(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com)
The Nesivos Shalom provides an essential understanding to Yom Kippur.
The Gemorah in Yuma (85b) cites a statement made by Rabbi Akiva:  “Fortunate are you, O Israel, for before Whom you are purifying yourselves, and Who is purifying you!”
It is possible that Rabbi Akiva is actually responding to a previous statement of Rabbi Elazar Ben Azariah. 

Today, Thursday, October 3, 2019, the 22nd Knesset of Israel will be sworn in, bringing an end to the 21st Knesset, which served the shortest term of any Knesset in the nation’s history, having been elected in April 2019.
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Following the inauguration of the 22nd Knesset that took place on Thursday, one photo stood out from among the myriad that were taken during the ceremony. After the ceremonial photo of the party leaders all standing together, Blue and White party head MK Benny Gantz was captured talking with UTJ party head Deputy Minister Yaakov Litzman.

As happens every year at this time of the year, President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday hosted a seminar day on the question of judicial pardons at Beit HaNasi, the official President’s Residence.
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The head of intelligence in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced thwarting an attempted assassination of the commander of the ‘Quds Force’, Qassam Suleimani.
The commander of intelligence in the Revolutionary Guard, Hussein Taeb, announced Thursday that Iran has succeeded in foiling an attempt to wipe out Suleimani, the ‘Quds Force’ commander.

Responding to the increasing number of anti-Semitic attacks carried out against Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, a security meeting convened by the Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition Flatbush Shomrim, Flatbush Hatzoloh and City Councilman Chaim Deutsch created a forum for high ranking members of the NYPD and Brooklyn’s elected officials to hear from members of the Je

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, approximately 405,000 tourist entries were recorded in September 2019, 44% more than September 2018 and 46% more than September 2017.
In the period January – September 2019, 3.297 million tourist entries were recorded, as opposed to 2.917 million in the same period last year, an increase of 13%.

Chairman of the Yisrael Beitenu party MK Avigdor Lieberman instructed his party’s MKs on Thursday, the first day of the new Knesset, to present his draft bill, giyur bill, the cancelation of the Shabbos Law which permits the national government to override local government and order the closure of stores on Shabbos, the Secular Education Bill to compel yeshivos to teach secular subjects, civil marriage bill, and Shabbos bus service in non-fru

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(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com)
Goats and chickens are two animals that get along.  Farmers, often allow them to graze together and share a lot of space. 
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