There are a total of 10,743 confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel as of Motzei Shabbos, of whom 175 are in serious condition with 129 on ventilators. A total of 101

Important message from Flatbush Hatzolah for those with family members in the hospital over Yom Tov and Shabbos: Flatbush Hatzolah has spoken to our Rabbonim following many requests how family

(by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times) Normally people smile when they see the cheerful picture of the Gerber baby.  That’s why they chose her.  Not so, over Pesach. Finding her face on oatmeal cereal left in the diaper bag over Pesach can bring fear and agony to the heart of the […]

Omar Barghouti, the founder of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, said that if Israel invents a vaccine for the coronavirus, BDS supporters who reject normalization with Israel

Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv will be the first hospital in the world to allow families of coronavirus patients to part from their dying relatives. Prof. Ronni Gamzu, Ichilov’s director,

Camp HASC is proud to present A Time for Music: Livestream! To benefit The special children of Camp HASC. The best in Jewish Music from the comfort of your own home. Monday, Chol Hamoed, April 13th at 1pm (NY) – get ready for the best livestream concert you’ve ever experienced! A ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY! A […]

Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky made his annual Siyum on Kol HaTorah Kulah on Erev Pesach. This is reportedly his 76th Siyum cycle at which Rav Chaim completes Talmud Bavli, Talmud

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This guide is presented, as a last minute “just in case.”  It is presented in honor of an old friend, Rabbi Yitzchok Scherman, who made the request.  Also, the Chofetz Chaim tells us that if we learn the halachos – it is as if we had actually brought it.  […]

Following the news that Hamekubal Harav Dov Kook was hospitalized after falling ill with the coronavirus, the city of Tiverya has put its secular versus religious clashes behind it to

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com Yes, you had better check that Matzah. This is for two reasons:  The first is to fulfill a Torah Mitzvah of personally guarding the Matzah – and the second is to make sure that they are not Chometz.  We will start with the second reason first. Yes, it is […]

In the wake of the severe outbreak of the coronavirus in Bnei Brak, the local hospital stated on Tuesday that they are unable to accept any more patients due to

An initiative supported by Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky has been launched in Israel to lessen the loneliness of those spending the Seder alone, including the elderly. According to Harav Yitzchak

The Knesset approved the nationwide lockdown announced by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday evening. The lockdown bans Israelis from leaving their cities or yishuvim from 7 p.m. on Tuesday

An unspeakable tragedy has befallen us! A shocked community grieves and four young children are left without a father while their mother battles Corona Virus. The unspeakable tragedy which began

The former Chief Rabbi of Israel, HaRav Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, began feeling ill this week. He was taken for tests to Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital on Tuesday and was diagnosed with the

The Shin Bet stated on Tuesday that it arrested an Israeli citizen last month who has been communicating with Iranian intelligence agents to provide information to them and perpetrate acts

New York state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths Tuesday, marking the biggest one-day jump in the outbreak, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The state’s death toll since the beginning of the outbreak is now 5,489 deaths. “That’s 731 people who we lost. Behind every one of those numbers is an individual. There’s a family, there’s […]

We are facing a year like no other. Shuls are closed due to the Coronavirus as we are all following the advice of the Gedolei Yisrael to Daven B’yichidus. For

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Yehuda Leib (“Leibel”) Groner, who was a secretary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe ZATZAL for over 40 years. He was 88.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to freeze U.S. funding to the World Health Organization, saying the international group had “missed the call” on the coronavirus pandemic. Trump also played down the release of January memos from a senior adviser that represented an early warning of a possible coronavirus pandemic, saying he had not seen […]

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