By Rabbi Yair Hoffman based on a compilation by Rav Yehudah Gestetner Rav Shlomo Miller shlita is one of the leading Poskim in North America One should preferably not make travel plans that interfere with lighting the Menorah in its proper time. This is because Hadlakas Neiros of Chanukah was so important in Chazal’s view, […]
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A top North Korea official has visited a mountain resort that had been jointly run with rival South Korea during past rapprochement and discussed efforts to unilaterally rebuild it into “a cultural resort envied by the whole world,” state media reported Sunday. Some experts say North Korea may be putting pressure on South Korea in […]
Germany has organized the return of three women and 12 children from camps in northeastern Syria for humanitarian reasons, its foreign minister reported Sunday. Heiko Maas didn’t further identify the women or children, who were flown back to Germany on Saturday. However, the German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported that all three women had left […]
The number of New Yorkers hospitalized with coronavirus has risen to the highest level since mid-May, according to state figures released Saturday. Officials said 6,208 people were hospitalized with the virus as of Friday — the largest number in the state since May 15. The state on Saturday also reported 127 new deaths and 9,919 […]
FOR THE FULL CHALLAH BAKE REPLAY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ONLY It was an evening laced with joy and longing. The beginning of the end of Chanuka, but the start of Zos Chanuka, a day potent with the power of miracles. Abbey Wolin hosted the event with anecdotes, stories, and lessons. Over 25,500 participants watched […]
A 52-year-old mother of six, a resident of Tal Menashe in the Shomron, was found dead in the Reichan forest with signs of violence on her body overnight Sunday. The
A letter from HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef instructing the residents of Israel to be vaccinated for the coronavirus was published on Sunday. “I hereby turn to Acheinu Bnei Yisrael in
Degel Hatorah MK Yitzchak Pindrus, arrived at Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Yerushalayim on Sunday, in order to take the COVID-19 vaccine, but prior to getting vaccinated, Pindrus spoke with Hagaon
The duet of Jewish music superstar Avraham Fried and Tel Aviv rock star Aviv Geffen – “Batzoret” (Drought)was released on Sunday morning. How did this unlikely collaboration of Fried and
Many have complained about shidduchim, comparing it to trying to nailing jello onto a tree. You are supposed to be polite and make a good impression. Yet open up, be
Rebbetzin Shoshan Raizel Bayla Alter, the wife of the Gerrer Rebbe, tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend. Rebbetzin Alter, who is 80-years-old, was suffering from a nagging cough over
My brothers, My mother died when I was only a child and I will never forget the love that she had towards me. As soon as she died, my father
Zeinab Soleimani, the daughter of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, who was eliminated by the US in January, said in a recent English-language interview that her father was the only
Belgium has joined the Netherlands in banning flights from the U.K. and also banned rail connections in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus that is
A group of Likud activists, headed by MK Nissim Vaturi, visited the home of HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein on Sunday morning to receive a bracha for the refuah of Likud
The New York Times admitted Friday that it could not verify the claims of a Canadian man whose account of committing atrocities for the Islamic State in Syria was a central part of its 2018 podcast “Caliphate.” The series had won a Peabody Award, the first ever for a podcast produced by the newspaper, but […]
India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three months, as the country prepares for a massive COVID-19 vaccination in the new year. Additional cases in the past 24 hours dropped to 25,152 from a peak of nearly 100,000 in mid-September. The epidemic has infected nearly […]
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