Chaggai Amir, a brother of convicted Rabin assassin Yigal Amir, who was convicted as an accomplice in the murder of the prime minister, may be released from prison, apparently due

Among the many murderers being released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal are the those responsible for the July 26, 2002 attack which claimed the lives of Rabbi Yosef Dickstein, 45, of Psagot, his wife Chana, 42, and their 9-year-old son Shuv’el Tzion HYD. Also murdered in that attack was IDF St.-Sergeant Elazar Lebowitz […]

A front desk supervisor at a Florida hotel was fired recently when he refused managements request to remove the American flag pin he was wearing, news4jax.com reports. Sean May, 26, an employee at Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, Fla., has been wearing an American flag pin to work every day for the last two […]

A number of right-wing activists on motzei Shabbos morning successfully bypassed security agents stationed at the Jerusalem home of Justice Minister Prof. Yaakov Neeman, knocking on the door of the home. They were then apprehended by security agents. The protestors were distanced from the ministers home, but some did manage to evade security agents, making […]

Israel, supported by the United States has rejected a Hamas request to amend the prisoner release list in the Gilad Shalit deal, seeking to add a number of terrorists to

Today, 16 October 2011, marks 25 years [on the Gregorian calendar] since IDF Lt.-Colonel Ron Arad fell into captivity in 1986. Speaking at an event marking the 25th anniversary, his wife, Tami Arad explaining the pain, and during the first year, I could feel you, your presence and in the second year, I could still […]

Con Ed has given the Ground Zero mosque an ultimatum: Pay the $1.7 million you owe in back rent, or well terminate your lease and take back our property. Con Ed and mosque developer Park51 have an unusual, uneasy alliance, sharing ownership of a site slated to be one of the most controversial projects in […]

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed Sunday U.S. accusations that Iranian government agents plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador in the United States. “Iran is a civilized nation and doesn’t need

Israeli officials have sent a message to Hamas, asking the terrorist organization to stop intended plans to abduct IDF soldiers, hoping to use the soldiers as negotiating pawns towards the release of additional terrorists imprisoned in Israel. The response from Gaza was a resounding no, with Hamas leaders stating quite the contrary, realizing that terrorism […]

The community of Yitzhar served as the venue for another outpost defense course, intended for outpost activists from Yehuda and Shomron. The three-day course was completed on Tuesday, 13 Tishrei. The course included hand-to-hand combat, as well as teaching participants self-defense tactics against a baton and a knife. One of the course organizers is quoted […]

[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] More than 50,000 people attended the Levaya of Rebbetzin Batsheva Chaya Kanievsky A”H, on Motzei Shabbos. The Levaya began just after 10:00PM outside the famous Kanievsky home – that hundreds of thousands have visited over the years – on Rechov Rashbam in Bnei Brak. Many Simchos Beis Hosheiva’s planned […]

[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Tens of thousands of mispallalim and visitors were on hand on Sunday, 18 Tishrei, for the major birkas kohanim of Yomtov in the presence

As the state prepares to release 1,027 terrorists for the return of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, Shas leader Minister of the Interior Eli Yishai is pushing for the release of

A number of sukka fires were report in Israel over Shabbos, the daily HaMevaser reports. Shortly after Shabbos began, a fire was reported in a sukka on Zechariah Street in

The following breakdown pertaining to the imminent release of terrorists by Israel in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal was released by the Israel Prison Authority. Pursuant to the Government

President Shimon Peres on motzei Shabbos received the list of the 1,027 terrorists scheduled to be released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner release. The president must pardon them in order

Police on erev shabbos released a suspect in his 20s after he defaced a Tel Aviv memorial for Yitzchak Rabin. The suspects parents were murdered in a terror attack and when the suspect was apprehended, he explained he reacted to the news of the release of 1,027 Arab terrorists in the upcoming Gilad Shalit prisoner […]

The plans are underway for the homecoming of Gilad Shalit, who has been in Hamas captivity for five years. Only a few select persons will be permitted to attend the

The Turkish prosecutor has turned to Interpol seeking the release of the names of the IDF commandos who took park in the Mavi Marmara operation. Turkey hopes that it will receive the name of the soldiers in the classified unit, seeking to pursue legal actions against Israel. As a result of Israels operation against the […]

The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Chol-Hamoed. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and Ramah,

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