NEW YORK (Rabbi Yair Hoffman 5TJT.com) For some reason, the Mitzvah or custom of looking at the Shabbos candles (See Ramah in Shulchan Aruch 271:10) is not so well known. There are three reasons that are cited for this custom.  The first reason discussed in the Maharil (Hilchos Shabbos 202) is that the Gematria of […]

According to reports in various Israeli media channels, Prime Minister Netanyahu has expressed a desire to prepare legislation that would allow the public to directly elect a Prime Minister in order to prevent the third round of Knesset elections to be held in less than 12 months.
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North Korea threatened Thursday to resume insults of U.S. President Donald Trump and consider him a “dotard” if he keeps using provocative language, such as referring to its leader as “rocket man.”
Choe Son Hui, the first vice foreign minister, issued the warning via state media days after Trump spoke of possible military action toward the North and revived his “rocket man” nickname for North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un.

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A high-speed pursuit of a carjacked UPS truck in South Florida streets ended Thursday afternoon in Miramar with an exchange of gunfire.

Two Jewish women were the victims of an armed robbery and assault in Brooklyn on Wednesday.
Sources tell YWN that the two victims were Israelis visiting the United States for a few days, and had traveled from Brooklyn to Manhattan to an Apple store to purchase iPhones on Wednesday afternoon.

Israel’s foreign minister says he hopes the leader of Britain’s Labour Party doesn’t get elected in the country’s upcoming vote.
Israel Katz told Israeli Army Radio on Thursday that he hopes Jeremy Corbyn isn’t brought to power on Dec.
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Three days following the arrests of six members from the Berland Shuvu Banim cult, police on Thursday announced making another arrest. They are requesting to hold him without bail for eight days at his arraignment hearing.
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The Trump administration on Thursday accused Iranian security forces of killing more than 1,000 people in crackdowns against recent protests that have swept the country. The allegation came as U.S.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bristling over a question about whether she “hates” President Donald Trump.
Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference Thursday that as a Catholic, she resents the suggestion that she hates anyone.
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Attorney General Letitia James today took action to fight discriminatory housing practices that the Town of Chester and Orange County have utilized to prevent members of the Jewish community from moving to Chester, New York.
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