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Anticipation is building across the Torah world as the distinguished Staten Island Rosh Yeshiva, Harav Reuven Feinstein, will headline the upcoming National Business Halacha Summit with a keynote address titled “Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life.”

The Rosh Yeshiva, known for his profound clarity in Torah and practical insight into contemporary issues, will share timeless Torah perspectives on navigating the complexities of today’s business world.

The event will take place Monday and Tuesday, November 24–25, at The Westin in Lombard, Illinois. Following the keynote, participants will be treated to a special Q&A session, allowing attendees to engage directly with Harav Feinstein and hear guidance on real-world halachic and ethical dilemmas in commerce, finance, and everyday business dealings.

The H3 National Business Halacha Summit—known as the Hub of Halacha and the Hub of Business—brings together business professionals, rabbanim, and halacha experts for two days of immersive learning, networking, and inspiration. The Summit provides a unique forum where Torah values meet professional practice, ensuring that those engaged in business do so with yiras Shamayim and halachic precision.

Organized under the auspices of Agudath Israel of Illinois, the Summit has become a cornerstone event for Torah-observant businesspeople across North America. Attendees will explore topics ranging from partnership agreements and financial ethics to modern technology’s impact on halacha. Each session is crafted to offer practical application of halachic principles in the fast-paced world of commerce.

Registration is now open at H3Summit.org.

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President Donald Trump has publicly called it quits with one of his most stalwart MAGA-world supporters, calling Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene “’Wacky’ Marjorie” and saying he would endorse a challenger against her in next year’s midterms “if the right person runs.” The dismissal of Greene — once the epitome of “Make America Great Again,” […]

Iran announced today that its Revolutionary Guards had taken control of a tanker transporting petrochemical products through the Gulf, claiming the vessel violated maritime regulations. The incident marked the first reported seizure by Tehran since Israeli and U.S. strikes targeted Iran in June.

According to Iranian state media, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that “the tanker was in violation for carrying unauthorized cargo.” The statement offered no additional clarification about what rules were broken or what prompted the action.

Maritime security officials and a U.S. government source confirmed on Friday that Iranian forces had intercepted the oil products tanker and forced it into Iranian territorial waters. The seized vessel, the Talara, is registered under the Marshall Islands flag and was sailing near the United Arab Emirates when the incident occurred.

The Talara had been transporting high-sulfur gasoil from Sharjah in the UAE to Singapore, traveling through the Indian Ocean when it was stopped, according to shipping data and maritime reports.

Columbia Shipmanagement, which operates the vessel, said contact was lost early Friday about 20 nautical miles off Khor Fakkan’s coast. The company reported that it was working with the vessel’s owner and international maritime security authorities to reestablish communication.

Ownership records show the ship belongs to Cyprus-based Pasha Finance. The U.S. military acknowledged it was “aware of the incident and was actively monitoring the situation,” according to an official statement.

Over the past several years, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have occasionally detained commercial ships transiting the Gulf, often justifying the seizures by accusing vessels of smuggling or other technical violations.

A U.S. official, who requested anonymity, remarked that the move came unexpectedly since Iran had not conducted such actions for several months. The last known instance of a similar seizure occurred in April 2024, before Iran appeared to scale back its naval operations following the joint Israeli-American bombing campaign in June.

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An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on Saturday, prompting flood warnings in areas of coastal Los Angeles County that recently were ravaged by wildfire. The National Weather Service in Los Angles and Oxnard reported heavy rainfall Saturday at rates as heavy as an inch (2.5 centimeters) per hour […]

Vice President JD Vance talks all things working alongside President Donald Trump, the possibility of him running for President in 2028 and more on ‘Hannity.’

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As America’s aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to spot the worst hazards and decide which fixes should come first. Hawaii officials, for example, are giving away 1,000 dashboard cameras as they try to reverse a recent spike in traffic fatalities. The cameras will use […]

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities — a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices. Trump has built his second term around imposing steep levies on goods imported into […]

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Friday eliminating tariffs on a range of imported goods — including beef, coffee, and tropical fruits — in a bid to reduce food costs for American consumers.

The decision came as frustration over rising prices continued to mount. After voters in recent off-year elections identified economic struggles as their top concern, resulting in strong Democratic showings in key states like Virginia and New Jersey, the administration moved quickly to show action on inflation.

Announcing the order aboard Air Force One, Trump revealed that the United States had reached framework agreements with Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Argentina to scale back import levies on agricultural products from those nations. The White House described the move as part of a larger push to bring down grocery costs while maintaining fair trade relationships across the hemisphere.

When asked if more tariff reductions were in the works, Trump indicated he believed the latest action would be sufficient. “I don’t think it’ll be necessary,” he said. “We just did a little bit of a rollback. The prices of coffee were a little bit high, now they’ll be on the low side in a very short period.”

Trump noted that this week’s adjustments were targeted specifically at easing costs for consumers. “We just did a little bit of a rollback,” he repeated, explaining that Americans could expect to see cheaper coffee and related goods soon thanks to the removal of import duties.

The president had hinted earlier in the week that coffee tariffs might soon be reduced, saying it was time to “help increase its importation.” His administration has consistently argued that tariffs do not necessarily drive consumer prices upward, a claim that has drawn debate among economists.

Many of the commodities included in the new executive order — such as tropical fruits and certain types of coffee — are not produced domestically, making them logical candidates for tariff relief. But beef, a staple of the American diet, has been at the center of growing concern as prices have surged to record highs.

Trump acknowledged that his own tariffs on Brazilian beef had contributed to those elevated costs and said Friday’s move was intended to correct that. “The prices of coffee were a little bit high, now they’ll be on the low side,” he reiterated, expressing confidence that consumers would soon feel the impact at the supermarket.

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The Trump administration is rolling out a sweeping review of the nation’s food aid system, requiring millions of Americans receiving benefits to reapply in an effort to eliminate fraud and misuse, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins revealed in an interview with Newsmax.

Appearing on Rob Schmitt Tonight, Rollins explained that her department is preparing to overhaul the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, saying, “I plan to have everyone reapply for their benefits, make sure that everyone that’s taking a taxpayer-funded benefit through … food stamps, that they literally are vulnerable and they can’t survive without it.”

Rollins said the decision followed an extensive investigation across 29 red states, uncovering shocking irregularities. “186,000 deceased men and women and children in this country are receiving a check,” she reported. “Can you imagine when we get our hands on the blue state data what we’re going to find?”

She said the discoveries will lay the groundwork for deep structural reform of the program. “It’s going to give us a platform and a trajectory to fundamentally rebuild this program,” Rollins stated.

Among the more egregious examples of fraud, Rollins cited a man who was found collecting the same federal benefit in six different states. “So, these are the things that we’re uncovering that for years no one has really ever dug into because the feds didn’t have the system in place to do it,” she said. “But we do now. The president has made this a priority. We will fix this program.”

According to Rollins, enforcement has already begun, with authorities taking decisive action against those abusing the system. “We are actively with the [Department of Justice], with a lot of the other investigation units around the country, already arresting. There’s a lot of people already sitting in jail, but I think we’re just at the very tip of the iceberg and what we’re going to find,” she said.

She added that roughly 120 individuals have already been arrested for “committing fraud on the system,” and that further investigations are underway as part of what she called a long-overdue cleanup of federal food aid.

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Four law enforcement officers were shot Saturday morning while responding to a residence in a rural area south of Topeka, Kansas. The shooting was around 10:30 a.m. Three Osage County sheriff’s deputies and one Kansas Highway Patrol trooper were shot, Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Melissa Underwood said. Their conditions are “still very fluid,” Underwood […]

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Before the revelation of a multimillion dollar embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company brought his name to the forefront, Tymur Mindich was a shadowy presence — navigating deals and moving behind the scenes with unseen influence, known to many, yet rarely spoken of. Mindich was linked to growing fears over his […]

President Donald Trump brushed aside renewed curiosity about his recent medical exam, saying he was unaware of the specifics of the MRI he underwent during his last physical but confident the outcome was outstanding.

“I have no idea what they analyzed,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One while flying to Mar-a-Lago. “But whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well, and they said that I had as good a result as they’ve ever seen.”

He described the imaging as a routine part of his regular health checkups. “The MRI was part of my semiannual physical and very standard,” he explained.

The discussion followed Trump’s visit to Walter Reed Military Medical Center in October, after which his physician released a brief statement saying he was in “excellent overall health.” The president later casually mentioned that an MRI had been performed, a revelation that sparked speculation since such imaging is rarely included in a typical physical examination.

Despite persistent questions, no further information has been released about what prompted the scan or what it revealed.

When asked about the matter earlier this week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reassured reporters that the president was in top shape. “As stated in the memo provided on Oct. 10, President Trump received advanced imaging at Walter Reed Medical Center as part of his routine physical examination,” Leavitt said at a press briefing.

“The full results were viewed by attending radiologists and consultants, and all agree that President Trump remains in exceptional physical health, which I know all of you will see with your own eyes this evening when he opens up his dinner to the press,” she added.

Leavitt emphasized that there was no cause for concern, reiterating that the MRI was conducted as part of “a comprehensive preventive care process,” and that Trump’s health “continues to be excellent.”

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Jewish New Yorkers are increasingly seeking gun licenses and training following the election of mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, according to a NY Post report. Michael Bergida, owner of Samson Armory in Marine Park, said his new shop is suddenly packed with anxious community members. “We’re probably the only gun store to have a minyan,” he said, […]

President Donald Trump rolled back tariffs on over 200 food products like coffee and beef to address rising grocery costs following consumer angst and recent Democrat election wins.

President Donald Trump intensified his public feud with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, launching into a scathing attack on Truth Social and mocking her as a “Republican in Name Only.”

“Lightweight Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Brown (Green grass turns Brown when it begins to ROT!), betrayed the entire Republican Party when she turned Left, performed poorly on the pathetic View, and became the RINO that we all know she always was,” Trump wrote.

He didn’t stop there, continuing his tirade with another swipe at other conservatives he accused of disloyalty. “Just another Fake politician, no different than Rand Paul Jr. (Thomas Massie), who got caught being a full fledged Republican In Name Only (RINO)! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”

The fiery post came just one day after Trump officially revoked his endorsement of Greene, a move signaling a complete rupture with one of his most vocal supporters from previous election cycles. He also hinted that he would back a primary challenger to unseat her.

Greene responded with a lengthy message on X early this morning, suggesting that Trump’s anger stemmed from her recent decision to join a bipartisan discharge petition demanding the Justice Department release all remaining documents tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“I never thought that fighting to release the Epstein files, defending women who were victims of rape, and fighting to expose the web of rich powerful elites would have caused this, but here we are. And it truly speaks for itself,” Greene wrote. “There needs to be a new way forward.”

She was one of only four Republicans to sign onto the petition, despite Trump’s clear opposition. Greene added that Trump’s push to keep GOP lawmakers away from the issue was a “huge miscalculation.”

Meanwhile, both House Democrats and the Republican-led Oversight Committee published additional materials related to the Epstein investigation, including leaked emails implying that Trump may have had more knowledge of Epstein’s connections to underage girls than he had previously acknowledged. Trump forcefully rejected those claims and directed the Justice Department to investigate potential Democratic involvement with Epstein’s network.

In her posts, Greene also criticized U.S. foreign aid policies — including funding for Israel and Ukraine — and noted that she has not accepted donations from AIPAC. “This and the Epstein files is why I’m being attacked by President Trump,” she said. “It really makes you wonder what is in those files and who and what country is putting so much pressure on him?”

Despite the heated exchange, Greene ended her remarks on a conciliatory note. “I forgive him and I will pray for him to return to his original MAGA promises,” she wrote.

Trump fired back shortly after with another stinging retort on Truth Social: “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Green is a disgrace to our GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY!”

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The excitement is palpable. From Lakewood to London, Bnei Brak to Brooklyn, the kol Torah of tens of thousands of lomdim rises higher each day as Klal Yisrael prepares for a milestone unlike any before: the Siyum on Seder Mo’ed. With the final dafim of Maseches Chagigah now being learned, the dream that began nearly […]

Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was recovering at home today after a fall left him hospitalized with a deep facial injury and a long line of stitches running from his eyebrow to his nose.

Posting on X, the senator shared a close-up photo of his face and wrote, “20 stitches later and a full recovery, I’m back home with @giselefetterman and the kids. I’m overwhelmed + profoundly grateful for all the well-wishes. Truly.”

In the same post, he expressed appreciation for his medical team, writing, “Grateful for @UPMC for the incredible medical care that put me back together. THANK YOU SO MUCH. See you back in DC.”

According to his spokesperson, the senator was hurt “during an early morning walk” close to his Braddock residence.

“Upon evaluation, it was established he had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that led to Senator Fetterman feeling light-headed, falling to the ground and hitting his face with minor injuries,” the spokesperson said. “He is doing well and receiving routine observation at the hospital. He has opted to stay so doctors can fine-tune his medication regimen.”

The aide added that, in typical fashion, Fetterman managed to inject humor into the situation. “If you thought my face looked bad before, wait until you see it now!” the senator quipped in a Thursday statement.

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Dear Matzav Inbox,

I was appalled to come across a recent print advertisement boasting of “Torah camping designed to perfection for ‘discriminating’ bnei Torah mishpachos.” Yes, you read that correctly — “discriminating.” I had to read it twice to make sure it wasn’t satire. Sadly, it wasn’t.

Have we lost all sense of what it means to be a ben Torah? Since when is “discriminating” a badge of honor for a Torah family? Since when is elitism wrapped in religious language something to advertise proudly? It’s not clever. It’s not classy. It’s the opposite of Torah.

If you want to say your program is geared toward bnei Torah, there’s a respectful, refined, and honest way to do so. Say that it’s meant for mishpachos who appreciate a Torah environment. Say it’s a place where kedushah and tznius are valued. Say it’s for those who want their summer surroundings to reflect their spiritual standards. But don’t dare use the word “discriminating” — as if being a ben Torah means being picky, judgmental, or too refined to mix with the “lesser” crowd.

This kind of phrasing betrays a mindset that is entirely foreign to Torah values. The greatness of bnei Torah lies in anivus, in humility, in seeing the tzelem Elokim in every Jew — not in creating tiers of who’s “elite” enough to share a campfire. When we start turning Torah into a social label, when being a ben Torah becomes a marketing slogan instead of a sacred calling, something is deeply broken.

It’s painful to watch the language of Yiddishkeit being hijacked for the sake of pretentious advertising. Whoever wrote that line may have thought it sounded sophisticated. In truth, it only reveals how far we’ve drifted from the simplicity, sincerity, and emes that define real Torah life.

If the goal was to attract bnei Torah, perhaps start by speaking like one.

 A Non-Discriminating Ben Torah Family

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Jewish New Yorkers are increasingly seeking gun licenses and training following the election of mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, according to a NY Post report. Michael Bergida, owner of Samson Armory in Marine Park, said his new shop is suddenly packed with anxious community members. “We’re probably the only gun store to have a minyan,” he said, […]