The world’s largest plane, the six-engined Antonov An-225, landed at Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel on Monday afternoon. It arrived from the US carrying US Army Oshkosh trucks to be fitted with Iron Dome parts to install the Iron Dome missile defense system for the US military. The plane was flown from Ukraine, landing at Bangor International Airport Maine on Friday. On its way to Israel, it stopped for refueling at Prestwick Airport in Scotland and Châteauroux Airport in France, where large crowds gathered to see the unique plane. After landing in Israel, where hundreds of aviation fans gathered near Ben-Gurion Airport to watch it land, it flew back sans trucks on Monday at 9 p.m.

By: Sandy Eller The collective voices of nonpublic school children in the five boroughs have been amplified, as leaders of Seventh-day Adventist schools join the Committee of NYC Religious and Independent School Officials. The announcement of the Committee’s expansion was made earlier this week by Committee chairman Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, executive vice president of Agudath Israel of America. In her acceptance letter, Dr. Sheena Ward-Basdeo, director of student services for special education of the Northeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, said she was looking forward to working with her superintendent of schools, Dr. Viola Emmons-Chapman, and the Committee on behalf of their students.

“I was in high school when my parents lost their lives in a car crash. They had a family full of kids at home, and we lost them forever, just because of one person texting while driving. In the few years that have passed since we lost them, my siblings and I have really struggled. Losing parents turns a home completely upside down, and changes everyone in it forever. Now that I’m a kallah, I feel their absence more than ever – I go alone to the different appointments. Everything comes out of my pocket from what I’ve saved up from my job. And ultimately, I’ll walk to my chuppah without them.” – Rachel*, 22  Rav Elimelech Biderman shlit”a has once again taken responsibility for a group of suffering young people.

New York’s teachers’ unions said a single COVID-19 case in a school should trigger its immediate closure for 14 days as they listed demands Wednesday for reopening this fall. New York State United Teachers and the United Federation of Teachers called for the state policy just as New York is poised to announce initial decisions on reopening plans submitted by roughly 700 school districts. The unions said in a release that districts moving ahead with re-openings “must err on the side of caution at all times.” Districts submitted reopening proposals last week amid worries that resumption of in-person classes could put students, teachers and their families at risk. Gov.

A total of 415,767 Israelis were required to enter quarantine due to exposure to a confirmed coronavirus carrier during the month of July, a Ynet report said. Israelis were informed of their requirement to enter quarantine either by the Shin Bet, which conducted contact tracing or by the Health Ministry following an epidemiological investigation. About 246,000 Israelis were instructed to enter quarantine by the Shin Bet versus only 67,000 who were instructed to enter quarantine by the Health Ministry following an epidemiological investigation. Furthermore, at least 100,000 Israelis entered quarantine through their own initiative after becoming aware that they had been in contact with a confirmed coronavirus carrier, without being instructed to do so.

Joe Biden’s Democratic presidential campaign is reserving $280 million in digital and television ads through the fall, nearly twice the amount President Donald Trump’s team has reserved. The Biden campaign announced in a Wednesday memo it’s reserving $220 million in television airtime and $60 million in digital ads, in contrast to the $147 million the Trump campaign has reserved, according to a review of Kantar/CMAG data by The Associated Press. Both campaigns can add to or subtract from their reservations at any time.

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Israel extended an offer of humanitarian aid to Lebanon following the devastating explosion in the capital city of Beirut on Tuesday. “Israel has approached Lebanon through international security and diplomatic channels and has offered the Lebanese government medical and humanitarian assistance,” Defense Minister Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said in a joint statement. The offer, which was extended through the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UN and France, included an offer to provide medical supplies as well as treat the wounded in Israeli hospitals. “Under the guidance of Israel’s Defense Ministry and Foreign Ministry, Israel has offered to send humanitarian and medical assistance to Lebanon via security and international channels,” the IDF stated.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s considering delivering his Republican convention acceptance speech from the White House after his initial plans to hold the event in two battleground states were foiled by coronavirus concerns and health restrictions. The move would mark an unprecedented use of public property for partisan political purposes. “It’s easy and I think it’s a beautiful setting, and we are thinking about that. It’s certainly one of the alternatives,” Trump said during a wide-ranging telephone interview on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends.” The Republican National Convention is scheduled for Aug. 24-27, with Trump’s acceptance speech capping the final night.

From the opening scene of a wealthy man and a beggar standing on either side of a doorway, through 157 daf detailing the law and spirit of Shabbos, to the curious conclusion of an Amora measuring his bath water, Mesechta Shabbos has been a comforting companion for hundreds of thousands of Jews through this perplexing half-a-year. On Monday, 20 Av, 5780, August 10, 2020, the Jewish world will recite Hadran Alach on this extraordinary Mesechta. But can we sum up the Mesechta? Can we articulate its core message? It’s Neshama? What is the soul of Mesechta Shabbos?   In celebration of this monumental occasion, world-renowned teacher Rabbi YY Jacobson is delivering a two-part Shiur on the overarching theme and the soul of Meseches Shabbos.