In preparation for the Yom Tov of Kabbalas Hatorah, the Midwest Agudas Yisroel Vaad Harabbanim has released its latest issue of Safa Berura on the “Halachos of the Month of Sivan and Shavuos.”
This issue, the largest to date, is a comprehensive review of all the halachos related to the Yom Tov of Shavuos.
In addition, the kuntris has 12 simanim of further iyun into relevant Shavuos sugyos, for example- “Standing for the Aseres Hadibros”, “Birchas Hatorah and Nettilas Yadayim after Staying Up All Night”, and “the Minhag of Putting Trees in Shul.” Learning this kuntris is a certain way to enhance your Simchas Yom Tov!
 
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If you listen closely, you can hear the anticipation in the air.
The march towards the final Hadran of the 13th Daf Yomi cycle continues onward, with members of klal yisroel of all ages joining together in an unprecedented wave of hasmadah, delving deeply into the waters of Torah as the Global Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi draws near.  Buoyed by the excitement of this historic event, thousands have jumped headfirst into new Siyum learning initiatives to expand Limud HaTorah, with a senior delegation of Agudah dignitaries recognizing Riverside Abstract for its partnership in these impactful Torah programs at a special June 3rd celebration.

By Shiryn Ghermezian

President Trump on Thursday took aim at special counsel Robert Mueller and Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an interview at the American cemetery in Normandy, France, where he was marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
Speaking to Fox News’s Laura Ingraham just before a ceremony commemorating the storied invasion, Trump asserted that Mueller made “a fool out of himself” in his public comments last week on the Russia investigation and called Pelosi a “disaster” over her handling of a possible impeachment inquiry.
“Nancy Pelosi, I call her ‘Nervous Nancy,’ Nancy Pelosi doesn’t talk about it,” Trump said. “Nancy Pelosi is a disaster, OK? She’s a disaster. Let her do what she wants, you know what? I think they’re in big trouble.”

The Brooklyn Eagle reports: A Crown Heights man was sentenced to 24 years to life today for the 2014 botched kidnapping and murder of Menachem Stark Hy”d.
Erskin Felix was convicted of kidnapping, murder and tampering with evidence for masterminding and carrying out the fatal kidnapping of Menachem, whose murder roiled Williamsburg’s Jewish community.

Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) supporters Fred and Jeannette Bogart of Boca Raton, Fla., and New York donated $60,000 to rebuild the shul on the Israel Defense Forces’ Kissufim Base, home to the 414th Nesher Field Intelligence Battalion and a rotation of infantry units.
The shul, along with a sefer Torah used by IDF soldiers, was destroyed by a Hamas rocket in early May in a barrage of rocket fire into Israel that caused the deaths of four civilians.
Following the attack, FIDF launched a campaign on May 29 to raise $60,000 to rebuild the shul and an additional $43,000 to dedicate a new sefer Torah. Upon hearing of the campaign, the Bogarts donated the full amount needed to repair the shul.

Uber Technologies Inc. is testing a helicopter service in New York City, according to documents outlining the program obtained by Bloomberg.
Passengers will be able to use the Uber app to book a flight through the service, called Uber Copter, the documents show. Tests flights took off from a Manhattan heliport near Wall Street to John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Dear Matzav.com,
As a musician who has played at our chasunos for many years, I want to say that I was gratified to see the letter from rabbonim regarding the spirit of the music at our chasunos. I have been an advocate for a long time for bringing the right taam back into wedding music.
However, I want to say the following.
Firstly, the large majority of weddings I have played at are beautiful and Yiddish. Ironically, it’s at some of the more “with-it” chassidishe weddings that I find more of the disco style music. But whatever the case, let’s remember that the majority of our chasunos are really beautiful.

Undercover police officers arrested a man with a knife at the Toava Parade in Yerushalayim on Thursday afternoon.
The officers noticed the suspect acting suspiciously at the side of the parade. They searched the man, who refused to identify himself, and found a knife in his shoe. The suspect was arrested and detained for questioning.
Attorney Itamar Ben Gvir dismissed the police’s report about the arrest, calling it an effort to delegitimize those protesting the parade.
“The same message came out of the police spokesman last year, two years ago and three years ago, and it is interesting that no indictment has been filed so far,” Ben Gvir said.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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In the past year alone, Gaza’s terror factions fought eight rounds of conflict with Israel, signaling a collapse of the four-year period of quiet. Yet despite the frequent flare-ups, Israel stayed clear of launching a ground operation so far.
Southern Israeli cities and towns repeatedly came under mass rocket attacks, yet Israel made due with air power in its responses, unleashing waves of precision airstrikes. The Israeli Air Force destroyed assets and killed operatives of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, but when the dust settled, nothing significant had changed.