The Kosel Heritage Foundation announced that Birchas Kohanim that will take place on Monday, 17th of Nissan (April 22, 2019), the second day of Chol Hamoed Pesach in Eretz Yisrael. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Leading halachic authorities have ruled that online authorizations are acceptable for the purpose of selling chametz. The traditional and preferred practice, however, is for the authorization transaction to be done in person with the local rabbi.
Chabad.org makes this service available online at no charge, to provide every Jew with the opportunity to have their chametz sold for Passover. Sell your chametz here.
Washington – President Donald Trump may not have obstructed justice, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. Robert Mueller’s 448-page report takes the American public inside the room with Trump as he expressed fear that the special counsel would end his presidency and made several attempts to get the people around him to curtail the [...]
Some of Samsung’s new, almost $2,000 folding phones appear to be breaking after just a couple of days.
Journalists who received the phones to review before the public launch said the Galaxy Fold screen started flickering and turning black before completely fizzling out.
Louisville, KY – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he plans to introduce legislation to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 nationally. The Senate leader said Thursday his bill will cover all tobacco products, including vaping devices. The Kentucky Republican represents a state that for generations was a leading [...]
Abdelkader Merah found to have helped in 2012 terror spree in which soldiers, rabbi and three children were killed; prosecution had requested life term
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he plans to introduce legislation to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 nationally.
The Senate leader said Thursday his bill will cover all tobacco products, including vaping devices. Read more on Yeshiva World News
‘You’re not going to find a darn thing’ in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report that shows that the Trump campaign ‘had any kind of connection with whatever the Russians were doing,’ says President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. #
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Washington – The U.S. Agency for International Development is preparing to lay off most of its aid workers in the West Bank and Gaza. The local staff, mostly Palestinians and Israeli Arabs, but also some Jewish Israelis, will be culled from about 100 employees to 14, National Public Radio reported on Thursday, citing internal agency [...]
It is with great sadness that Matzav.comreports the passing of Rav Ezriel Tauber zt”l. He was 79.
Rav Tauber, a Holocaust survivor, was a renowned speaker and maggid shiur who inspired thousands over the course of his lifetime through his shiurim and writing.
Drawing on his vast knowledge, treasure of personal stories and experience, Rav Tauber electrified audiences around the world.
The rate of people filing for divorce within two weeks of Pesach is three times as high as during the rest of the year, according to Ronit Sharon, manager of the Talia Center for Children and Parents and a lecturer at the Hebrew University.
She said that this statistic is true for the Bais Din rabbinical court and the secular divorce system, and is only equivalent around the Rosh Hashanah holiday.
“Beware that the holiday period invites many hours that couples are together, which can lead to conflicts arising,” Sharon said. “Don’t make impulsive decisions on ending a connection during the holidays. Persevere until afterwards and then look at the situation with a new perspective.”
A New York State Supreme Court judge in Albany has invalidated the State Education Department (SED)’s recently enacted guidelines for evaluating the education provided at private schools. Agudath Israel of America, one of the plaintiff groups that challenged the SED guidelines in court, welcomed the ruling as “a major victory in the battle to preserve the educational autonomy of yeshivos and other nonpublic schools.”
Robert Mueller’s 448-page investigative report into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election includes 23 unredacted pages of Mueller’s written questions and Donald Trump’s written responses, the only direct exchange between the special counsel’s office and the president. Read more on Yeshiva World News
With the Mueller Report finally out Thursday, at least in redacted form, publishers are hurrying to release book editions. Two Mueller Report books already are in the top 100 on Amazon.com even though free pdfs are available online. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The Kremlin says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia later this month.
It said in a brief statement Thursday that Kim will visit Russia “in the second half of April” on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invitation, but gave no further details. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election identified 10 instances of possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. Mueller said in his report that he could not conclusively determine that Trump had committed a crime or that he hadn’t.
New York – Police say an officer has been shot in the arm in upper Manhattan. Police say the officer’s injury is not life-threatening. It happened near West 187th Street and Wadsworth Avenue in Washington Heights Thursday afternoon. Police say a suspect is in custody. No other information was immediately available
New York – Earth, meet Polo. Polo Ralph Lauren on Thursday launched a version of its iconic polo shirt made entirely of recycled plastic bottles and dyed through a process that uses zero water. David Lauren, the youngest son of the company’s founder and its chief innovation officer, told The Associated Press ahead of the [...]
The Kosel Heritage Foundation announced that Birchas Kohanim that will take place on Monday, 17th of Nissan (April 22, 2019), the second day of Chol Hamoed Pesach in Eretz Yisrael.
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