By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are two versions of Rav Chaim Soloveitchik zt”l’s humorous rejoinder (also known as either a joke or a subtle shtoch). Both of the versions involve a discussion of Rav Chaim’s aversion to the overdoing of the notion of a Chakirah. There is the version provided by Rav Shlomo […]
The U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services is scheduled to visit Taiwan in coming days in the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei in 1979. The visit by Alex Azar, and especially a planned meeting with Taiwan’s president, will likely create new […]
Eli Rozenberg, who has proffered an offer to purchase El Al on behalf of his father, New York businessman and Hatzolah Paramedic Kenny Rozenberg, received a permit to buy a
From the opening scene of a wealthy man and a beggar standing on either side of a doorway, through 157 daf detailing the law and spirit of Shabbos, to the
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s considering delivering his Republican convention acceptance speech from the White House after his initial plans to hold the event in two battleground states were foiled by coronavirus concerns and health restrictions. The move would mark an unprecedented use of public property for partisan political purposes. “It’s easy and […]
Israel extended an offer of humanitarian aid to Lebanon following the devastating explosion in the capital city of Beirut on Tuesday. “Israel has approached Lebanon through international security and diplomatic
Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus, party officials said Wednesday, signaling a move to a convention that essentially has become entirely virtual. It is the latest example of the pandemic’s sweeping effects on the 2020 presidential election and the latest blow to […]
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The United States Secret Service “Advance Team” was in Deal NJ on Wednesday, making preparations for this Sundays fundraiser for President Trump. As YWN reportedly exclusively this past Sunday, the
“Squad” member Rashida Tlaib won a challenge for her House seat in Michigan’s primary, in a rematch with the woman she narrowly defeated two years ago. Tlaib, one of the first two Muslim women in Congress, easily secured likely re-election to the 13th District in and around Detroit. Her opponent in Tuesday’s primary was Detroit […]
Two Bochrim were airlifted after a hiking accident in Colorado on Wednesday. Sources tell YWN that the two Bochrim were part of a small learning camp that went on an
Investigators began searching the wreckage of Beirut’s port Wednesday for clues to the cause of the massive explosion that ripped across the Lebanese capital as the government ordered port officials put under house arrest. International aid flights began to arrive, as Lebanon’s leaders struggled to deal with the aftermath of Tuesday’s blast, crippled by an […]
Residents of Beirut —stunned, sleepless and stoic — emerged Wednesday from the aftermath of a catastrophic explosion searching for missing relatives, bandaging their wounds and retrieving what’s left of their homes. The sound of ambulance sirens and the shoveling of glass and rubble could be heard across the Lebanese capital. Almost nothing was left untouched […]
Joe Biden is pushing back at Republican assertions that he should take a cognitive test to disprove President Donald Trump’s claim that the Democrat isn’t fit for the Oval Office. Biden grew testy when CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett asked the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee about the matter in a recent interview. “No, I haven’t […]
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In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, President Donald Trump was flanked in the White House briefing room by a team of public health experts in a seeming portrait
U.S. officials said Wednesday there is no indication the massive explosion in Lebanon that killed at least 100 people was an attack, contradicting President Donald Trump who said American generals told him it was likely caused by a bomb. The officials, speaking only on condition of anonymity to discuss internal assessments, said that while it’ […]
Virgin Atlantic, the airline founded by British businessman Richard Branson, filed Tuesday for protection in U.S. bankruptcy court as it tries to survive the virus pandemic that is hammering the
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Tu B’Av is a special day in the Jewish calendar, involving Shidduchim, the king’s daughter, and the Kohen Gadol’s daughter. Other than that, not too many people know much about it – aside from the fact that Tachanun is also not said. Yet, if we examine the sources carefully, […]
The Rosh Hayeshiva of Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim, Chaver Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Hagaon HaRav Dovid Feinstein Shlita, [Tehillim Name: Dovid ben Shima] has been hospitalized in serious condition over the past
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