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre,… Continue Reading →
The IDF imposed a closure along the Gaza border for the third day in a row on Thursday due to continued fears of a retaliatory attack by the Islamic Jihad terror group following the arrest of a commander overnight Monday…. Continue Reading →