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Baltimore, MD - Oct. 5, 2025 -  Yom Tov, unlike Shabbos, permits the kindling of a flame from a pre-existing one. This means that you can cook using your stove, as long as the flame was lit before the commencement of Yom Tov. However, this presents certain safety concerns.Leaving your stove on over Yom Tov requires careful consideration. In such cases, it's vital to ensure proper ventilation. If your stove is powered by gas, carbon monoxide - a deadly, odorless gas - can accumulate in your home if the room isn't well-ventilated.The best way to mitigate this risk is to leave a window partially open near the stove, which will allow fresh air to circulate. You can also use an exhaust fan to expel any gases from the kitchen area. While it's imp...
Defense Minister Israel Katz spoke today (Sunday) at the state memorial ceremony for the fallen of the Yom Kippur War and addressed US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war and secure the release of all hostages. “Just as in the Yom Kippur War, so too today: we knew how to rise and recover against those who sought to annihilate us, then as now,” Katz said. “We owe so much to those who stood, and stand, on the front — on land, at sea and in the air — prepared to pay the heaviest price of all.” Katz added that Israel may soon be informed of the return home of all the hostages. “About two years after the black Shabbat on Simchat Torah, we may soon be informed of the return home of all our hostages, the living and the fallen alike, accor...
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A Final Chesed in Loving Memory of Rav Dovid Frid Z'tl Dear Friends,  With profound sorrow, we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of Rav Dovid Z'tl. On behalf of the family, we want to thank all those who stood by their side throughout the years. You were an amazing team that gave Rav Dovid lifesaving care. May you and yours be blessed with health, happiness and prosperity in the coming year and always. For almost fifteen years, Rav Dovid was not only a beacon of strength and Emunah, but a true warrior, living each day with courage, dignity and deep devotion to Torah despite his struggle with the devastating and cruel disease, ALS. Unfortunately, years of 24/7 care, medical expenses and household needs have left enormous debts and there is no savings or insu...
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October 7 and Sukkot Two years ago, our perception of Simchat Torah changed forever. The Hamas invasion on Simchat Torah undermined our simchah then and will continue to challenge our celebration in years to come. Just as Yom Kippur reminds us of the Yom Kippur War, so too we now associate Simchat Torah with the Hamas attack. But the day of the attack was not just Simchat Torah — it was also the morning after Sukkot. That is significant because the sukkah symbolizes Hashem’s protection. It commemorates the Ananei HaKavod that safeguarded the Jewish people during their forty-year journey through the desert. Each year, we sit in the sukkah to recall Hashem’s protection then, and His continued protection today. Two years ago, however, that protection felt absent. Less tha...
President Trump plans to mobilize 300 members of the National Guard in Illinois, the latest development in a long-simmering confrontation between the White House and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker over crime and immigration policy.“Amidst ongoing violent riots and lawlessness, that local leaders like Pritzker have refused to step in to quell, President Trump has authorized 300 National Guardsmen to protect federal officers and assets,” Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, said Saturday evening. “President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities.” A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked Trump from deploying the Oregon National Guard to Portland. The Illinois governor said earlier in the day th...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Saturday, 4 October 2025) [translated from Hebrew]:"My brothers and sisters, citizens of Israel, we are on the verge of a very great achievement.It is not yet final; we are working on it diligently, and I hope, with G-d's help, that in the coming days, during the Sukkot holiday, I will be able to inform you about the return of all our hostages, both living and deceased, in one phase, while the IDF remains deep within the Strip and in the controlling areas within it.At the beginning of the war, a very senior security establishment official said: 'It is doubtful whether we can bring back even one living hostage.' Throughout the war, there were also those who claimed relentlessly that we could not receive all the hostages without...
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 4, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Ahron Leib and Reena Wealcatch on the birth of a son. Mazel tov grandparents Chaim & Aviva Wealcatch and Tali and Michelle Strum  and great grandparents Leila Abelow, Isaac and Zahava Koll, and George Strum. יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 4, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Aaron and Penina Litzman on the birth of a son. ‎יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Washington, D.C. - Oct. 4, 2025 - US President Donald Trump on Saturday night announced that Israel has confirmed an initial withdrawal line for a Gaza ceasefire. "After negotiations, Israel has agreed to the initial withdrawal line, which we have shown to, and shared with, Hamas," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "When Hamas confirms, the Ceasefire will be IMMEDIATELY effective, the Hostages and Prisoner Exchange will begin, and we will create the conditions for the next phase of withdrawal, which will bring us close to the end of this 3,000 YEAR CATASTROPHE. Thank you for your attention to this matter and, STAY TUNED!" Attached to the post was a map detailing showing the proposed withdrawal line. The map, critically, indicates that the Philadelphi Corridor between Egypt and Gaza would&nbs...
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 4, 2025 – Everyone in Baltimore recognizes that when Sukkos arrives, they'll meet people they may not have seen in ages. And where will they usually meet up? Home Depot at the Reisterstown Road Plaza, of course. Through the efforts of the managers and associates, the hub of so many last-minute Sukkah needs will be open tonight, October 4, 2025, until 11:00 p.m., and Sunday, October 5, 2025, until 11:00 p.m. Thank you to Store Manager Erica McLaurin for arranging and allowing The Home Depot to be open again after hours. Please be sure to show your hakaras hatov to the Home Depot personnel.
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 3, 2025 - Rabbi Binymain Zedner delivered this crash course on the daled Minim at TA
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 3, 2025  - The U.S. Postal Service will implement holiday pricing increases starting Saturday to help cover additional handling costs during the busy shipping season. The temporary price increases are designed to ensure a successful holiday season, according to a press release from USPS. The price increases will depend on the size of the package and how far it's traveling, based on shipping zones. The lowest increase is 40 cents and the highest increase, for oversized packages traveling long distances, is $16. The new prices will take effect Oct. 5 and last until Jan. 18. A complete list of the prices can be found on the Postal Regulatory Commission's website.
Reuters - Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.  
Senate Democrats voted for the fourth time Friday to defeat a House-passed bill that would fund the government through Nov. 21 and end the three-day government shutdown that has left tens of thousands of federal employees furloughed. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) failed to pick up any additional Democratic votes for the clean, seven-week funding measure, leaving the tally at 54-44. It needed 60 votes to pass.  Three members of the Democratic caucus voted to advance the bill: Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), John Fetterman (Pa.) and Angus King (Maine), an independent who caucuses with Democrats.  Cortez Masto, Fetterman and King voted twice previously for the bill, saying they wanted to avoid a shutdown that would hu...
In the wake of political activist and Donald Trump confidante Laura Loomer doxing a U.S. Army Research Lab scientist from Baltimore, Apple on Thursday removed apps from its store that allowed users to anonymously report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Loomer alleged on X that the scientist, Nicholas Waytowich, who also teaches as an adjunct instructor, was behind an ICE-tracking app called Red Dot. She claimed he should be investigated and dismissed from his position. On Thursday, Loomer touted her role in having the apps removed. “Less than 48 hours after I published my expose about the @USArmy’s leading lab researcher who founded an ICE tracking app and I did a show exposing @Apple and @Google for undermining President Trump’s immigration pol...
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