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by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The Toldos Aharon Rebbe, Rav Dovid Kahn, arrived this week (Monday) at the Har

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by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is a question that a number of people are asking right now. When

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Recently, I ran into Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal’s son in law, Rav Yitzchok Koledetsky shlita

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Yeshiva Torah Temimah, a bastion of Torah in Flatbush for decades, has sold one of their buildings to Satmar. The

By Chaim Gold “In our city of Antwerp, we have morei horaah and poskim who have completed the Dirshu Kinyan

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman One month ago, the Far Rockaway/Five Towns community lost an extraordinary woman. Rebbitzen Toby Weitman a”h,

After seeing the responses to my original letter, I feel the need to respond. Firstly, I want to address the

One of the most commonly cited solutions to solve the shidduch crisis is simple and straightforward: lower the age at

A new report from Americans Against Antisemitism found that a stunning majority – 94% – of anti-Jewish assaults in New

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Do you know “Why BJJers only Date guys From Ponovezh?” BJJ, or Beis Jaakov

As the 2022 election season has worn on, it has become increasingly clear to every Orthodox Jew in New York

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On the heels of an inspiring visit to the tri-state region during which tens of thousands of people thronged to

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Today, a number of Jews will be getting haircuts. If they are not careful,

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A true Kavod Hatorah! On Sunday night the Monsey community flocked in droves to the LifePlex Plaza to hear words

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Kesher Networks is the Jewish community’s answer to the challenge of shidduchim for medically challenged singles. Kesher Networks, Bonei Olam’s

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com “You’re not my mother! So I don’t have to honor you.” “Yes you still

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Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky shlita, Sar HaTorah (“Prince of Torah”) and Gadol Hador, keeps sefer Hadras Ponim Zokon on a bookshelf close to him in

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In a weekly talk delivered from his home on Tuesday evening, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein explained why the Litvish yeshivah

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