In a story that will go down in the annals of Chaverim history, a collaborative effort between Chaverim of Rockland and Chaverim of Montreal brought power on Pesach to thousands of elderly, infirm, and newborn residents of Montreal after a devastating storm. The unbelievable adventure unfolded on the second night of Pesach, when Chaverim of Rockland received an urgent call from Chaverim of Montreal. A severe storm had torn through their city on Erev Pesach, knocking out power to tens of thousands. Nearly everyone assumed that power would be restored after several hours at most, but as a full day passed with thousands of homes still without electricity, the situation started to quickly become untenable as temperatures dipped to approximately 25 degrees.

We regret to inform you of the tragic petira of Reb Chaim Bloom Z”L, who was tragically killed after being struck by a car that collided with another vehicle at 13th Avenue & 50th Street moments after the zman on Wednesday, Erev Pesach. Reb Chaim z”l was just 23 years old. The Levaya took place on Friday morning (2nd day Yom Tov) 10:00AM in front on the Bobov45 Shul. Besuros tovos. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: The names of the two young sisters murdered in Friday’s shooting attack in the Jordan Valley have been announced, as their mother who was also injured in the attack remains in very grave condition. 20-year-old Maya and 16-year Rina Dee were residents of Efrat who had immigrated from Britain. Maya was […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Alexander Farini, a 36-year-old tourist from Italy, was murdered on Friday night, and seven others were injured in a terrorist ramming attack which took place near Charles Clore Park on the beach in Tel Aviv. The terrorist was identified as 45-year-old Yusuf Abu Jabar, a resident of the Israeli Arab town of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a horrific terror attack which occurred at the Hamra junction in the Jordan Valley Friday morning at about 11 AM, terrorists opened fire at a vehicle driving in the region, killing two women and seriously injuring another woman. The terrorists fled the scene and the IDF is pursuing them. The two […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli police arrested more than 350 Muslim rioters on Wednesday who had barricaded themselves inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. The rioters, who had smuggled fireworks, clubs and stones into the mosque, blocked the doors inside using iron rods, closets and other objects, police reported. Overnight, they chanted incitement, threw stones and shot fireworks […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to several news reports. He entered the plea Tuesday during a brief arraignment in a lower Manhattan courtroom as prosecutors unsealed a grand jury indictment. The charges stem from a hush money payment to […]

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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This article is in no way meant to, chalilah, take away from the remarkable heroism of United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Benny Meshulam or to question his actions.  Rather, it is meant to teach Torah.  We will begin with the facts of what happened and then we will discuss the […]