All year long, I find myself being asked the same question again and again: “What’s the halachah— and what’s the kashrus status— of vaping?” And all the time – particularly before Pesach – I run into the same wall: silence, confusion, and a sudden rush to talk about hashkafah instead of halachah. Let me be […]
The Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Thursday distributed to committee members the updated draft of the Chareidi conscription law, which includes a series of stricter measures added at the request of the legal advisers. Committee chairman MK Boaz Bismuth said, “This is it—we are moving forward with a balanced, responsible conscription law that […]
IRAN ROUTES CASH TO Hezbollah THROUGH DUBAI MONEY-EXCHANGES: According to a Wall Street Journal report, U.S. intelligence says Tehran funneled “hundreds of millions of dollars” over the past year to Hezbollah via money exchanges and private businesses in Dubai using informal networks to bypass disruption of traditional smuggling and transfer routes. The cash reportedly originates […]
Black Friday has become something of an anachronism in the e-commerce era. The day after Thanksgiving marks the official start of the holiday shopping season, but retailers already have spent weeks flooding their websites and customers’ email inboxes with early Black Friday offers. While sales trends have been shifting, the best bargains may still be […]
“All of you sitting here have the opportunity to transmit the halachos of eruvin to Klal Yisrael, both the limud, the learning of hilchos eruvin and the practical halachos of eruvin, your zechus is inestimable!” These enthusiastic words of HaGaon HaRav Yehuda Aryeh Dunner, shlita, a prominent posek living in Bnei Brak and Rav of Beis Medrash […]
The Cadillac Escalade which drove the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Yoel around Eretz Yisroel the past week brought the Rebbe to the foot of the airplane as he flies back to the United States.
Volunteers from Hatzalah in Bnei Brak formed a moving convoy on Wednesday as they accompanied the late veteran responder Rabbi Moshe Mor z”l, who passed away suddenly. Rabbi Mor was among the long-serving and most dedicated members of the organization, known for decades of quiet chessed and lifesaving work throughout the city. His unexpected passing […]
A U.S.-Russian crew of three began a mission to the International Space Station aboard a Russian spacecraft following a successful launch Thursday. A Soyuz booster rocket lifted off at 2:27 p.m. (9:27 a.m. GMT) from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan to put the Soyuz MS-28 into orbit. The spacecraft carried NASA astronaut Chris […]
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is suing the Trump administration over cuts to SNAP benefits for noncitizens and its intensified anti-fraud measures.
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday announced a new junta leader, cementing a forceful takeover of power that began after a disputed presidential election, in what the main opposition candidate called a ploy to prevent him from taking over power. The military high command inaugurated Gen. Horta Inta-A as the head of the military government, which […]
BORO PARK: FDNY firefighters are on scene at 4916 13th Avenue after a fire broke out inside a store. Firefighters moved quickly and brought the blaze under control shortly after arrival. No injuries reported.
New York Knicks star Josh Hart had $185,000 worth of watches and jewelry stolen from a SoHo hotel room earlier this year, according to The Post. Hart, 30, had dropped off his duffle bag inside The Dominick Hotel on Spring Street near Varick Street around 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 5 — but when he returned […]
Andrew Wolfe, 24, and Sarah Beckstrom, 20, are the two National Guards members that are currently fighting for their lives after being shot yesterday in a targeted attack.
A group of Israeli “activists” crossed the border from Israel into Syria near the Syrian village of Bir Ajam in an attempt to establish a new settlement. The IDF has already returned all the “activists” back to Israel.
A man has been taken into custody today at Manchester Airport as part of an ongoing investigation into the October terror attack outside a synagogue during Yom Kippur. The arrest follows significant investigative progress since the October terror attack outside a synagogue during Yom Kippur, and officials are now examining his terror plans and possible […]
Marking a year since the Lebanon ceasefire, the IDF says it has killed over 370 Hezbollah and allied terrorists for violating the ceasefire. The military has also conducted 1,200+ raids, targeting terror infrastructure, weapons, and rocket sites to prevent Hezbollah from rebuilding its capabilities.
Israel has offered Hamas a rare deal: come out of the tunnels alive. According to a report by Channel 12, Israel conveyed a proposal last week through international mediators that would allow dozens of Hamas fighters trapped beneath the IDF-controlled sector of eastern Rafah to surrender and be transferred to Israeli prisons, with the possibility […]
About 10 Chareidi soldiers are being forced to serve at a mixed base together with female soldiers, contrary to regulations, Kol B’Rama Radio reported. According to the report, the soldiers were discharged from the Chareidi Tomer and Netzach Yehuda battalions due to a lowered profile or other reasons and were transferred about two months ago […]
The European Space Agency said Thursday it would increase its budget for the next three years to almost 22.1 billion euros ($25.6 billion). Ahead of an agency conference in the German city of Bremen, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher had expressed concern that Europe could be left behind in space travel if it didn’t invest […]
