Agudath Israel Commends Romania for Protecting Kosher Slaughter

A loud explosion was heard in Turkey’s major city of Istanbul on Sunday afternoon, with Turkish media reporting at least five dead and dozens wounded.
Footage on social media showed ambulances, firetrucks, and police at the scene. The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it was in touch with its envoys in Turkey to establish if there were any Israelis harmed in the incident.

Complete All of Talmud Yerushalmi in Under Six Years!
In 1980, at the Knessia Gedolah, the Mo’etzes Gedolei HaTorah ‎adopted the initiative of the Gerrer Rebbe, the Lev Simcha zt”l, and instituted a Daf Yomi cycle‎ of Talmud Yerushalmi. Although many people started studying with this new cycle, due to the difficult language and style of the Yerushalmi, it has largely remained a closed book to most people.

Some allies have called for Donald Trump to hold off on announcing his 2024 bid for the White House in the aftermath of the GOP’s worse than expected midterm results. Former Trump officials on Wednesday branded him a “loser” after candidates he backed buckled in key battleground states, including in Pennsylvania where Dr. Mehmet Oz—who narrowly won his Senate primary with Trump’s endorsement—lost to Democrat John Fetterman.

Iranian protesters have been vandalizing posters and statutes of General Qasem Soleimani, the IRGC Qods Force commander slain by an American drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, in January 2020.
The demonstrators have also been shouting: “Death to [Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei!”
The videos in the clip below were uploaded between Oct. 29 and Nov. 5 to various Twitter and Telegram accounts and put together by MEMRI.
Meanwhile on Sunday, hard-line Iranian legislators demanded that the judiciary crack down on the perpetrators of the unrest throughout the country as the regime struggles to quell the largest display of dissent in years.

Kathryn Limbaugh on The Brian Kilmeade Show talks Rush Limbaugh’s legacy and what Rush would say about President Biden today.
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The IRS has announced a record increase in contribution limits to 401(k) and other tax-deferred retirement plans for 2023, ABC News reports. Starting next year, you will be allowed to contribute up to $22,500 into your 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans or the Thrift Savings Plan for federal employees. That’s $2,000 — or roughly 9.8% — more than the current $20,500 federal contribution limit. The jump is largely due to inflation, to which the contribution limits are indexed.

Last night, Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Navy analyst who spent three decades in prison for spying for Israel, married Rivka Abrahams-Donin at a chasunah at the Heichal Ya’akov Shul in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood in Yerushalayim.
After being released, Pollard and his second wife Esther Pollard (Elaine Zeitz) immigrated to Israel on December 30, 2020. Esther, who married Jonathan during his prison sentence, contracted Covid-19 and tragically passed away on January 31, 2022.
Pollard, 68, has been living in Yerushalayim.