By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita, the eldest grandson of Rav Aharon Kotler ztl from Rav Shneur zt”l, has written a remarkable sefer with forty one simanim of the Rosh HaYeshiva’s shiurim on tractate Kesuvos. The 355 page sefer is entitled, “Bainei Amudei – between the pillars” referencing the famous Talmudic […]
Nearly three months after she won confirmation to the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially becoming a justice. Jackson, 51, will be sworn as the court’s 116th justice Thursday, just as the man she is replacing, Justice Stephen Breyer, retires. The judicial pas de deux is set to take place at noon, the moment […]
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HaMashgiach HaRav Don Segal referred to current events during a sichah he gave over in his Beis Medrash on Rechov Givat Moshe in Jerusalem. “‘The Gemara says in Sanhedrin: ‘Ben-Dovid will not come until the ????? ???? of Israel ends, like it says: ‘And he shall cut off the tendrils with pruning hooks.’ Rashi says: What […]
After R’ Doron’s divorce several years ago, he took upon himself to raise his 3 children alone and as the only breadwinner. Recently, his divorcee opened a case of false
About 1,000 Air National Guard troops who are assigned to space missions are mired in an identity crisis. Torn between the Air Force, where they have historically been assigned, and the military’s shiny new Space Force where they now work, their units have become orphans, according to commanders, as state and federal leaders wrangle over […]
The Likud party will announce next week of its decision to grant slots on its party list to the two Yamina MKs who contributed to the coalition’s downfall, Idit Silman and Nir Orbach, Arutz Sheva reported on Wednesday afternoon. Silman’s resignation from the coalition in April was the first step to the end of the Bennett-Lapid-Leiberman government. […]
Touro University Graduate School of Social Work is offering a hybrid program that brings live synchronous learning to students via zoom and requires attendance on-campus only four times per semester,
Yair Lapid, who is slated to become prime minister on Wednesday at midnight following the final vote for the dispersion of the Knesset, is determined to live in Jerusalem while
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States’ top official in the fight against Covid-19, said he is suffering from a “Covid rebound” after being treated with Pfizer’s anti-Covid drug Paxlovid. Annointed
A group tracking antisemitism in Germany said Tuesday it documented more than 2,700 incidents in the country last year, including 63 attacks and six cases of extreme violence. In a
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday evening to the members of his Yamina party that he does not intend to run in the next election. Bennett will remain in
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the U.S. will significantly increase its military presence in Europe for the long haul, including by establishing its first permanent presence in Poland, to bolster regional security after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the opening of the alliance’s annual leaders’ summit in Madrid, […]
Indirect negotiations between Iran and the U.S. over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers will end Wednesday in Qatar, authorities in Tehran said. A semiofficial news agency reported the talks wouldn’t break a diplomatic deadlock over the accord. The U.S. State Department and the European Union, which is mediating the talks in Qatar, did […]
The U.S. economy shrank at a 1.6% annual pace in the first three months of the year, the government reported Wednesday in a slight downgrade from its previous estimate for January-March quarter. It was the first drop in gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic output — since the second quarter of 2020, […]
A rare Republican who supports abortion rights found success in Colorado in the first primary elections held since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, while New York’s first female governor positioned herself to become a major voice in the post-Roe landscape. In Illinois, Democrats helped boost a Republican gubernatorial candidate loyal to former President […]
Thousands attended the wedding last Thursday for the son of HaRav Sholom Ber Sorotzkin, the Rosh Yeshiva of Ateres Shlomo kollel and Yeshiva network. In attendance were Admorim and Rabbonim,
Ben & Jerry’s Israel will continue to sell ice cream throughout Israel, including in Yehudah and Shomron, Ben & Jerry’s parent company Unilever announced on Wednesday. According to an agreement
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