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Surrounded at all times by speculation and curiosity, it is an exclusive few who are able to permeate the inner workings of the home life of Rav Chaim Kanievsky. Regular audience with the Rav is often limited to close family members, and learning Torah with the Rav is nearly unheard of. This makes it all the more impressive that Rav Uri Tiger, a young man, has been hand-selected to aide Rav Kanievsky in the writing of his seforim. Though such a privilege would be expected to be extended to a much older man, yet Rav Tiger, a young father of six, has helped to author seforim such as Nezer HaChaim, Derech Ish, and more.
 

Among sentences painted over was assertion that victims were 'killed in terrible and cruel conditions,' words 'extermination' and that Nazis wanted to 'annihilate' Jews

Stockholm – The man suspected of stabbing a Jewish woman in Sweden did not commit a hate crime, targeting her randomly amid a psychiatric crisis, his mother said. The 29-year-old man, who has an extensive criminal record for assault, was released from 12 days at a psychiatric institution one day prior to the attack Tuesday [...]

Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau on Thursday called for Shabbos to be extended by 20 minutes in response to the expected chillul Shabbos caused by the Eurovision song contest.
“Due to the great desecration that will take place on the upcoming Shabbos because of the Eurovision song contest, I ask each and every person to refrain from doing work 10 minutes before lighting candles [to mark the start of the Sabbath] and ten minutes after the end of the Shabbos,” Lau said in a lecture in the central city of Modiin.
“We will extend the kedusha of Shabbos and add from the regular to the holy,” he said. “This desecration is taking place before the eyes of the world.”

Washington – President Donald Trump says he hopes the U.S. is not on a path to war with Iran amid fears that his two most hawkish advisers could be angling for such a conflict with the Islamic Republic. Asked Thursday if the U.S. was going to war with Iran, the president replied, “I hope not” [...]

The committee in charge of the “Great March of Return” demonstrations in the Gaza Strip cancelled weekly protests set to be held Friday in light of hot temperatures outside and “to provide a break to citizens, who held a large protest two days ago.”
The cancellation of the Gaza protests come on the second Friday of Ramadan, during which time Muslims fast and abstain from drinking water during daylight hours.
It is only the second time that the weekly demonstrations, held with the backing of Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas, have been cancelled since they began in March 2018.
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Arlington, MA – Authorities in a Boston suburb are investigating a second suspicious fire at a rabbi’s home in less than a week. Acting Arlington Police Chief Julie Flaherty said officers and firefighters responded to the home at about 9 p.m. Thursday and doused a small fire on the home’s exterior wood shingles with a [...]

Police say one suspect arrested in connection to brutal murder of 81-year-old, the 8th Israeli woman to be murdered this year

Simcha Leiner presents another incredible A Capella track for Sefira entitled NAFSHI.
Nafshi Originally recorded by Ishai Ribo and Motti Steinmetz became a household song in just a few months. Now its available to listen to all year round!
Available for streaming and downloading – May take a few days to process
Google Play – http://bit.ly/2Q5mNdw
Itunes – https://apple.co/2W5kegN
Apple Music – https://apple.co/2WaUa3O
Spotify – Coming soon.
Produced and Arranged by Craig Resmovits and Mordy Weinstein for MC Productions
Artwork by Yoni Weiss of Designed in Brooklyn
Mixed and mastered by Ed Boyer