By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times IMPORTANCE Chol

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to assert that the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine began under President Joe Biden’s leadership, not his own.
“The war between Russia and Ukraine is Biden’s war, not mine. I just got here, and for four years during my term, had no problem in preventing it from happening,” Trump posted, stressing that he “had nothing to do with this war” and is actively seeking to “get the death and destruction to stop.”

Numerous government members responded harshly to the exposure of the shocking report on Tuesday, revealing that Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar threw a senior Shin Bet official into prison for revealing information that embarrassed them. Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli stated: “‘A.’ is a hero of Israel – a whistleblower who was willing to take a risk against a pair of dangerous officials.

Yet another Shin Bet affair was revealed on Tuesday morning when an Israeli court lifted the gag order on the case, which began when the Shin Bet leadership and Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara threw a senior Shin Bet agent into jail without access to a lawyer for exposing information that embarrassed them. Several weeks ago, Israeli media outlets reported that Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar had launched a probe into the infiltration of Kahanism into the Israel Police against National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and senior police officials. According to leaked documents, Bar launched the probe even after he was told by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Attorney General Gali Barahav-Miara that there was no legal basis for the investigation.

YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden and tragic petirah of R’ Chaim Lipschutz z”l, a 25-year-old yungerman from Lakewood, who was niftar in Chicago on Friday night after suffering a severe allergic reaction. Reb Chaim, a ben aliyah through and through, was a chaver beTorah u’beYiras Shamayim, beloved by all who knew him. A true talmid chochom with refined midos, he lived and breathed limud haTorah with remarkable hasmadah and depth. He married several years ago, and was beginning to build a home that radiated kedushah and avodas Hashem with his wife, Mrs. Adina Lipschutz (nee Heinemann) yb”l.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.

A 38-year-old man from Pennsylvania is facing multiple criminal charges, including attempted murder, after allegedly setting fire to part of Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence in Harrisburg in the early hours of Sunday, the first day of Pesach.
According to court filings, the suspect, Cody Balmer, surrendered to authorities and admitted he had been “harboring hatred” toward Governor Shapiro, a Jew. He told investigators that had he found the governor inside the home, he would have attacked him with a hammer.
The arson incident is the latest in a troubling pattern of politically motivated acts of violence that have occurred in recent years.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping said no one wins in a t