by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Today the 24th of Cheshvan is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Dovid Kviat zatzal, one of my Rebbeim.  In honor of the yahrtzeit is some Torah that he said.  May his neshama be a meilitz yosher for us all. What happens when the doctor says that a sick person must eat something forbidden?  Does he recite a bracha or not? Many of us are familiar with the verse in Tehillin (10:3) “Botzea beireich ni’aitz Hashem — A thief who blesses blasphemes Hashem.” The Gemorah uses this verse to describe someone who blesses on stolen food. The Mishna Brurah (196:3), based on the Rambam and Poskim, rules that it is not only stolen food to which this verse can be applied — but also to someone who purposefully eats non-kosher food.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government has ordered all public entities to stop advertising in the Haaretz newspaper, which is known for its critical coverage of Israel’s action

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to convene his Cabinet on Tuesday amid reports that Israel is set to approve to a truce in the war against Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon.
Netanyahu, according to Ynet, is slated to convene his coalition partners ahead of the Cabinet meeting, while the premier would also hold security consultations in a “limited forum.”
Saudi state-owned international television channel Al Arabiya cited a Lebanese official as saying on Monday that Beirut had been informed by the United States that an agreement with the Jewish state could be announced “within hours.”

The IDF reports that 10 rockets were fired from Lebanon toward the Western Galilee. Some of the rockets were intercepted, while others landed. Magen David Adom, are currently inspecting impact sites in Nahariya for any injuries. A fire has also broken out in Nahariya, reportedly caused by an impact or debris from the attack.

A massive explosion in a building in Beirut over Shabbos killed 11 people and wounded dozens in what Arab media said was a failed Israeli attempt to kill Hezbollah’s head of operations, Muhammad Haydar.
Israel did not immediately claim responsibility specifically for the explosion early on Shabbos in the eight-story building in the Lebanese capital’s Basta neighborhood. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said only that Israel struck an unspecified target in Beirut, the fourth strike in the city in a week.
Basta is situated in the city’s center. The bulk of Israel’s strikes in Beirut have been in the Dahiyeh neighborhood, a Hezbollah stronghold in the city’s south.
Lebanese media reported that at least 63 people were wounded in the strike.

Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) reintroduced the Anti-BDS Labeling Act, which would require all goods made in the Jewish state to continue to be labeled “made in Israel,” including if they were produced in Judea and Samaria.

Watch National Sheriffs’ Association President Sheriff Kieran Donahue discuss the growing threat of criminal gangs due to the Migrant crisis.

The IDF reports that eight rockets were launched from Lebanon toward central Israel in a barrage a short while ago. Most of the rockets were intercepted by air defenses. Rocket impacts were confirmed in Central Israel in Petah Tikva, and in Rinyata, causing property damage and two injuries, according to Magen David Adom. MDA EMTs and Paramedics are treating a 70 year old female in moderate condition with smoke inhalation from a car that caught fire and a 23 year old male in mild condition from other injuries. A number of people were injured while seeking shelter are also being treated. Direct impacts were reported in Nahariya and Haifa moments ago as a barrage of 30 rockets were fired by Hezbollah.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced optimism about the possibility of the war with Russia concluding by 2025.
Speaking at Kyiv’s Third Food Security Conference, themed “Grain from Ukraine,” Zelenskyy signaled his willingness to consider ideas from leaders across Africa, Asia, and Arab nations on resolving the conflict.
“We are ready to consider their proposals. I also want to see the proposals from the new US President,” Zelenskyy said, according to Turkey’s Anadolu news agency. “I believe we will see these proposals in January, and we will have a plan to end this war.”
In recent remarks, Zelenskyy speculated that the conflict might reach a swifter conclusion once Donald Trump takes office as President of the United States.

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