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The Finance Ministry has released a report which includes some of the salaries to municipal employees in Jerusalem in 2017. Seven Senior municipal officials are earning a monthly gross salary

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by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com They come to the door collecting for their Yeshivos. Should one offer them a drink? Yes. But nothing alcoholic – Snapple does the trick

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Four police officers who rushed to the scene of an apartment fire are being hailed for catching children dropped by their mother from a third-story window. The officers arrived at

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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com He is known as the Sar HaTorah and he will, at times, state a halacha that – although it makes perfect sense, for some

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times It is raining on and off today, but if you look outside you will see kids dressed up as pirates,

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Prime Minister Netanyahu arrives at the Purim party, but the host, dressed as an Israeli astronaut, believes he is either Yair Lapid or Benny Gantz trying to impersonate Netanyahu. Bibi

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