Siddur Kavonos HaAri ZT”L, a highly ornamented and illustrated rare manuscript from the year of 1756, written by the Kabbalist Rabbi Shlomo Rechnitz, was recently revealed in Jerusalem. The ancient siddur was written during the lifetime of the Baal Shem Tov and his disciples, when Kabbalistic intentions in tefilos began to spread, laying the foundation of the nussach HaAri – Sfarad which gradually developed to the Ashkenazi-Chassidic "Nussach Sfarad”. The unique siddur will be up for sale for in the Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem for ...
The latest Chanel 1 News election poll, released on Thursday night the eve of 8 Adar, shows the radical left-wing Meretz party may not pass the minimum threshold to enter the 20th Knesset.
Likud: 24
Labor/The Movement: 24
Arab Bloc: 12
Bayit Yehudi: 12
Yesh Atid: 12
Kulanu: 7
Shas: 7
Yahadut Hatorah: 7
Yisrael Beitenu: 6
Yachad: 5
Meretz: 4
The ...
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Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry says the Islamic State group seizing territory in the Middle East represents the worst threat to freedom since communism.
The likely Republican presidential contender spoke Friday morning in front of an audience of conservative activists at the second day of the annual CPAC convention just outside of Washington.
The former governor has been studying up ...
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The ongoing campaign for 20th Knesset appears to be reaching unprecedented lows in the frum community. All lines are being crossed as the chareidi parties are deeply concerned regarding the outcome of the elections following over two years of being in opposition.
HaGaon HaRav Meir Mazuz Shlita sent a letter to prominent Chabad rabbonim clarifying that he has not been and is not ...
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On Thursday, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato announced that Nicholas Ravaioli, 30, of Jackson Township, NJ, entered a guilty plea before Judge Wendel E. Daniels to 2 counts of the second degree crime of luring a child into a motor vehicle for the purpose of a criminal offense with or against a child. This defendant admitted during his guilty plea that he attempted to lure two ...
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“It is our duty to rebuild the destruction and pick up the pieces. We must establish and reestablish the chareidi Jewry in its original format”, reads the column in HaPeles, the newspaper affiliated with HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Auerbach Shlita who heads the so-called Yerushalmi split off branch from Degel Hatorah. The newspaper adds the Bnei Torah party which represents these followers ...
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President Barack Obama's health care law was the legacy of his first term and he is pursuing a nuclear deal with Iran as the hallmark of his second, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida told conservative activists on Friday.
Both, the likely 2016 presidential candidate said, were destined to fail.
"It is a foreign policy that treats the ayatollah of Iran with more respect than ...
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On the Patriot television panel show Wednesday night the eve of 7 Adar, Moshe Feiglin revealed the name of his new party: “Identity”, An Israeli Jewish Movement. (In Hebrew: Zehut: Tenuah Yisraelit Yehudit)
Feiglin said that he plans to turn to the broad public – not just religious or right. According to Feiglin, the party will create an alternative based on liberty, identity ...
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The first peek at a major study of how Americans smoke suggests many use combinations of products, and often e-cigarettes are part of the mix.
It's a preliminary finding, but it highlights some key questions as health officials assess electronic cigarettes.
"Are e-cigarettes a step toward a cigarette smoker getting off of cigarettes? Or are e-cigarettes a crutch so they can get ...
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Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) met with NYC Councilman Brad Lander this morning at Hikind’s home to discuss a variety of community issues, including transportation matters, such as overnight layovers for yeshiva school buses, and delays due to simultaneous school bus runs and sanitation pick-ups. The two elected officials also went over matters revolving around the city budget ...
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OU Advocacy-Teach NYS, the nonpartisan public policy arm of the Orthodox Union, launched its campaign to pass the Education Investment Incentives Act (EIIA), also known as the Education Tax Credit, with an interfaith advocacy mission to Albany on Thursday composed of 30 Brooklyn high school juniors, half from the Yeshivah of Flatbush and half from Nazareth Regional High ...
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Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita has released a psak halacha changing the status of Purim observance for residents of the Ramot neighborhood.
It is well known in the past that those who followed the ruling of Maran Rav Elyashiv ZT”L ZY”A and other Ashkenazim Torah giants observed Purim in Ramat on Shushan Purim, as is the custom throughout the capital. ...
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At least 9 people are reportedly dead at separate locations in southern Missouri, where officials planned a news conference early Friday.
The dead include the suspected gunman, according to the Houston Herald. The victims reportedly include the gunman.
Texas County Sheriff James Sigman told the newspaper there are four confirmed crime scenes in Tyrone, a possible fifth location ...
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UPDATED Friday 9:15AM EST: Hatzalah of Miami Dade has informed YWN that their emergency hotline number is once again working.
The issue was due to a nationwide outage with their telephone service provider, freedom voice.
Thanks for your understanding.
In case of emergency call 305-919-4900.
Hatzalah Miami Dade tell YWN that thanks to our earlier posting with the temporary ...
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British spy agencies are facing questions about how a young Londoner who was on their radar as part of terrorist investigations was able to travel to Syria and become the knife-wielding masked militant known as "Jihadi John."
Officials have identified the man shown in hostage-beheading videos as Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwait-born computer science graduate raised and educated in ...
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A former chief of Israel's Mossad spy agency is slamming the prime minister's handling of the Iranian nuclear threat.
Ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious speech to Congress, Meir Dagan says "the person who has caused the greatest strategic damage to Israel on the Iranian issue is the prime minister."
The comments were published Friday in the Yediot Ahronot daily.
Dagan ...
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While much of the electioneering ahead of elections surroundings the high cost of living in Israel, this is not preventing a hike in the price of gas at the pumps. The increase will take effect on midnight motzei Shabbos.
A liter of 95 octane gasoline will increase by 38 agorot to 6.46 NIS/liter, which is the equivalent of $6.57/US gallon based on the Bank of Israel closing rate of 7 ...
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New York's attorney general is moving to shut down two Buffalo-area debt collections agencies, saying they illegally used threats and other abusive tactics to pressure consumers to pay.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Thursday that his office and the Federal Trade Commission have filed joint lawsuits against Four Star Resolution LLC and Vantage Point Services ...
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New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton says a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security would be irresponsible and dangerous.
He urged Congress "not to play politics."
House Republicans recently passed a DHS funding bill with immigration amendments that Democrats say are unacceptable.
Hours from a partial agency shutdown, Congress on Friday moved to approve a ...
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A fight in a Boro Park bar ended with a man being stabbed in critical condition early Friday morning.
Sources tell YWN that around 4:42AM, two suspects stabbed the victim at the intersection of New Utrecht Avenue and 59th Street after a fight in a bar just one block away. A police source told YWN that the victim is familiar with his attackers.
The victim is reportedly a ...
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As Florida's governor, Jeb Bush was among the nation's most conservative state chief executives. He's quietly embarking on work to persuade the right-flank of the Republican Party he'd be that same kind of conservative in the White House.
Eight years removed from office, Bush is viewed by some conservatives as a squishy moderate: a member of the GOP's most established family with a ...
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YouTube is flooded with election videos from the parties competing for entry into the 20th Knesset. The Knesset Channel commissioned Panels Politics to poll the public to determine if they view the videos. Some respondents explain they only view the videos shown on TV, not on YouTube.
58%: We view the videos
42%: We don’t view the videos
Do the videos influence your regarding ...
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The New York Daily News may be up for sale.
Mort Zuckerman, the owner and publisher of the New York City tabloid newspaper, sent a memo to employees on Thursday that said he was approached about a potential sale a few weeks ago. The memo was sent to The Associated Press.
"Although there were no immediate plans to consider a sale, we thought it would be prudent to explore the ...
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President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday afternoon 6 Adar hosted a delegation from Apple, led by CEO Tim Cook, currently on a visit to Israel. The President warmly welcomed Mr. Cook and his team. He said, “It is a great privilege to host you and your team here in Israel.”
He continued, “Your contribution to humanity is unprecedented. Even for me as ...
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The Secretary of the Chabad Beis Din, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yehuda Yuroslovsky Shlita spoke to the “Kfar Chabad” Magazine about elections. He stressed that by and large, Chabad does not get involved in elections and everyone should vote for the most chareidi party.
He stresses the this statement is not an effort to avoid responding to the question of which party to vote for, ...
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Sounding retreat, House Republicans agreed Thursday to push short-term funding to prevent a partial shutdown at the Homeland Security Department while leaving in place Obama administration immigration policies they have vowed to repeal.
"The speaker's pretty adamant that he's not going to shut down Homeland Security, especially in light of the Mall of America and in light of what's ...
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Bnei Brak police received a call telling of the apprehension of a shoplifter at the Yesh Chessed supermarket at 10 Kahaneman Street in the city. A search of the perpetrator revealed he was carrying a knife, pepper spray and stolen merchandise.
While dealing with the chareidi thief police realized something was not correct with his accented Hebrew. A deeper probe revealed that the ...
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New York Police Department's sergeants union is signing a new labor contract with City Hall.
The deal, announced Thursday, comes after months of friction between the union and Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The union's head, Ed Mullins, called the mayor "a total nincompoop" in mid-December. He said de Blasio needed "to humble himself."
The rift was caused by de Blasio's handling of ...
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MK (Yahadut Hatorah) Menachem Eliezer Moses admits he is concerned due to the split in the litvish community and the split in the Sephardi Shas party. Moses states he is nevertheless trying to remain optimistic, but he warns the chareidi tzibur may lose significant numbers in Knesset.
Moses spoke of the videos that have popped up without mentioning Shas by name, adding “go now what ...
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New Jersey's Chris Christie is seeking to sell himself to conservative activists as a fighter who shouldn't be counted out as he mulls a run for president in 2016.
The Republican governor spoke Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland.
He was interviewed by talk show host Laura Ingraham on stage at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center near ...
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Fire department investigators believe the blaze at the Greek Orthodox Seminary near the Jaffa Gate to Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday, 7 Adar was most likely started intentionally. Graffiti was spray painted on the premises signaling a so-called price tag attack, with fire investigators reporting a restroom and shower room were damaged by the blaze.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat upon ...
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Defying threats from Congress, the District of Columbia legalized possession of marijuana for recreational purposes on Thursday, becoming the first place east of the Mississippi River with legal pot.
The new law took effect at 12:01 a.m., despite last-minute maneuvers by Republican leaders in Congress and threats that city leaders could face prison time. Democratic Mayor Muriel ...
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President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday morning 6 Adar met with a delegation of community and academic leaders from the Israeli Bedouin community, to discuss ways to strengthen the relationship between the Bedouin and Jewish communities, and best address the needs of the population with regard to social and education issues. Participating in the meeting was among others, Community Activity ...
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A New York City police officer who said his superiors punished him for complaining about what he said were arrest quotas has gotten his lawsuit reinstated.
In a ruling Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court's decision dismissing Officer Craig Matthews' suit.
The New York Civil Liberties Union represented Matthews. It calls the ruling a victory for ...
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A week after the Supreme Court overturned a Central Election Committee decision and clearing the way for Baruch Marzel to run on the Yachad party ticket, Marzel has launched his campaign.
He is already being criticized by the media for his ‘radical’ views as he tells the media during his election campaign he does plan to “create a commotion among the Arabs”.
For Marzel and ...
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Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates have edged up for a third straight week while remaining near their historically low levels reached in May 2013.
Mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday the nationwide average for a 30-year mortgage rose to 3.80 percent from 3.76 percent last week.
The rate for the 15-year loan, a popular choice for people who are refinancing, ticked up to ...
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Lawmakers are demanding that a California man take down poster-size swastikas displayed in front of his house, calling the signs racist and vulgar.
State Sen. Marty Block, chairman of the Legislative Jewish Caucus, said at a news conference Thursday that the symbol desecrates the memory of 6 million Jews who died in concentration camps.
At the house, the symbols used by German ...
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On the afternoon of Wednesday, 6 Adar, the Petah Tikva Magistrate Court ordered the release of the youth
detained the previous night during a police raid on Yeshivat Od Yosef Chai in Yitzhar.
The youth was interrogated on ...
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5:20PM EST: The NYPD is looking for a suspect who attempted to rob a bank on 13th Avenue, Thursday afternoon.
Sources tell YWN that a suspect entered the CitiBank located at 5420 13th Avenue near 54th Street, and passed a note to the bank teller demanding that money be handed over. The teller refused, and the suspect fled the bank on foot. The NYPD ...
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Let's say, for a moment, that America has given you the job of picking the perfect candidate for president. Good luck, Mr. or Ms. Voter, deciding what they've got to have — and what they can do without.
There are all sorts of things to start the list: leadership, vision, charisma, communication skills and foreign policy cred. And more: fundraising prowess, authenticity, empathy, a ...
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It has not been an easy election season for the Likud party and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. They were hit first with the bottle deposit scandal which alleges Mrs. Netanyahu pocketed money earned from returning bottles in the Prime Minister’s Residence for her private use.
The next scandal was the state comptroller’s report citing excessive spending in the Prime ...
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