A yeshiva bochur in Wolfson Yeshiva in Jerusalem was mevater on attending his sister’s wedding in order to remain in his “capsule” and continue his learning until Motzei Yom Kippur. As the kallah and her brother are yesomim, it meant even more to her than most to have all her siblings present at her simcha . The chassan and kallah decided they wouldn’t be mevater on sharing the simcha of their wedding day and they went straight from their wedding to the yeshivah. The yeshiva bochurim – from behind their “bars” – fulfilled the mitzvah of “m’sameich chassan v’kallah with great enthusiasm. JOIN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO ALREADY ARE ALERTED OF BREAKING NEWS LIKE THIS IN LIVE TIME: YWN WHATSAPP STATUS UPDATES: CLICK HERE to join the YWN WhatsApp Status.

The Health Ministry stated on Thursday that 3,904 cases were diagnosed on Wednesday, breaking Israel’s own record of daily cases since the start of the pandemic for the second time this week. The number of active cases is 31,769, with 474 seriously ill patients, of whom 133 are ventilated. The death toll has risen to 1,054. The coronavirus cabinet convened on Thursday afternoon to discuss the possibility of a nationwide lockdown, possibly over the Yamim Tovim. Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Chezy Levy said on Thursday that Israel needs to take more drastic measures to stem the coronavirus infection rate.

A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents traumatized by last month’s massive explosion there that killed and injured thousands of people. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire at the facility, which was decimated by the Aug. 4 explosion when nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated, triggering a shock wave explosion that blasted windows, doors and walls miles away. A column of black smoke billowed from the port at midday Thursday, with orange flames leaping from the ground. The Lebanese army said the fire is at a warehouse where oil and tires are placed in the duty-free zone at the port adding that fighting the blaze is ongoing and that army helicopters are taking part in the operation.

A fringe group of Breslov Chassidim were arrested on Wednesday after they rioted at the Kever of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov in protest of the strict regulations and lack of agreement regarding the number of Chassidim who will be allowed to visit the site during Rosh HaShanah. The rioters broke down barricades that were put in place to keep order and adherence to Corona regulations at the site. The rioters were arrested and the barricades were put back. The majority of the Breslov Chassidim supported the idea of putting up the barricades to help direct people where to go and keep a distance from one another while visiting the site. On Wednesday, a group of Chasidim arrived at the site and claimed that the barricades prevented access to the grave and began to riot.

The U.S. Embassy announced on Tuesday that the State Department has sold the U.S. Ambassador’s official residence in Herzliya as the final step of the US embassy’s move to Jerusalem. “Planning for the sale of the former US Ambassador’s residence in Tel Aviv began in 2019 with marketing of the property beginning in January of 2020,” the statement said. “The Department of State has recently selected the buyer for the sale of the former Chief of Mission Residence in Herzliya Israel. The buyer was selected solely on the basis of having submitted the highest and best offer. The selected buyer and the unsuccessful bidders have been notified.

It’s possible that Israel’s citizens will be placed in a full national lockdown for at least a month as the coronavirus infection rate continues to soar, according to Israeli media reports based on leaks from a Zoom meeting of senior Health Ministry and hospital directors on Tuesday night. During the meeting with coronavirus czar Prof. Ronni Gamzu, Health Ministry officials, and the directors of Israel’s largest hospitals, Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Chezy Levy said that if a lockdown is implemented, it will be for at least a month, saying that two or three weeks will not be sufficient to curb the infection rate.

In anticipation of a stream of Jewish tourists following the United Arab Emirates-Israel peace deal, Abu Dhabi government officials have instructed the hotels in the city to prepare to offer options for kosher food, Times of Israel reported. “All hotel establishments are advised to include Kosher food options on room service menus and at all food and beverage outlets in their establishments,” stated a letter from the Abu Dhabi Culture and Tourism Department to city hotel managers.

President Donald Trump unveiled a new list of potential Supreme Court nominees Wednesday in an effort to energize the conservative legal movement and help his flagging re-election campaign. The list, fashioned after those he put out during his 2016 race for the White House, when there was an existing vacancy, is intended to elevate the nation’s highest court as an issue in 2020 – and put pressure on Democratic nominee Joe Biden to follow suit. The list of 20 new names is composed of federal appeals and district court judges, U.S. senators and others who he might nominate to the high court if given the chance in a second term. They include Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri.

The relationship between Jeff Zucker and Michael Cohen tells you a lot about how things actually work in media and politics. CNN president Jeff Zucker told the president’s disgraced lawyer Michael Cohen that he wanted to give Donald Trump a weekly show during a March 2016 conversation. The exchange between Zucker and Cohen took place just hours before the GOP primary debate on March 10, which CNN was hosting. In audio obtained by Tucker Carlson Tonight, the CNN head told Cohen that ‘you cannot be elected president of the United States without CNN’.

A Norwegian official nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in fostering the historic peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Fox News reported on Wednesday morning. Trump’s nomination was submitted by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a four-term member of the Norwegian Parliament. “For his merit, I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other Peace Prize nominees,” Tybring-Gjedde, said in an interview with Fox. Tybring-Gjedde wrote in his nomination letter to the Nobel Committee that not only did the Trump administration have a key role in the historic agreement between Israel and the UAE, but that the agreement could lead to lasting change in the entire Middle East.