By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It was the early 1980’s. Rav Shneur Kotler zt”l and Rav Nosson Wachtfogel zt”l were contemplating a dilemma. It was a dilemma that struck at the very heart of how a Yeshiva must function. The times of a Yeshiva’s sedorim are, and must always be sacrosanct. But how can […]
A Vermont police officer was killed and two other officers were injured when a burglary suspect crashed into two police cruisers pursuing him, Vermont State Police said. Rutland City Police
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sefas Tamim Foundation QUESTION: There is a college professor who engages in a strange type of bullying toward his students. These students are PhD researchers. He approaches them with an idea to collaborate on a study. At the end of the conversation, he says, “You will add my name […]
President Joe Biden on Friday defended what he said was a “difficult decision” to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, a move the administration said was key to the fight and buttressed by Ukraine’s promise to use the controversial bombs carefully. The decision comes on the eve of the NATO summit in Lithuania, where Biden is […]
A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in 17 American states a chance to glimpse the Northern Lights, the colorful sky show that happens when solar
At 31 years old, Nasrat Ahmad Yar had spent most of his adult life working with the U.S. military in Afghanistan before escaping to America in search of a better
President Joe Biden leaves on Sunday for Europe, where he will spend time in three nations tending to alliances that have been tested by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After arriving at night in London, Biden will meet the next day with King Charles III for the first time since he was crowned. Next is the centerpiece of the […]
Dirshu Chaburas Shas Siyum Held at the Home of Rav Chaim Feinstein Shlita HaGaon HaRav Chaim Feinstein, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Ateres Shlomo, related a fascinating incident earlier this
An 86-year-old New York City man was fatally shot and at least two others were seriously wounded by a man on a scooter who police say was shooting randomly at
Authorities were searching Saturday for an inmate described by police as “very dangerous” who escaped from a jail in northwestern Pennsylvania using bed sheets, officials said. Michael Burham was last seen wearing a blue denim coat from the jail, white and orange pants, and orange shoes, Warren police said Friday. Burham was being held on […]
A new phenomenon known as “long vax” is emerging, involving a small number of individuals who experience perplexing symptoms for months after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Although cases are extremely
The Iraqi Alrabiaa TV channel aired footage on Friday morning of Israeli citizen Elizabeth Tsurkov in a Baghdad cafe prior to her abduction by the Kata’ib Hezbollah militia. Additionally, a
Jerusalem Police arrested eight Arab-Israelis on Friday morning for abusing a mentally impaired Chareidi man and live-streaming it on Tiktok. The horrifying incident occurred on Thursday evening outside Hadassah Ein
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, sending a strong sign of Democratic unity from one of the party’s most liberal members. “I think he’s done quite well, given the limitations that we have,” Ocasio-Cortez said on the “Pod Save America” podcast Thursday. “I do think that there are ebbs and flows.” […]
The United States has decided to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help its military push back Russian forces entrenched along the front lines. The Biden administration is expected to
Thousands of thrill seekers took part Friday in the first running of the bulls at the San Fermín festival in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. Several runners took knocks and hard falls in the 8 a.m. event but no one was gored by the beasts, a frequent feature of the spectacle. The festival attracts […]
Would-be homebuyers are willing to take on sharply higher mortgage payments, even as home prices have begun to pull back this year. The median monthly payment listed on applications for
As first reported on Lakewood Alerts, an 8-year-old boy from Lakewood is in critical condition after choking on a candy on Thursday. Hatzolah paramedics responded to the boy’s home in
America’s employers pulled back on hiring but still delivered another month of solid gains in June, adding 209,000 jobs, a sign that the economy’s resilience is confounding the Federal Reserve’s drive to slow growth and inflation. The latest evidence of economic strength makes it all but certain that the Fed will resume its interest rate […]
Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live. The app, billed as the text version of Meta’s photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries — including the U.S., Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. Despite some early glitches, 30 million people had signed up before […]
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