Israel is set to hold a third round of elections within 12 months, after a deadline to form a government passed with no politician able to bring together the disparate parties, The Guardian reports.
A time limit to forge a majority coalition in the country’s parliament, the Knesset, expired at midnight on Wednesday, automatically triggering a fresh national ballot.
By law, the poll cannot be held for three months, extending a political deadlock that has paralysed the country deep into next year. Lawmakers were debating late into the night on holding the vote on 2 March.

The 22nd Knesset officially dissolved at midnight on Wednesday, after no MK was able to secure 61 signatures to form a government in the 21-day time period allotted for this.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Yitzchok Asher Roszansky zt”l, dean and founder of Tiferes Bais Yaakov Elementary School of Lakewood.
Rav Roszansky had been feeling unwell and was in the hospital, where he suffered a heart attack.
The levayah is being held tonight at the Congregation Sons of Israel Holocaust Memorial Chapel, located at 613 Ramsey Street, in Lakewood NJ.
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The two Jersey City shooters who got out of their U-Haul and approached a kosher supermarket with their rifles drawn before killing three people inside were Francine Graham, 50, and David Anderson, 47.
The murderers killed Leah Mindel Ferencz, 33, Moshe Hirsch Deutsch, 24, and Miguel Douglas, 49, before police arrived. Graham and Anderson had already killed Detective Joseph Seals in a cemetery a mile away after he reportedly approached them to ask questions about the murder of 34-year-old Uber driver Michael Rumberger whose body was found in his the trunk of a car.
Police sources say Anderson was once a Black Hebrew Israelite, a group that believes black people are the true descendants of ancient Israelites.

Everywhere you go, people are gearing up for The Siyum. It’s on our minds, the topic of our conversations, and in our newsfeeds. Ok, maybe it’s in our newsfeeds a little too much, sorry. What will the weather be like? Who cares about the weather? Who will be speaking? Who will be singing? I can’t wait to dance!

Why? Simple. There is nothing more monumental and exciting than more than 100,000 yidden gathering together to celebrate Torah together with millions more around the world. The Siyum will be the most memorable and exciting yet, with historic numbers of participants from all over the world.

But, there is one question that remains. Where will you be on January 1?

A Chessed Fund page opened for the officer killed in yesterday’s shooting attack in Jersey City has raised nearly $30,000 for the family.
From the page:
An 18 year law enforcement veteran and married father of five was tragically murdered in the Jersey City attack on Tuesday December 10.
Detective Joseph Seals 40, was the first person identified as a victim of the horrific attacks in Jersey City which ultimately took the lives of three people inside the kosher grocery store on Martin Luther King Drive.‎ The attacks also injured many others.

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Singer Lipa Schmeltzer shared his personal enconter with Hakodesh Moshe Deutch HY”D, one of the victims in yesterday’s attack at the Jersey City Kosher Supermarket.

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Can you find the hidden sandcastles in Lakewood this week?
Bonei Olam of Lakewood hid sand castle images throughout all the local publications that come to your door.
There are 16 castles between the BP Weekly (6), Voice of Lakewood (4) and the Lakewood Shopper Family Room (6).
If you find all the castles in each publication you get 1 free ticket into the auction plus an entry into a raffle to win 30 ice cream’s at Sprinkles.
If you find all castles in all publications you get 1 free ticket entry to the auction, plus 5 entries for a raffle to win 30 FREE ice cream’s at Sprinkles.
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