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(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) Everyone grew up with it.  It signifies the end of the Pesach Seder. And every...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The great Roshei Yeshiva have  encouraged their students to always look at everything – including current events, in light...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is called, “B’Ikvei HaGalus”, and its over 700 pages makes it, in all probability, the most comprehensive Torah work...

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com A woman who is in the process of a divorce had explained to her husband that her lawyer had...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com After Rav Elyashiv zatzal was Niftar, Rav Shteinman, Rav Shmuel Wosner and Rav Nissim Karelitz, Maran HaGaon HaRav Chaim...

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com 55 years ago, something remarkable happened.  It happened for the very first time in nearly two millennium.  What was...

A large protest took place on Tuesday night in Jerusalem's Bar Ilan intersection where Admorim and the head of the Eidah Chareidis, Hagaon HaRav...

Following Rabbi Eliezer Melamed's support for a reform prayer section at the Kosel, Chareidi store owners have begun to boycott Rabbi Melamed's sefarim "Peninei...

US forces and local Guatemalan police raided the compound of the Lev Tahor cult on Tuesday, taking two senior cult officials into custody. Yoel...

Jewish-Arab violence and riots have erupted in numerous cities that have a mixed population of Arabs and Jews across Israel. The violence comes at...

On a Lufthansa flight that departed from Israel's Ben Gurion airport and flew to Frankfurt in Germany, six Israeli passengers acted with disorderly conduct...

A 21-year-old Chareidi resident of Modi'in Illit was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident that took place on Highway 446 on Thursday morning near...

A Chareidi man who was beaten by a police officer after asking him why he was hitting a Chareidi minor, was awarded 15,000 NIS...

According to a new poll conducted by Channel 12 news, should the Israeli elections happen today, the Likud would still be the biggest party...

A press conference was held on Thursday by the CEO of Israel's Health Ministry, Chezi Levi, together with the head of the Health Ministry's...

Due to the many medical emergencies and tragedies resulting from laxity around candles and kitchen safety on Chanukah, United Hatzalah of Israel issued a...

Lawyers for plaintiffs against Eliezer Berland, who is accused of exploitation and fraud, sent a letter to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and Jerusalem District...

The Admor of Karlin-Stolin, HaRav Baruch Meir Yaakov Shochet, blasted those who do not adhere to the Coronavirus guidelines for their actions in a...

Israel's Health Ministry updated that over the course of Shabbos, 1,386 people were found to have contracted the Coronavirus. The positive results were among...

The Color Red siren sounded in the southwestern region of Israel on Sunday evening when two rockets were fired by terrorists at Israel. The...

Following a public outcry, Israel Railways has modified their ticket selling platform to allow for religious Jews to be able to purchase tickets in...

Over the course of the 27-hour enforced lockdown on Israelis during Yom Ha'Atzmaut to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 Coronavirus, police issued 1,091...

On Wednesday, as part of the official Yom Ha'Atzmaut celebrations, President Reuven Rivlin sent his congratulations to the winners of the Israel Prize for this...

Health Ministry Officials have noted a dramatic and worrying rise in the number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in the Belz neighborhood of Yerushalayim. 38...

72-years-young and Israel is hitting its highest population numbers ever. According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, as reported by Globes business news website,...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com The Slabodka Yeshiva is called the “Mother of Yeshivos” for a reason.  In the United States, the heads and...

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz Shlita is one of the most prominent Poskim in Eretz Yisroel and is the go to...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times “Hey, I thought you are keeping the first Zman.” “I am.” “So, you can’t listen to that...

(by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) Normally people smile when they see the cheerful picture of the Gerber baby.  That's why...

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This guide is presented, as a last minute "just in case."  It is presented in honor of an old...

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This video was dedicated for the refuah shleimah of a family member of the author. It has a Hatzolah...

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This week, Shabbos HaGadol, most Rabbonim would have spoken about the upcoming need to make an eruv tavshilin.  So...

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com One should not order Chametz before Pesach from Amazon etc. to be delivered after Pesach. There are two...

As a gift to Klal Yisroel suffering in the COVID-19 Pandemic, a new tape was just revealed of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l.  The...

United Hatzalah volunteers across Israel have initiated a campaign working together with social services of local and regional councils to deliver food packages to...