Three kedoshei elyon had one common concept when it came to learning Torah – they were the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh (Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar 1696-1743) when he came to Eretz Yisroel; the Ramchal (Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto 1707-1746) when he lived in Padua, Italy; and Hagaon, Harav Chaim Volozhiner, (1749-1821) the famous talmid of the Gaon of Vilna. They each had a yeshiva with ‘around-the-clock’ Torah learning, 24-hours a day, so that there would be no minute when the sound of Torah learning would not be heard in this world. The 24-hour period would be divided into shifts, and as one ended the next would begin. Torah-24 A “Torah-24” Center has been opened in Yerushalayim and the Nasi is Maran Sar Hatorah, Harav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l. Under ONE ROOF, from 6:00 am – 6:00 am, 10 kollelim fill successive learning shifts. Each kollel focuses on a specific area of in-depth Torah study. The “Torah-24” Kollelim include: Boker (Gemora), Yerushalmi, Bavli, Zeraim-Taharot, Dalet Chelkei Shulchan Aruch, Erev (Gemora), Chatzos- Zohar/Kabbolah, Erev Shabbos (Chumash / Medrash b’iyun). Already there are 52 avreichim metzuyonim, and a large number of candidates are vying for the remaining slots in the kollelim. All the avreichim are required to take rigorous monthly tests. Endorsements & Letters Endorsements include Maranan Hagaonim shlit”a: Harav Gershon Edelstein, Harav Berel Povarsky, Harav Shimon Badani, Harav Dovid Cohen, Harav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi, Harav Chaim Feinstein, Harav Shimon Galai, Harav Shraga Shteinman. Letters of support-encouragement have been received from Maranan Hagaonim, shlit”a: Hamekubal Harav David Bazri, Hamashpia Hagadol Reb Elimelech Biderman, Hamekubal Harav Yaakov Meir Schechter, Harav Moishe Sternbuch, Harav Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss. For more “Torah-24” information click on: www.torah-24.com or call 718-766-5022
Vice President JD Vance gives his message to young people: “We want you to be able to buy a home, we want you to be able to work a good job, we want you to be able to raise your kids according to the values you believe in, and we want you to be able to build a nice life in this country.”
Vice President JD Vance criticized Germany, arguing that its defense relies heavily on American taxpayers and troops, while questioning whether the U.S. would tolerate this if Germany jails people for tweets or if European nations suppress free speech and cancel elections—actions he cited in Romania—asserting that true friendship with Europe, which he and President Trump value, must be rooted in shared democratic principles rather than silencing dissent.
New York on Thursday sued some of the country’s biggest distributors of electronic cigarettes, accusing the companies of violating state laws that prohibit the sale of vaping flavors and designs that appeal to children. Attorney General Letitia James announced the lawsuit targeting middlemen that distribute fruit- and candy-flavored e-cigarettes like Puff Bar and Elf Bar to hundreds of convenience stories and gas stations across the state. The approach differs from past litigation by New York and other states, which targeted vaping manufacturers, such as Juul Labs. Widely blamed for sparking the teen vaping trend, Juul has paid more than $1 billion to settle dozens of state and local lawsuits and investigations into its early marketing practices, which included launch parties and product giveaways. The company stopped selling flavors like mango and mint in 2019 and is no longer popular with teens. Instead, Chinese-made disposable e-cigarettes like Elf Bar have become the top choice among high school and middle school students. None of the products are approved by federal health regulators but they continue shipping into the U.S., often mislabeled as batteries, cell phones or other products. The state’s nearly 200-page legal complaint points to “widespread evidence of illegal conduct, including documents showing illegal shipments of flavored vapes to New York.” The filing also includes photos of brightly colored e-cigarettes that resemble soft drinks and candy and come in flavors like “fruity bears freeze,” “cotton candy,” and “strawberry cereal donut milk.” New York banned all vaping flavors other than tobacco in 2020. “For too long, these companies have disregarded our laws in order to profit off of our young people, but we will not risk the health and safety of our kids,” James said in a statement. The lawsuit seeks hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from the companies, as well as a permanent ban on their sales of flavored vapes in New York. In 2022 litigation, the co-founder of Buffalo-based Demand Vape told a federal judge that his company had sold more than $132 million worth of Elf Bar e-cigarettes in the past year. The company that makes Elf Bar is based in Shenzhen, China, and sells flavors including “strawberry mango” and “lemon mint.” Despite the continued availability of disposable e-cigarettes, the vaping rate among U.S. teens has fallen to a 10-year low of under 6%, according to federal figures released last year. Government health officials attribute the drop to more aggressive U.S. enforcement, including hundreds of warning letters sent to retail stores selling unauthorized vaping products. (AP)
VP Vance: “Peace is in the interest of the American people and President Trump is going to fight for it for the remainder of his administration. Wherever war breaks out, he is going to be the president of peace.”
Vice President JD Vance at CPAC: “We cannot rebuild western civilization. We cannot rebuild the United States of America or Europe by letting millions and millions of unvetted illegal migrants come into our country. It has to stop. Thank God it stopped here but it’s got to stop there.”
When Russian troops rolled into Ukraine three years ago, they brought their parade uniforms with them on the push to Kyiv. President Vladimir Putin expected a quick victory. What Putin dubbed the “special military operation” has turned into Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Tens of thousands have been killed, entire cities have been reduced to smoldering ruins, millions of Ukrainians became refugees, and Russia was isolated from the West. Now as senior Russian and U.S. officials are talking again and setting the stage for summit meeting, Putin appears closer than ever to cementing Moscow’s gains of about a fifth of Ukraine’s territory and keeping it out of NATO. President Donald Trump sharply reversed the three-year U.S. policy of isolating Russia when he called Putin and said afterward they agreed “to work together very closely” to end the war. He said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “will be involved” in negotiations but didn’t elaborate. Trump also expressed understanding of Putin’s key demand on the pivotal issue of Ukraine’s prospective NATO membership that the U.S. and other alliance members previously described as irreversible. ”They’ve been saying that for a long time that Ukraine cannot go into NATO,” Trump said of Russia. “And I’m OK with that.” Changing fortunes Putin invaded on Feb. 24, 2022, after demanding that NATO abandon membership for Ukraine and pull back the alliance’s troops on NATO’s eastern flank — actions rejected by the West. He claimed his move was necessary to safeguard Russia’s security interests and protect Russian speakers in Ukraine. Kyiv and its allies denounced his move as an unprovoked act of aggression. Ukrainians saw it as Moscow’s attempt to destroy their national sovereignty and identity. Russian troops reached the outskirts of Kyiv early in the invasion but pulled back a month later amid heavy losses and Ukraine’s attacks on supply lines. More humiliating setbacks came in September and October 2022, when a Ukrainian counteroffensive forced Russia to pull back from large parts of the Kharkiv region in the northeast and the Kherson region in the south. Fortunes changed in 2023 when a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south failed to cut Russia’s land route to the Crimea Peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed from Kyiv in 2014. Russia seized the combat initiative last year with offensives along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front, making slow but persistent gains. In the fall, Russian forces captured the most territory since the opening of the war. Moscow also pummeled Ukrainian infrastructure with waves of missiles and drones, destroying much of its power generating capacity. Ukraine struck back in August with an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region to try to distract Moscow’s forces in the east and gain more leverage in potential peace talks. Ukraine still holds some of those gains, but its limited resources are stretched, making it difficult to defend strongholds in the east. Ukraine’s demands, Trump’s view While Zelenskyy earlier demanded Russia’s full withdrawal from all occupied areas as a precondition for talks, he later acknowledged Kyiv can’t immediately reclaim all its territory. He said Ukraine won’t abandon its goal of joining NATO — even though Trump dismissed that as “impractical” — and Zelenskyy emphasized needing reliable Western security guarantees and a robust European peacekeeping force to prevent Russian attacks. Trump’s call with Putin and ensuing Russia-U.S. talks in Saudi Arabia shattered the Biden administration’s “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine” policy. Trump blamed Kyiv […]
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SECRETARY TURNER: “We have found $260M in savings here at HUD working with our DOGE task force. Today, we are announcing that we cut $4M in DEI contracts here at HUD, which were supposed to be for culture transformation.”
The Jewish world has yearned and waited. We prayed and waited. We cried in sorrow and pain while we waited. Our brethren—Jewish men, women, and children—were taken into the mayim sh’ain lahem sof, the bottomless depths of serpentine tunnels and hidden chambers, unheard of, unseeable, and unreachable. The only thing within reach was our siddurim and Tehillim, and so many, many of us turned to Shomayim with hope against hope. And now, this. There is a word for this in English: crestfallen. For some of us, our religious honor as Benei Yisroel has fallen. We felt helpless before this tragic turn, and we feel isolated now. The rest of humanity—whatever term we might use to represent those who abandoned us during this time—will move on. Meanwhile, it is natural, in these most unnatural of times, to hurt, to ache, and to be intensely saddened. The realization that we have lost our precious ones, who suffered for 500 days and more, will dawn on some of us sooner, for others later. Those small, smiling faces will remain seared in our memories for months to come as our hearts grapple with their fate—and with the futures of those who loved them and agonized over them. This is a turn of events we will not be able to conceal from our families. It is being widely broadcast, spoken about, and even celebrated by some of the manic mobs who encouraged terror and genocide—applauding each atrocity as if it were mere entertainment. For some, it was little more than another morbid game; for others, it was the epitome of their religious zeal—a perverse joy among those who dream of driving us, or voting us, into the sea and beyond. What we say to our inquisitive and confused children will become clearer only after we, as adults, speak to each other first. It is fully expected that Jews will have many different reactions. Some will feel the intensity deep within their bodies—as nausea, tension, disturbed sleep, or even physical pain. Others will feel it in their emotions—a depressed mood, sudden irritability, restless anxiety, or fear. Some will process it in their minds—through obsessive thoughts, overwhelming worry, haunting images, or fragmented concentration. A few will find themselves changing behaviors in response. As adults, we must be mindful of these reactions, recognize them within ourselves, and find a supportive person to confide in—someone we trust, who cares about us. Speak out. Express your feelings. Know what you are experiencing. And when someone else shares with you, listen. Do not judge, do not offer quick fixes, do not interrogate. Just listen. This is how we begin to re-regulate our emotions and return to functioning. Only then can we guide our children through their own processing. When we have sorted through our own reactions, we will have the patience and clarity to hear our children’s concerns without clouding them with our own inner turmoil. Listen to them. Let them speak. Validate their fears and confusion. Reassure them that their emotions are a normal reaction to an abnormal, horrific reality. Avoid gruesome images; do not let the dinner table or bedtime become the place for processing terror. Stick to your normal family routines, ensure your home remains a place of warmth, stability, and spiritual connection. Our nation is brave and […]
NETANYAHU: “My brothers and sisters, dear citizens of Israel. On this day we are all united. We are all united in unbearable grief…..”Every home in Israel bows its head today. We bow our heads for the heavy loss of our four hostages. We all ache with a pain that is mixed with rage. We are all enraged at the monsters of Hamas…” “The four coffins of our loved ones oblige us more than ever to promise, to swear, that what happened on Oct 7 will never happen again. The voice of the blood of our loved ones cries out to us from the ground. It obliges us to deal with the vile murderers – and we will deal with them…..
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz: The President said how much he loves the Ukrainian people. He was the first to arm them in his first term. We’ve done A LOT for the security of Ukraine… Now, he’s doing what he should as a leader and pushing hard diplomacy…No one should be surprised about that.
ויקרא שמו בישראל – אריאל כפיר”… A deeply emotional moment took place at the Bris Mila clinic of Chabad Shliach to Russian speakers in Netanya, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Teichman As the coffins of the Bibas family were transferred from the murderous hands of Hamas to the IDF, a 26-year-old Jewish man underwent a Bris Milah today and chose to name himself “Kfir Ariel” in honor of the two young Bibas children HY”D.
This morning, in the West Bank city of Salfit, the IDF reported that they demolished the residence of a Palestinian terrorist responsible for killing two Israelis during the summer.
The body of Oded Lifshitz, H’yd, 84, was identified at Abu Kabir on Thursday afternoon, only several hours after the bodies were received. Family members published a statement expressing their grief: “We received with deep sorrow the official and bitter news of the identification of the body of our beloved Oded. 503 tormenting days of uncertainty have come to an end. We hoped and davened that the end would be different.” The family added: “Now we can mourn the husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather we’ve missed since 10/07. Our family rehabilitation will begin now and will not end until the return of the last hostage.” Oded was abducted along with his wife Yocheved from their home on Kibbutz Nir Oz. Yocheved was released from captivity on October 23. He was a much-beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He was one of the founders of Kibbutz Nir Oz and worked as a journalist and social activist. He served in the IDF as a soldier in the Paratroopers Nachal Brigade and fought in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition, the Yom Kippur War, and the First Lebanon War. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
President Donald Trump said that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend. He said at an investment conference in Miami on Wednesday that the administration is considering a concept in which 20% of the savings produced by DOGE’s cost-cutting efforts goes to American citizens and another 20% goes to paying down the national debt. Trump also said the potential for dividend payments would incentivize people to report wasteful spending. “They’ll be reporting it themselves,” Trump said. “They participate in the process of saving us money.” Later, as he flew back to Washington aboard Air Force One, he was asked by a reporter about the plan floated by Musk. “I love it,” the Republican president told reporters on the plane. A day earlier, Musk wrote on his social media platform that he “will check with the President” in response to a suggestion that Trump and Musk should announce a ”DOGE Dividend” that would send a refund to taxpayers from part of the savings created by DOGE. Its efforts have already led to thousands of federal government employees being fired or laid off. (AP)
In a moving interview with Channel 14, Shir Siegal, the daughter of Keith Siegal, the US-Israeli citizen who was released from captivity at the beginning of the month, spoke about how her father grew close to Yiddishkeit in Gaza. Siegel, 65, a father of four and a grandfather, returned from Gaza emaciated and dehydrated after losing over 65 pounds in Gaza. His wife Aviva later said that out of the 484 days he was held in Gaza, Keith was held alone for six months and received almost nothing to eat and little water. Whatever food he did receive was moldy or burnt, unfit for human consumption. The terrorists holding him abused him physically and psychologically. Shir told Magal: “In captivity, Abba searched for his Jewish identity and he found it in small tefillot. He began to say brachos on food like ‘Borei Minei Mezonos,’ which he never said in his life, and recite Shema Yisrael, which he never said in his life,” she said. “He said that in all this hell, he wanted to remember that he is a Jew and that there is meaning to his nation and the place he comes from, and this strengthened him very much.” “After he returned, I asked him what he wanted us to do for our first Shabbat meal together. I imagined he might want a particular food he likes or a good challah.” “He answered: ‘You know what I really really want? A kippah and a kos for Kiddush.'” “Wow,” Magal responded. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
