The organizers of gender-separated Yom Kippur Minyan at Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square canceled them Thursday for fear of harassment, despite securing in court the right to hold them.
“Although the court ruled in our favor, and following fears of rioting, Rosh Yehudi will hold the prayers in the Beit Knesset at 54 Bar Kochba St.,” wrote the group, whose mission is strengthening Jewish identity.
The announcement follows a High Court of Justice ruling the previous day that ensured the legality of the prayers. It overturned a Tel Aviv District Court ruling from last month in favor of the municipality’s ban on the annual Yom Kippur prayers at the square if they feature separation of the genders.

Nearly 20,000 women across the globe united for N’shei Adirei HaTorah’s Annual Evening of Chizuk & Inspiration, an uplifting evening of chizuk in preparation of Yom Kippur.

This morning, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center announced the passing of R’ Refael Mordechai Fishhof Hy”d, who had been critically wounded in a terror stabbing incident in Chadeira yesterday.
R’ Refael Mordechai, who was 35, leaves behind a wife and six children.
A name, Chaim, had been added as a zechus, but he ultimately succumbed to his wounds.
Years who, R’ Refael Mordechai had been involved in a major accident close to the yeshiva in Chadeira, leaving him in serious condition. After what was considered a miraculous recovery, he was able to resume his normal life.

The Israeli Supreme Court has unanimously voted to overrule the Tel Aviv municipality and allow a gender-segregated minyan in a public space on Yom Kippur. The minyan will be held in Gan Meir, a popular Tel Aviv park.
Earlier on Wednesday evening the Tel Aviv municipality rejected a compromise proposal put forward by Supreme Court judges following an appeal by the Rosh Yehudi organization and several residents against the Tel Aviv municipality decision to block the minyan from taking place on Yom Kippur.
Supreme Court Judges David Mintz, Ofer Grosskopf, and Yael Kasher criticized the city’s conduct throughout the hearing. The judges also said they could not understand Tel Aviv’s principled opposition to Minyan.

With Sukkos right around the corner, and Sukkah building season in full swing, along with them comes the annual challenge of ensuring that no tree branches extend over the walls, compromising and even potentially pasuling the Sukkah below.
Just in time, there is a way to definitively know that the air above is clear, and one can sit in their Sukkah with complete confidence that he is being makayim the mitzva in the best way possible.
Rabbi Shlomo Francis, Rabbinic Director of the Eruv Network and author of the acclaimed groundbreaking sefer The Laws of an Eruv, has taken his expertise from decades of checking Eruv poles and strings around the country to now educate the public on how to properly ensure that no branches are overhead.

At an anti-draft gathering in Bnei Brak, instead of his planned speech, Slabodka rosh yeshiva Hagaon Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch simply apologized for the timing of the event, which, unbeknownst to organizers, fell on the secular memorial day for October 7th.
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It has been two days since the conclusion of Shabbos after Rosh Hashanah, and thousands of Breslov Chasidim are trapped at the Ukraine-Romania border, wishing to return home.
According to sources from the community, many people are forced to wait outside in the inclement weather, without proper shelter.
Per a senior source in United Breslov: “The Ukrainians have created an electronic line and they only accept those who booked an appointment ahead of time. And sometimes there are no open appointments for the border for many hours ahead. It creates insane chaos.”

Rabbi Doron Peretz joins Fox one year after his son Daniel was murdered and his body taken hostage by Hamas.

As tens of thousands of reservists are being called up to the northern front in the battle against Hezbollah in Lebanon, all logistical operations are kicking it up a notch. With the start of the Yamim Noraim and Succos approaching, flying under the radar is the fact that the role of the Israel Defense Forces’ Rabbanut just got tougher as well. It was never going to be easy providing for soldiers’ spiritual needs in the Gaza Strip during the Yomim Tovim, and the recent escalation with Hezbollah to the north has only deepened the challenge.

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