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Conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared to back a Republican-led drive, supported by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president. A day after the justices indicated they would overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting the […]

The body discovered Monday in an open area near the village of Zoharim has been identified as 29-year-old Moshe Tzabari of the Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood in Yerushalayim, who had been missing since early Sunday morning.

Over the past day, widespread calls circulated on social media urging the public to help locate Tzabari. Despite the intensive search effort, his body was ultimately found at the bottom of a deep pit in the Zoharim area.

Police revealed that on Sunday, Tzabari’s vehicle was discovered burned near Kiryat Gat. Location data indicated that one of the car’s last stops was in the vicinity of Zoharim, directing search teams to focus their efforts there.

During the search operation, first responders located a pit approximately 30 meters deep. At the bottom lay Tzabari’s body. Bloodstains were also found near the entrance to the pit, raising immediate suspicions of a criminal act.

The police have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident. At their request, the court imposed a gag order on details of the probe. The body has been transferred to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for examination.

Moshe’s brother, Yisrael, posted an emotional message online: “Thank you all for sharing and helping. Sadly, our brother Moshe was murdered!” Family members insist that Moshe was kidnapped and subsequently killed, though the investigation remains under strict confidentiality.

Fire and Rescue Services worked for hours to retrieve the body from the pit. Authorities reported that after specialized rescue systems were set up, two rescuers — both trained medics — were lowered into the pit. Due to the nature of the scene, forensic investigators were also brought down to collect evidence. All personnel were later lifted back up along with the deceased, who was confirmed lifeless at the scene.

The investigation continues under a full gag order.

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Yad L’Achim is raffling off one of the most exquisite heritage menorahs ever crafted — and only 499 tickets will be sold. LESS THAN 50 TICKETS LEFT!! You’ll receive a random ticket number between 1–499, and that will be the amount you pay for your ticket – and a chance to bring home this stunning […]

Last year, around the end of the school year, one of my children asked what I thought was an appropriate way to show hakaras hatov to a child’s rebbi or morah. That question turned into a letter. So, as we approach Chanukah, I want to follow up. Chanukah is a time of light — ner […]

New video shows the vehicle involved in the shooting that took place in North Miami Beach on Shabbos afternoon.

WATCH: Kīlauea roared back to life on Saturday as towering lava fountains — some shooting over 1,000 feet high — and thick ash plumes burst from Halemaʻumaʻu crater on Hawaiʻi’s Big Island.

A Queens man has been sentenced to two years in prison for a 2024 incident in which he stole two Israeli flags from a Long Island home and then assaulted the homeowner when confronted.

POTUS: I don’t want to give insurance companies any money. They’ve been ripping off the public for years. Obamacare was set up to take care of insurance companies, not to take care of Americans. I love the idea of money going directly to the people, not to insurance companies.

Israel’s State Prosecutor’s Office declined a police request on Tuesday evening to authorize an investigation into an installation depicting the severed head of Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu, a display that the Likud Party says constitutes explicit incitement and imagery of an execution.

According to a report on i24NEWS, police approached the prosecution for approval to open an inquiry after receiving a formal complaint from Likud. Under Israeli law, investigations into alleged incitement offenses require prior authorization from the prosecutor’s office. That approval was denied.

Earlier in the day, Likud submitted a detailed complaint through attorney Tamar Arbel, asserting that the installation was a dangerous call to violence. The display, set up outside the Tel Aviv District Court while Netanyahu testified in his ongoing trial, featured a sculpture resembling the prime minister’s decapitated head placed on a platform, with “7/10” inscribed on its forehead.

Likud argued that the imagery represented “a classic violent depiction of an execution” and conveyed a message encouraging the physical elimination of the prime minister. The party insisted the exhibit crossed every legal and moral line.

Despite the refusal to open a case in this instance, Netanyahu has frequently been the target of threats and provocative displays. Over the years, police have investigated numerous suspects for alleged incitement against him, and several indictments have been filed in connection with such actions.

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Rep. Thomas Massie has introduced legislation to withdraw the United States’ membership in NATO

Israeli Yacht Missing — Search Underway in Mediterranean An Israeli yacht carrying four people disappeared in the Mediterranean after leaving Ashdod. * Contact was lost near Cyprus, prompting a large-scale international search and rescue operation involving Israeli, Greek, and Cypriot authorities. * The disappearance occurred during Storm Byron, which is currently bringing heavy rain, strong […]

Iran’s Head of State TV says that the news of Iran shooting down Israeli F-35 Jets during the 12-day war was inaccurate.

New footage shows police approaching Luigi Mangione inside a McDonald’s and asking for his ID, capturing the moments leading up to his arrest.

‘WAYMO STANDOFF’: Three driverless cars bring a San Francisco street to a standstill, halting traffic and blocking people from leaving.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting federal officials from taking enforcement actions against immigrants near courthouses, in hospitals, on college campuses or in daycare facilities.

AN INSIDE JOB: New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani defended appointing Mysonne Linen, a convicted armed robber, to his City Hall transition team, saying his team’s “experiences and analysis” will help “build a city for each and every person.”

Affordable Care Act tax subsidies are set to expire for more than 20 million Americans at the end of the year.

President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to pull federal funding for public transportation in Chicago unless the city tightens security after a man allegedly set a woman on fire inside a commuter train in November. Federal Transit Authority Administrator Marc Molinaro sent a letter Monday to Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker demanding the […]

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by Rabbi Eliezer Sandler

The concept of the Yissachar-Zevulun Torah Learning Pact goes back well over 3,500 years, to the time of Yaakov Avinu and his sons. It is named for the Torah pact between two of his sons – Yissachar the scholar and Zevulun the merchant. Not only was it an equal pact but, Chazal explained, the deed of Zevulun/the Sponsor is considered even greater than that of Yissachar, because without the support of Zevulun, Yissachar would not have had the wherewithal to study Torah undisturbed.”

It is well-known that when it comes to learning Torah, people who sponsor the learning, often do so, not just as a donation. By financially supporting specific Torah scholars, they enter into a binding, written, signed and sealed learning partnership pact whereby the Sponsor (the Zevulun) is deemed by Halacha as if he personally studied the Torah completed by the Scholar (the Yissachar). (See below.) 

Thus, those who support the Talmidei Chachomim at Shas Yiden via a Yissachar-Zevulun Pact merit a portion in every daf of the entire Talmud Bavli and associated texts that they study, and complete the entire cycle in the space of ONE year. Some of the Sponsors opt to continue sponsoring repeat cycles of Shas which accrue to them.

Sar Hatorah, Maran Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l, Nasi Shas Yiden, emphasized: The most mehudar Yissachar-Zevulun pact to support in our times is that offered by Shas Yiden – it comprises the entire Shas, Rashi and Tosfos – all in just one year!

Rav Chaim explained why this pact with Shas Yiden is the most mehudar. Chazal say that the highest level of learning is when one understands what he is learning b’iyun u’ve’amkus. However, even higher than that is when one remembers b’al peh all what he has learned. I have farhered the Shas Yiden avreichim geonim many times and can attest ZEI KENNEN SHAS (they know Shas)!

YES! YOU CAN MAKE

your OWN SIYUM on the ENTIRE Shas, Rashi & Tosfos IN JUST ONE YEAR!

The Yissachar-Zevulun Pact in Halacha

The Shulchan Aruch in Yoreh De’ah Chapter 246 regarding the efficacy of the Yissachar-Zevulun Sponsorship Pact for the Zevulun (the Sponsor) states clearly:  It is deemed as if he (the one sponsoring the learning) himself learned all the Torah studied under the pact. 

All the learning under the Shas Yiden Yissachar-Zevulun Pact is yours בעוה”ז ובעוה”ב (in both This World and the World to Come)! Concerning this, the Netziv of Volozhin comments that in Olam Habah, the Zevulun sponsor will sit together with the Gedolei Torah of the past and merit to participate in their discussions and pilpulim on all the Torah learned.

Achieve Almost 7 million Mitzvos in One Year

The Vilna Gaon in Shnos Eliyahu Pe’ah 41 states that one should hold precious every word of Torah that he learns because each word is considered a mitzvah of its own. 

Thus, since in Talmud Bavli, Rashi and Tosfos there are 6,608,891 words, that translates into almost 7 million mitzvos accruing through Yissachar-Zevulun at Shas Yiden. 

Official Shtar from Shas Yiden

Each Yissachar-Zevulun pact is confirmed by an official contract (shtar) from Shas Yiden specifying the learning of the entire Shas, and is witnessed by talmidei chachomim.

All who wish to enter into a Yissachar-Zevulun Pact for the entire Shas during ONE year should contact Shas Yiden to make arrangements: 718-702-1528.

The opportunity to complete the entire Shas has been a cherished way to honor family members and others as a prized achievement. It has also proven to be a source of comfort for mourners to obtain such a zechus for their dear ones during the year of mourning – a siyum of the entire Shas can be completed on the yahrzeit!

Yissachar-Zevulun Pact –

Beyond the Grave

The legendary visionary and “Father of Yeshivos”, Reb Chaim of Volozhin, was the founder of the famous yeshiva in the town of Volozhin and the beloved talmid of the Vilna Gaon. 

Reb Chaim had an ongoing Yissachar-Zevulun pact with a local shoemaker – a man who was not learned but who dearly valued Torah learning. They had a ‘deal’ whereby the shoemaker would pay the monthly financial support needed for Reb Chaim and his family. For this financial support, the shoemaker would have an equal share in all Reb Chaim’s daily Torah study – both in the mitzvah of Torah study בעוה”ז and that the knowledge of the Torah learned would continue to be his בעוה”ב (in the World to Come).

One day the shoemaker passed away suddenly. During the shiva period, Reb Chaim was facing a perplexing halachic question and researched high and low for a solution. That night the shoemaker appeared to him in a dream and gave him the full solution that he sought. Reb Chaim was amazed and commented, “Azoi gich, Azoi Gich – So quickly, so quickly has he acquired the zchus and knowledge of the Torah that I have studied!”

In the words of Gedolei Torah:

Maran Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l, Nasi Shas Yiden:

“In just ONE year, through Yissachar-Zevulun at Shas Yiden, you can be zoche to the entire Shas forever – בעוה”ז ובעוה”ב (in olam hazeh and olam habah).

“Moreover, whoever supports Shas Yiden is zocheh to fulfill both Yissachar-Zevulun and support of aniyei (the poor of) Eretz Yisroel in the fullest sense of the word.

“Those who support Shas Yiden will be saved from chevlei (the travails of) Moshiach – spiritually and materially, and will be zoche to have ehrlicher bonim u’vanos yir’eishomayim ”

Maran Hagaon Harav Dov Lando, shlit”a, Rosh Yeshiva, Slabodka:

“Who compares to the Shas Yiden? Incredible talmidei chachomim geonim who raised the bar in limud Hashas b’iyun u’v’amkus. Blessed are those who enter a Yissachar-Zevulun pact with them.”

Hamashpia Hagadol Reb Meilech Biederman, shlit”a:

 “Yissachar-Zevulun at Shas Yiden – best possible deal, and in just 1 year! 100% partnership! 100% Shas x 5 times! 100% Shisha Sidrei Mishna – בעוה”ז ובעוה”ב”

Sanzer Rebbe, shlit”a:

“A first in 2000 years of Jewish history! Until Shas Yiden, never a Torah institution where ALL the avreichim metzuyonim v’geonim know the entire Shas by heart”

Harav Yaakov Hillel, shlit”a:

“Therefore, the great mitzvah to support the efforts [of the Talmidei Chachomim] with generous donations in order that they should continue diligently with their studies to enhance the greatness of the Torah and its glory. 

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