Maximizing a home down payment can make sense: The bigger the down payment, the lower the monthly mortgage bill and the better the chance of building equity more quickly.
But putting too much down could leave you without enough cash for home maintenance — or anything else.
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US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman visited Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, Hagaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein and Hagaon HaRav Berel Povarsky in Bnei Brak on Wednesday, Chol Hamoed Pesach.
Friedman asked the Ponovez Roshei Yeshiva to Daven for President Donald Trump.

The S&P 500 just hit an all-time high, recovering from last year’s dramatic plunge. The economy seems to be on fairly solid footing, still it’s anyone’s guess what happens next for the stock market.
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Thousands participated in the ‘Kabolas Pnei Rabbo’ event in the Jerusalem Arena Stadium, which included the members of the Shas Moetzas Chachmei HaTorah, headed by HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen Shlita.
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Several Republican elected officials are voicing their opposition to a proposal in the Democrat-controlled New York state Legislature to issue driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally.
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A chareidi family was rescued by the naval patrol after being caught in distress in their boat off the coast of Ashdod. The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon when Lachish naval police near Ashdod noticed a boat with people on board appeared in distress.
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(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com)
The Talmud tells us that there is an obligation to greet one’s Rebbe on the Yom Tov (Rosh haShana 16b).
Rav Yitzchok said: A person is obligated to visit his Master on the holiday as it is stated (Malachim II 4:23 – regarding the Shunamite woman when her husband asked her):  “Why will you go to him today; it is neither the New Moon nor Shabbos?” (II Kings 4:23).

Despondent, Akon Mathiong points to two small mounds of dirt where she buried her grandsons, 4 and 5 years old, last month. They died after contracting measles in one of the worst-hit areas of South Sudan’s latest outbreak.
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Chairman of the New Right party, Naftali Bennet, admitted in talks with individuals close to him that establishing his new party was a mistake.
According to the report on Channel 20, Bennet said among other things, “We made a major mistake by establishing the party.

While many people were either getting ready for Yom Tov, or others planning their last short Chol Hamoed outings, dozens of members of Flatbush Shomrim were busy searching for a missing person – and made a tremendous Kiddush Hashem in the process.