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September 26, 2016 at 3:46 pm
Baltimore, MD Daily Dvar Halacha - Sept. 26, 2016 / 23 Elul 5776 - Sukka Built Out Of Order! Is That A Problem?
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September 26, 2016 at 3:28 pm
We are never prepared for tragedy. And so, the hundreds of men who continue to selflessly dedicate their days and nights as Misaskim volunteers must be ever prepared. Ever ready to spring into action, even in the most terrible and horrific situations, at a moment’s notice.
In the past year alone, Misaskim has brought over 100 meisei mitzvah to kevurah, serviced 2,240 shivah homes, comforted 8,000 aveilim, delivered thousands of meals to grieving families, and much more.
Addressing the needs of the Jewish community throughout the Tri-State area, Misaskim volunteers go beyond the call of duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, offering guidance, support, and direction during life’s most devastating moments. Services include a 24-hr emergency operations center...
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September 26, 2016 at 3:03 pm
The question we need to ask is: Should we really be having our children raise funds for their Yeshiva or for any other organization for that matter?The whole concept raises no less than five questions. All of them would seem to be important questions. Let’s look at the issues one by one.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS#1: Do the charitable organizations take into account the risks of traffic accidents? Traffic accidents happen all too often, and children are not always careful. It is a grave responsibility to have young children travel door to door, block to block, and crossing street after street. Even children trained in looking both ways before they cross sometimes make mistakes when they are thinking about other things or when they are fussing with an enveloped or counting money. It happens.
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September 26, 2016 at 3:02 pm
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 26, 2016 - On Sunday morning, September 18th, Agudath Israel of Maryland held its second annual benefit brunch at the Baltimore home of Susie and Matt Schoenfeld. The event drew a capacity crowd of 140 community leaders and activists who came to show support for the vital community organization and to celebrate its numerous accomplishments advocating for the needs of the community. Featured speaker Senator Joe Lieberman engaged the audience with his trademark moderate perspective on this most unique 2016 presidential election.
Throughout the event, a theme emerged of Agudath Israel representing the Jewish community in government and to the outside world, and modeling what it means to live as a Torah Jew. This theme began with Rabbi Shmuel Silber, rabbi of Suburban Or...
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September 26, 2016 at 3:01 pm
Baltimore, MD - Sept. 26, 2016:
Dear Community Members,
On 09/26/16 the Pikesville Precinct experienced an overnight burglary in the 7700 block of Crossland Ct. Entry was gained through a rear unlocked door and various items were removed. Two sets of keys to a vehicle were also taken. One of the keys taken were used to steal a vehicle from that location. Please remember to lock your vehicles and residences at all times.
Please be vigilant of suspicious subjects or vehicles roaming through the neighborhood. If you notice any suspicious activity, safely get a good description of the subjects or vehicles (including license plates) and immediately contact 911. We offer Free Home Security Surveys, where a uniformed officer will respond to your home and give you sugges...
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September 26, 2016 at 11:44 am
Russia has announced a willingness to act as moderator in resumed diplomatic talks between Israel and the PA (Palestinian Authority). Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Friday, 20 Elul, that his country is willing to step in and play this major role towards jumpstarting negotiations between Israel and the PA.
According to the Sputnik News Agency report, Moscow expresses support for any action that will bring the sides closer together and advance peace efforts. The senior minister reportedly made his remarks from NYC while attending the United Nations General Assembly.
The report adds that Lavrov is aware “both sides don’t appear too willing” to take him up on his offer, but he hopes this will change.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu used the UN Genera...
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September 26, 2016 at 11:35 am
Hillary Clinton met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday evening, hours after he huddled with GOP nominee Donald Trump.
Clinton “reaffirmed her unwavering commitment to the U.S.-Israel relationship” during the meeting, senior campaign aide said. The two leaders had an “in-depth” conversation about the nations’s shared “overarching strategic interests and the common values of democracy, equality, tolerance, and pluralism.”
The aide said that Clinton “committed to continue to work closely with Israel to enforce and implement the nuclear deal with Iran … [and] address other regional challenges, including the conflict in Syria and terrorist threats from ISIS, Hamas, and Hezbollah.”
The Israeli-Palestinian confl...
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September 26, 2016 at 11:29 am
The State Department told a federal judge Friday it found 5,600 work-related emails from a disk of deleted messages recovered from the private email server Hillary Clinton used while secretary of state, raising the possibility of further disclosures on a subject that has dogged the Democrat’s presidential bid.
The judge ordered the department to produce as many as 1,050 pages of documents in three batches to the plaintiff, Judicial Watch, before the Nov. 8 presidential election, with the first production to the conservative government transparency group due Oct. 4.
A “substantial number” of the emails are duplicates or near duplicates of messages that Clinton’s lawyers handed over to the department, which have already been made public with redactions, State Depart...
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September 26, 2016 at 11:22 am
Interior Ministry reports 186,923 babies born in Israel since last Rosh Hashanah, In addition, 26,990 immigrants made Aliyah.
Days before the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), the Israeli Interior Ministry published figures highlighting the growth of Israel’s population over the past year – according to the Hebrew calendar.
According to the Ministry’s Population and Migration Department, there were 186,923 recorded births in Israel since last Rosh Hashanah. In addition, 26,990 immigrants made Aliyah to Israel, making the total number of new Israelis 213,913.
Over the same period there were 45,033 deaths in Israel.
The Ministry also provided statistics on marriage and divorce. During the past Hebrew year, more than 82,000 Israelis got married, while less than 2...
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September 26, 2016 at 11:20 am
Intel Israel begins construction on an office building that will host 2,500 employees and change the way we work.
Einat Paz-Frankel from No Camels reported that Intel Israel has started construction on what will be the world’s smartest office building. The 34,000-square-foot development center is being built in Petah Tikva, will run entirely on sensors and be completely digitized.
No Camels reports that the building will be a workplace for 2,500 employees and will include facial recognition so employees never have to carry ID cards or badges. The lights and temperature of room will be monitored by sensors and will even help employees find parking spots.
The building will upload relevant data in meeting rooms and help employees organize their personal schedules. According ...
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September 26, 2016 at 11:15 am
PA officials harshly condemn Trump's avowal to reverse longstanding US and UN policy and recognize united Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Palestinian leaders Monday accused Donald Trump of abandoning any hope of a two-statesolution after the Republican candidate said he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel's "undivided" capital if he won the US presidential election.
Trump pledged Sunday during a meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu he would recognise Israel's claim over Arab east Jerusalem, which would break with decades of precedent and put Washington at odds with most UN member states.
The official policy of the United States has been to refrain from recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and to consider all neighborhood beyond the 1949 a...
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September 26, 2016 at 11:13 am
US politics expert speaks about the importance of debates and gives his tactical recommendations for the candidates.
As the world turns its eyes to Hofstra University in Long Island for the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Monday night, Arutz Sheva spoke with Professor Tamir Sheafer, an expert on American politics from the Hebrew University about what to expect in the hotly anticipated debate.
TV network executives are saying that viewership for the debate could be as high as 100 million, a number only ever hit by the most watched program in America, the annual NFL Super Bowl. It would also surpass the record for presidential debate of 80 million set in 1980 (fittingly enough) by the Ronald Reagan-Jimmy Carter debate that saw the beginning of ...
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September 26, 2016 at 11:08 am
Charlotte lifted its midnight curfew, signaling movement toward normalcy after a state of emergency was imposed following the shooting death of a black man by police last week that brought National Guard troops and armored vehicles to downtown street corners.
A weekend without street violence was highlighted Sunday as the city hosted the NFL game between the Carolina Panthers and the Minnesota Vikings without interruption.
Still, protests continued for a sixth day since 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott was shot and killed Tuesday after a confrontation with Charlotte police. The first two nights of protests were violent, with demonstrators smashing windows, blocking part of an interstate through downtown, and burning the contents of a tractor-trailer. More than a dozen police officers were ...
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September 26, 2016 at 10:57 am
Prior to writing my columns, I always try to think through an idea before I put it to paper. This column was to be no exception and I actually began mapping it out in my mind several weeks ago. Just when you think you have it all down, something comes along that you can’t ignore and it’s time for a rethink. And so it happened last week as I was leaving the office for the day, my phone rang. I saw the number identified as an old personal training client of mine from many years ago. As a matter of fact, I can tell you that he is one of my original clients from when I was a relatively new fitness trainer. Although we are in touch every now and then, his call was unexpected and unusual to say the least. I would like to share the contents wi...
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September 26, 2016 at 10:52 am
Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, says Trump's comment that Lester Holt is a Democrat isn't a lie because the candidate didn't know Holt's voter registration.
Trump tried to discredit Holt, Monday night's debate moderator, when he told Fox's Bill O'Reilly last week that "Lester is a Democrat. It's a phony system. They are all Democrats."
Holt is a registered Republican.
When asked about why Trump would make a definitive statement about something he didn't know, Conway told MSNBC's "Morning Joe": "He didn't lie. A lie would mean he knew the man's party affiliation."
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8:15 a.m.
The two presidential campaigns disagree on whether moderators should fact-check the candidates' comments during debate...
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September 26, 2016 at 10:44 am
“He is sitting and talking nonsense to the right and the left, while the situation is catching on fire. Nothing makes a difference for him.”
A senior Egyptian intelligence official said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lacks “intelligence” and “does not want to do anything” in a leaked phone conversation with Muhammed Dahlan, Abbas’s primary rival. The Turkey-based Mukmaleen network, which broadcasted the phone conversation on Sunday, identified the intelligence officer as Wael al-Safti, who is responsible for the Palestine file in the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate.
Mukmaleen is considered critical of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's regime and has leaked unflattering tapes of the Egyptian president previously.
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September 26, 2016 at 10:37 am
WEEHAWKEN, N.J. - Two New Jersey Transit buses headed to New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal have collided in the Lincoln Tunnel, injuring 23 people.
Port Authority Police spokesman Joe Pentangelo says the crash occurred around 8:50 a.m. Monday in the center tube. Pentangelo says the door on one bus had to be cut open. He says the injuries aren't considered life-threatening.
NJ Transit spokeswoman Lisa Torbic says a bus headed from Ridgefield rear-ended a bus out of Fairview.
Motorists heading into New York City are facing delays of more than...read more at News Observer
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September 26, 2016 at 10:27 am
Oh, how fondly she remembered those days.....
Sunlight streaming through her freshly washed windows….
Her scrupulously starched and ironed curtains fluttering in the breeze…….
(Okay, now she was just being being silly. A) She didn’t own any starch B) she didn’t iron. )
And a carpet of a beautiful deep maroon hue.
Oh how joyously, and with what careless abandon she would utter the words “Hey, why don’t you and Jerry come for the weekend?”
And she felt ready! She was on top of the world!! Invincible! “Come one, come all!” she wanted to shout from the rooftops. “I’m on my game! Just walk right in folks, and make yourself at home in my spotless guest room!! I’ll never be caught unprepared!!”
But that ...
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September 26, 2016 at 9:15 am
Calls for female religious leadership in the liberal wing of the religious-Zionist sector have been increasing in recent years.
More than half of religious-Zionist women would like a female spiritual leader in their community with whom they could consult on matters of Jewish law, found a recent poll conducted for Herzog College.The poll, conducted by the TAK Strategies institute, polled religious-Zionist women on a variety if issues pertaining to religious women in communal life, ahead of the opening of a new religious study program for women at Herzog’s Jerusalem campus.
The survey was conducted by internet on a sample of 210 religious-Zionist women above the age of 18 in July 2016 with a margin of error of 6.9%.
According to the survey, 53 percent of the women polled s...
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September 26, 2016 at 9:09 am
Nonpublic schools across New York State welcomed news that the New York State Education Department (NYSED) has just begun invoicing $17 million in outstanding Comprehensive Attendance Policy (CAP) reimbursement.
CAP is an important component of the Mandated Services program, a program which reimburses nonpublic schools for the cost of certain government mandated school functions. Under CAP, NYS schools take attendance multiple times a day, and follow up on poor attendance patterns.
The supportive logic marshaled by Rabbi Moshe Sherer, late president of Agudath Israel of America, integral to the enactment of the Mandated Services law over 40 years ago, was simple yet powerful. While the government may hesitate to directly fund a sectarian educational institution, there is no c...
