At Midnight, Kollel Chatzos Yerushalayim will tear open the heavens for you. Pidyon Nefesh is a Kabbalistic practice involving the giving of charity and the reciting of particular prayers to
Watch what renowned Author Rabbi Pliskin and other prominent Rabbanim say about this situation. Beloved Rebbi and Mentor Harav Efraim Krohn Shlit”a, well known in the Mattersdorf Neighborhood, is Baruch Hashem marrying
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com We continue with the series, “Of Phil and Dovid.” As readers of the first episode know, ninety years ago, a deep friendship formed between Phil and Dovid. They were both American Yeshiva students in America in the 1930’s. They had both studied under Rav Dovid Leibowitz zt”l, then the […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Every so often it happens. One is a guest at another’s home. Sometimes it is an aufruf. Other times it is for a sheva brachos. The husband notices that the duvet cover is put on upside down. He now has a halachic question: The Gemorah in Horios explains that […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Ninety years ago, a deep friendship formed between Phil and Dovid. They were both American Yeshiva students in America in the 1930’s. They had both studied under Rav Dovid Leibowitz zt”l, then the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah V’Daas and soon to open his own Yeshiva – the Rabbinical […]
A special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election in Georgia appears to be wrapping up its
A few years ago, Kayla Rus Eisenberg of Staten Island unfortunately passed at the tragic age of 18. Today, the Eisenberg family—their 6 kids, aged 16–31, along with their father,
Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope,
In just a few days, we will once again light the menorah to commemorate the miracle of Chanukah. These flames that we display in our windows serve as a reminder
Yao Ruyan paced frantically outside the fever clinic of a county hospital in China’s industrial Hebei province, 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of Beijing. Her mother-in-law had COVID-19 and needed urgent medical care, but all hospitals nearby were full. “They say there’s no beds here,” she barked into her phone. As China grapples with its […]
Target is recalling around 204,000 Pillowfort Weighted Blankets after two kids died after reportedly “became entrapped” in the blanket’s cover, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. In total,
Donald Trump released a new video repeating his claims about the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and the Justice Department’s investigation into his handling of classified documents. Trump made a series of claims throughout the video including: “They pushed an absurd and discredited story where I supposedly lunged for the steering wheel in an […]
It is the dirty secret that everyone knows but few are ready to discuss publicly. The secret is the exponential increase of antisemitism in America today. While overt antisemitism was
When your hatred for someone is so great, it takes up all your headspace and interferes in everything you do. This phenomenon was on full display as Nancy Pelosi gave
The 117th Congress opened with the unfathomable Jan. 6, 2021, mob siege of the Capitol and is closing with unprecedented federal criminal referrals of the former president over the insurrection — all while conducting one of the most consequential legislative sessions in recent memory. Lawmakers are wrapping up the two-year session having found surprisingly common […]
A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Friday as lawmakers raced to finish their work
Congress on Friday gave final passage to legislation changing the arcane law that governs the certification of a presidential contest, the strongest effort yet to avoid a repeat of Donald Trump’s violence-inflaming push to reverse his loss in the 2020 election. The House passed an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act as part of its […]
It took less than a day for the Jan. 6 report to go from public unveiling to the bestseller list on Amazon.com. By late Friday, three editions of the Congressional
China blasted an annual U.S. defense spending bill for hyping up the “China threat” while Taiwan welcomed the legislation, saying it demonstrated U.S. support for the self-governing island that China says must come under its rule. “China deplores and firmly opposes this U.S. move,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted online Saturday, calling […]
A judge kept secret that two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s closest associates had turned against him so the cryptocurrency entrepreneur wouldn’t get spooked and fight extradition from the Bahamas, according to court transcripts made public Friday. U.S. prosecutors in New York waited until Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, was in FBI custody […]
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