“I’ve Been Crying All Morning” – Israeli Weddings In South CanceledDue to the security situation in the south, the Home Front Command gave instructions to cancel all events on Tuesday, including weddings. Due to this, a large number of couples who were supposed to get married on Tuesday evening in Israel’s south received messages that their weddings will not be held as planned.

 “Learn Torah As Usual”Roshei Yeshivahs of yeshivahs located in the south of Israel, which is being bombarded with rockets from the Gaza Strip following Israel’s targeted assassination of an Islamic Jihad commander, called Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky on Tuesday morning to ask whether to cancel the regular learning sedarim.

Sudden Petira of Rav Hillel Mandel, Menahel in Chicago and Well-Known MechanechYWN regrets to inform you of the sudden Petira of Rav Hillel Mandel, a well-known Mechanech for the past 30 years. He was 62.
Rav Mandel currently lived in Chicago, where he served as the Menahel of the Veitzner Yeshiva.

 State of Emergency Declared in Israel’s HomefrontIn a move signaling that war is imminent chas v’sholom, Israel has ordered the closure of “all non-essential businesses” from Gaza up to Gush Dan. This includes Tel Aviv, Holon, Ramat Gan, Givatayim and Rishon L’Tzion.
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Police Uncover a Major Marijuana Operation in JerusalemA Jerusalem district police spokesman reports the uncovering of a major marijuana lab in the capital, housed in a two-story building, containing a half a ton of the illegal drug and hundreds of plants.
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Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Against NY Over Tax ReturnsA federal judge on Monday dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against New York officials that was aimed at preventing the release of his tax returns.
Judge Carl Nichols handed down a 19-page ruling, finding the U.S.
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Winter Already? Snow, Deep Freeze From Rockies To East CoastAn arctic air mass that brought snow and ice to an area stretching from the Rocky Mountains to northern New England on Monday was poised to give way to record-breaking cold temperatures.
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 Israel Kills Powerful Islamic Jihad Commander al-AtaThe Israeli military says it has struck a Gaza City house, targeting a commander from the Islamic Jihad group in a resumption of pinpointed killing.
The Iranian-backed Palestinian terrorist confirmed Tuesday that Bahaa Abu el-Atta, its north Gaza Strip commander, was killed.

Former Head of a Rishon L’Tzion Chevra Kadisha Ordered to Return NIS 10 Million!In 2011, responsibility for running the Rishon L’Tzion Chevra Kadisha NGO was revoked after the Interior Ministry’s Registry of Nonprofits found major discrepancies in the books, tracing to the head, who held the post from 1982 until dismissed in 2007.

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