Majority of Israelis to Fast On Yom Kippur
At about 6 p.m. today silence will fall on Israel, as the Yom Kippur fast begins. Air traffic to and from Israel will halt from 1 p.m. today to about 9:30 p.m. tomorrow and the border crossings to...
View ArticleIsrael to Rebuild Destroyed Yerushalayim Shul
The Tiferes Yisroel Shul was the last post of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Yerushalayim to fall in Israel’s War of Independence. The 144-year-old shul rose to great height and came under...
View ArticleRabbi Uziel Tuvia Scheinin z”l
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing on Yom Kippur of Rabbi Uziel Tuvia Scheinin of the Zichron Moshe neighborhood of Yerushalayim. He was 89 years old. A seventh-generation...
View ArticleWhy Did the Machnovka-Belzer Rebbe Go to the Cemetery in Cholon to Ask...
On Monday, the eve of Erev Yom Kippur, the Machnovka-Belzer Rebbe was joined by a minyan on a visit to a bais hachaim in Cholon. The bochurim who joined the Rebbe were surprised by his destination and...
View ArticlePhotos: Day 1 at the BMG Daled Minim Shuk 5777
[Photos below.] During these days preceding Sukkos, Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, is a hub of activity as residents go about purchasing Daled Minim and other Yom Tov needs. A “shuk” type of...
View ArticleGranddaughter of Rabbi Yaakov Litman Hy”d Born
Last night, a baby girl was born Ariel and Sarah Techiya Beigel. Sarah Techiya’s father, Rabbi Yaakov Litman, and her brother, Netanel, were murdered one year ago by terrorists. It was a Friday...
View ArticleMysterious Man with Upside-Down Siddur and Camera Raises Concerns at Vizhnitz...
Suspicion filled the bais medrash of Vizhnitz Monsey, when, shortly before Kol Nidrei, when the main bais medrash in the village of Kaser was packed with mispallelim, a suspicious person appeared. The...
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