In an inspiring display of unity and kavod haTorah, history was made on Motzei Simchas Torah in Israel on Tuesday evening when HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky participated in the ‘neilas
Hundreds of yeshivah bochurim participated in the ‘Neilas haChag’ tisch in Yeshivas Ponevezh immediately after Simchas Torah ended on Tuesday night. The bochurim sang songs of dveikus during the special
As Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lauded Israel’s response to the coronavirus at the UN General Assembly in New York, overloaded hospitals in Israel were running out of ECMO machines. On
The land on which Audrey Trufant Salvant’s home sits in the small Louisiana town of Ironton has become an island in a sea of mud and snake-infested marsh grass. Nearby
Facebook is putting a hold on the development of a kids’ version of Instagram, geared toward children under 13, to address concerns that have been raised about the vulnerability of
The famed philanthropist Reb Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz spent Sukkos in Yerushalayim, staying in his new apartment, located near Shefa Mall and the Chassidic courts of Gur and Belz, for the
Bronwyn Russell wears a mask anytime she leaves her Illinois home, though she wouldn’t dream of going out to eat or to hear a band play, much less setting foot
Two Chareidi families from Bnei Brak recently sold their apartments and moved to Guatemala to join the Lev Tahor cult, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. The families sold their apartments, and the
Rav Shlomo Yehudah Zilbiger, z’l, the grandson of the Gaon Av Beis Din of the Eidah HaChareidis, HaGaon HaRav Tuvia Weiss, was niftar of the coronavirus on Simchas Torah at
To read the incredible story about the Ribnitzer Rebbe, Rav Shach, Williamsburg and children rescued from an Arab village by Yad L’Achim CLICK HERE We hope you had a wonderful Yom
Keith, a champion windsurfer, comes to Israel to race in an international windsurfing competition. After a near-fatal, yet life-transforming accident, he decides to turn his life around. But a dark
In an unusually harsh speech, President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday gave Israel one year to end its occupation of territories the Palestinians want for a future state. He threatened to
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com One of the general differences between Litvaks (Misnagdim) and Chassidim lies in what they do on the holiday of Shmini Atzeres regarding eating in
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com In general, the Prime Minister spoke well at the UN General Assembly. He wore a yarmulkah. He quoted the Talmud Yerushalmi. He mentioned Torah
To read the incredible story about the Ribnitzer Rebbe, Rav Shach, Williamsburg and children rescued from an Arab village by Yad L’Achim CLICK HERE We hope you are having a wonderful Yom
As people grow older, often the infirmities of age can change what used to be simple activities into situations with some challenges. Simchas Torah is, of course, a time of
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The Sidra of vezos habracha has ten sections. Moshe Blesses the Shvatim and begins with Reuvain. The Sidrah begins with “And this is the
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This past Shabbos Chol haMoed, Rav Mottel Dick Shlita, a leading and well-respected Rosh Yeshiva now in Monsey and formerly in Staen Island, delivered
Things turned violent at Yeshiva Oraysa in Yerushalaim on Sunday night, when police arrived at the Hoshanaha Rabb Tish over “noise complaints”. Police walked straight up to the musicians, and
Israeli Police officers arrived at a home in Bnei Brak where the Mezibuz Rebbe was holding his Hoshanah Rabba Tish, saying they received “noise complaints”. Police violently smashed the door
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