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Baltimore, MD - June 16, 2025: עת צרה היא ליעקבThe Vaad HaRobbonim is convening a communal Asifa for Tfila for Achainu Kol Bais Yisroel, this Motzaei Shabbos, Parshas Shlach, 10:30 pm, at Kol Torah (Rabbi Yosef Berger’s shul). May Hashem answer our Tefilos. 
US President Donald Trump stated that America and Israel have control over the skies of Iran in a post on Truth Social today (Tuesday). "We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran had good sky trackers and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn’t compare to American made, conceived, and manufactured 'stuff.' Nobody does it better than the good ol’ USA," Trump wrote. In a separate post, Trump wrote, "We know exactly where the so-called “'Supreme Leader' is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there - We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this m...
Annapolis, MD - June 17, 2025 -  Ed Hale, in July, plans to officially file his candidacy to challenge Wes Moore in next year’s Democratic primary for Maryland Governor. As the Baltimore businessman prepares his campaign, he says his political platform will include improving public education. Hale, in 1958, was in sixth grade in Baltimore County Public Schools. And one lesson he learned that year was so important, it’s framed on his wall. “’I wish you would speak to Edwin concerning his behavior in class,’” read Hale from his sixth-grade report card. “‘His behavior has been not good.’” “The response from my mother,” Hale continued. “‘I'm sure you will see a change in Eddie.’ Punishment ca...
Balimore, MD - June 17, 2025 - Baltimore's City Council approved the mayor's $4.6 billion budget proposal, which aims to address an $85 million deficit without raising property taxes. However, the plan includes significant increases in city fines and fees, sparking debate among council members. Councilman Yitzy Schleifer voiced his opposition to the timing of the tax and fee hikes, saying, "Now is not the time to raise tens of millions of dollars in taxes and fees, especially on our most vulnerable population like our older adults who say they're choosing between their oxygen tanks and their utility bills." The budget proposal includes a 20% increase in ambulance transport fees, a 50% increase in taxi ride taxes, and a doubling of landfill tipping fees. Despite t...
Jerusalem, Israel - June 17, 2025  - President Isaac Herzog today, Tuesday, visited the site of an Iranian missile attack on the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. The Weizmann Institute is one of Israel—and the world’s—leading science and research institutions on the cutting edge of medical advances. President Herzog said: “For almost 100 years, the Weizmann Institute of Science—one of the great life ventures of the first President of Israel, Professor Chaim Weizmann—has advanced science, advanced humanities has advanced the development of humanity at large and universal values. And the Iranians, with their cruel missiles launched at civilian populations, have targeted also the Weizman Institute of Science, so they did hurt buildings on ca...
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Baltimore, MD – June 17, 2025 – Maryland residents are being targeted in a growing nationwide scam in which fraudsters impersonate the Maryland Vehicle Administration (MVA) and similar agencies in other states to trick people into paying fake tolls and fines. The scam comes in the form of both text messages and emails that appear highly legitimate. Victims report receiving alerts claiming they owe money for an unpaid toll or violation, along with threats of license suspension, late fees, or even jail time unless immediate action is taken.
“It looks like it’s coming straight from the MVA,” one Baltimore resident said, “and it says if I don’t pay today, I could be arrested.”
While the scam is hitting states acros...
Jerusalem, Israel - June 17, 2025 - As the Israel-Iran conflict continues to impact daily life across the country, Chaim V’Chessed brings you several key updates have been announced regarding government services and procedures.  Interior Ministry Grants Visa Extension In an important step to ease bureaucratic burdens during this time, the Ministry of Interior has declared an automatic visa extension. Any visa that was valid as of June 12, 2025, will now remain valid until September 30, 2025, without the need for immediate renewal or additional filings. Bituach Leumi  Foreign residents of Israel are eligible for Bituach Leumi coverage in Israel – but only if they hold valid visas. Chaim V’Chessed has contacted Bituach Leumi ...
Tel Aviv, Israel - June 17, 2025 - As the attacks between Iran and Israel continue to intensify, a Baltimore County congregation in Israel is taking shelter as the conflict plays out. "I wanted to be able to show people the beauty of the land of Israel," Rabbi Posner said. He, along with dozens of other adults and children, arrived in Israel last week on Thursday afternoon, just hours before Ben Gurion Airport closed. A few hours after arriving, the trip took a turn. "Overnight, we started hearing the sirens go off and running to the shelters and slowly starting to find out what was going on," he said. In the days since, Rabbi Posner said with sirens going off multiple times a night and even during the day, they have to stay close to a shelter. "We're a family of seven, and we a...
Paris, France - Le Bourget Airport - June 16, 2025  - Last night, just one day before the Paris Air Show opened in Le Bourget Airport, exhibition organizers acting on behalf of the French government ordered the removal of offensive weapons systems from Israeli defense industry pavilions - breaking with standard practice at defense exhibitions worldwide. Following instructions from Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Director General, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Baram, the Ministry informed organizers that it categorically rejects this demand. The exhibition organizers responded by erecting a black wall that blocks the Israeli pavilions and creates segregation between the Israeli industry pavilions and dozens of other pavilions (Turkish, Chinese, and others). This unilateral action was c...
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Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Bhaalosecha-Defeating Our Enemies

On the twentieth day of the month of Iyar — after encamping at the base of Mount Sinai for nearly a year — the nation was instructed to begin their journey towards the promised land.


They journeyed from the Mountain of Hashem… (במדבר י לג)


The mountain we received the Torah on is alternately referred to as Mount Sinai, Mount Chorev, or the Mountain of Elokim — G-d, but never Har Hashem. Har Hashem is used solely in reference to the Temple Mount — Har HaMoriah.


The Ramban facing this dilemma therefore interprets — based on the Midrash — that this description is not simply naming the place of departure, but rather intimating that they 'fled like a child fleeing from school with joy, from the mountain where G-d appeared, lest He increase the number of commandments upon them!'  


This failing was the first in a series of sins the nation succumbed to.


After this episode they 'complained' about their venturing into a desolate and unknown wilderness, wondering how they could possibly survive. G-d's wrath flared, and a plague consumed them at the edge of the camp.


After Moshe interceded on their behalf the fires calmed.


After this the 'rabble' rousers complained how their diet was insufficient. Demeaning the marvelous manna, they pined for meat, alleging that their situation in Egypt was preferable over their fate in the desert. G-d indulged them by providing them with a month's supply of meat, with the instigators dying while the meat was still between their teeth.


After the report of the first sin of fleeing with joy from the mountain of G-d, the Torah inserts a two sentence paragraph, seemingly unrelated to the subject at hand, as if to symbolically stifle this developing pattern of ill behavior.


The verses which should have appeared fifty paragraphs earlier in the narrative of tribal formations, was relocated here to break the recording of three successive sins.


These verses which we recite when we remove and return the Torah from the Ark in a plea to G-d that as we journey, we should be protected from all our foes and those who hate us, so that the Divine Presence may reside tranquilly in our midst.


What message is there in this small paragraph that addresses the descent into patterns of sin?


What was so grave about our fleeing with glee that led to the other two subsequent sins?


A child runs out of school as soon as the bell rings. Is that an indication of his dissatisfaction with his teachers? Certainly not!


School for children is the first time they encounter daily restrictions. I must sit here; not go there; get permission to go to the bathroom; control my speech; eat when designated to, and on and on.


A child wants to roam and explore, to feel free to express oneself, and to play and enjoy. When school ends, despite the exciting accomplishments of the day, the instincts of a child erupt joyfully, not necessarily because they'd rather not learn, but simply to be unshackled from being controlled.


That is all well and fine with a child. He hasn't matured enough to understand the value of learning and the power inherent within it. But when we as a nation experienced the greatest thrill in the world — G-d's revelation at Sinai, we must never compartmentalize that accomplishment and place it aside so that we may nourish our instinct for 'freedom'. We must long for those moments of connection through Torah that bonds us with the Divine and reluctantly leave those moments of embrace to attend to the physical needs in our journey of life that we must engage in to survive on this earth.


They lapsed in this consciousness, eagerly looking forward to traveling and settling in the promised land, and too quickly forgot the delight in remaining in the school of Sinai, where the pleasure of engaging in Torah represents the greatest and ultimate freedom for our Neshamos — our souls.


There is no greater joy. Nothing compares.


When we allow instinct to roam free, then the moment we encounter difficulty we complain, the moment we sense hunger we seek resolve, forgetting that each challenge is an opportunity to discover G-d more deeply.


This pattern of submitting to instinct began subtly, where disguised in our desire to settle in the promised land, we forgot the greater joy contained in our proximity to Hashem in the Bais Medrash of Sinai. From there we unleashed more basic instincts permitting ourselves to lose sight of who we truly are.


Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer HaLevi Eidels, the renowned 16th century Talmudist known as the Maharsha, writes in his Chidushei Aggados, that the foes we refer to in the two-sentence prayer, refers to those unlearned in the ways of Torah who establish בתי כנסת — Houses of  Gathering, but are empty of aspiration for greatness and growth, dutifully fulfilling the yoke of devotion to G-d in prayer, but shirking the yoke of greatness inherent in devotion to Torah study. The 'haters' are those who are otherwise learned, having absorbed Torah, but have aligned themselves with those who seek the easier path of less resistance in serving Hashem.Hashem 


We beg to restore the Divine Presence beseeching of G-d, to scatter these negative influences in our lives.  


We are facing a growing number of enemies and haters who seek our utter destruction and disappearance from their lives. These are imaginary adversaries easily manipulated by G-d as He pleases. They are representations of our inner foes that prevent us from actualizing true freedom and absolute joy.


The day we conquer our internal foes is the day our illusory physical enemies will be disappear into thin air.


Arise, Hashem, and let Your foes be scattered, let those who hate You flee from before You!


Reside tranquilly, O, Hashem, among the myriad thousands of Israel.


באהבה,


צבי יהודה טייכמאן





















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Baltimore, MD - June 16, 2025 - To raise awareness about the 988 Helpline, Behavioral Health System Baltimore has installed four full-sized, bright purple phone booths at historic locations throughout the city, including the Inner Harbor and Mondawmin Mall. The booths, which are part of a two-week campaign, play recorded messages that guide individuals on where to seek help if needed. Although the phones within the booths are not operational for direct calls, they offer an experience akin to speaking with a specialist. "The booths are part of an ongoing effort to encourage Baltimoreans to use the 988 Helpline to support their emotional health and wellbeing," the organization said in a statement. The vibrant colors of the booths, purple and orange, pay homage to Baltimore's sports t...
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