Novominsker Rebbe Calls On Public to Help Kallah Whose Wedding Plans Were...
-Communicated- This appeal is endorsed by prominent Rabbonim. A terrifying fire has made one family’s difficult circumstance even more dire. During the past Succos Yom Tov a serious fire...
View ArticlePhotos: How Many Articles of Clothing Can People Forget in a Shul?
Bais Medrash Kol Aryeh is a center of Torah and tefillah in Lakewood, NJ. Led by its rov, Rav Moshe Peretz Schwartz, the bais medrash pulsates with sounds of davening and learning all day. But it seems...
View ArticleVideo, Photos: Chavrusah Tumult at Bais Medrash Govoah, Winter 5777
[Video and photos below.] Lakewood, NJ – A large crowd gathered yesterday and today at Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, to kick off the tri-annual chavrusah tumult that takes place before each...
View ArticleVideo, Photos: Kabbolas Ponim for Rabbonim at Veitzener Cheder in Chicago for...
The following is a video taken at a kabbolas ponim at the Veitzener Cheder for Rav Avrohom Chaim Levin, rosh yeshiva of Telshe Yeshiva in Chicago, at the Torah Umesorah Shabbos of Chinuch this weekend...
View ArticleLakewood Deputy Mayor: We Are Against Any Increased Density Housing
A Lakewood, NJ, committeeman says that the Lakewood Township Committee is against any increased density for its town. Deputy Mayor Isaac Akerman, who is up for reelection this Tuesday, let that message...
View ArticleVideo, Photos: Hafganos Across Israel for Bochur Jailed Over IDF Avoidance
Hafganos broke out across Eretz Yisroel today to protest the arrest of a bochur, a student at Kamenitz Yeshiva in Yerushalayim, who visited a police station to submit a complaint about an individual...
View ArticleRav Amar: One May Use Maaser to Purchase Health Insurance
It is not uncommon for well off families to become destitute when a father or mother becomes seriously ill and can no longer work. In a landmark p’sak, former Chief Rabbi and present Chief Rabbi of...
View Article“Vesein Tal Umatar” Begins in Eretz Yisroel
At Maariv tonight, 7 Cheshvan, in Eretz Yisroel, we begin to say Vesein Tal Umatar during the Shemonah Esrei in the bracha of Boreich Aleinu. Residents of chutz laaretz won’t start saying it until...
View ArticleBoth Satmars Agree: Vote for Hillary
David Kinzer reports for JP Updates: The two Satmar factions in Williamsburg agree on this year’s presidential election. Both have endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. In a statement sent on Friday...
View ArticleRochester Welcomes New Community Kollel for First Time
On Rosh Chodesh Elul, a new community kollel opened in Rochester, NY, a first for the upstate community. The kollel has opened under the auspices of Congregation Light of Israel. Rav Avi Mammon, rov...
View ArticleRav Edelstein: Vote Like Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky
Rav Gershon Edelstein, rosh yeshiva of Ponovezh Yeshiva and member of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah in Eretz Yisroel, told talmidim of his from the US who asked him for whom to vote in today’s US...
View ArticleTelshe Rosh Yeshiva: I Voted for Trump and You Should Too
Today, Rav Avrohom Chaim Levin, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Telshe in Chicago, was asked by a talmid who one should vote for in today’s US presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton....
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