Baltimore, MD – June 15, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Mr. and Mrs. Nochum Eskin on the birth of a son.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
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Baltimore, MD - June 15, 2024 - Dear Baltimore Jewish Community,
We urgently need your help to bring a young Meis Mitzvah (46) back to Eretz Yisroel for burial.
This young man from Eretz Yisroel, who was here in the US temporarily, tragically suffered a fatal heart attack on Shavous.
He leaves behind a heartbroken wife and two young children, without a penny to their name. For them, the thought of his body stranded 6,000 miles away from his family is too painful to bare.
We desperately need to raise $20,000 to cover the costs of transporting his body back to his family and immediate expenses.
Please note, before launching this campaign we already reached out to all of the Askonim who deal with these sensitive situations and they all told us that we must lau...
Baltimore, MD - June 15, 2024 - Two of the Yeshiva’s eminent Rabbeim – Harav Hagaon Yosef Elefant, Shlita and Harav Hagaon Yitzchok Caplan, Shlita – spent Shabbos Parshas Bechukosai in Baltimore, where they visited shuls and delivered words of chizuk in various neighborhoods across the city, reflecting on the timely themes of Ameilus B’torah, Kiyum Hamitzvos, and preparing for a meaningful Shavuos.
Rav Elefant spoke after Mincha on Friday evening at Kehillas Ohr Yisrael and after Kabolas Shabbos at Kehilath B'nai Torah. Following the seuda, he led an Oneg Shabbos at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mendel Rosen. On Shabbos morning, he spoke after Shacharis at Kehillas Derech Chaim, and after Mussaf at Mercaz Torah U'Tefillah. He delivered ...
There are a number of interesting correlations between this week's parsha and this week's haftarah. The obvious connection is that the haftara speaks of Shimshon who was a nazir and the nazir is discussed in this week's parsha. However, there are some other connections that lie beneath the surface. First, the sotah process is discussed in this week's parsha. We are taught, (according to one opinion in the gemara Sotah 26a) that a sotah who was previously childless, will become pregnant if she emerges from the sotah process alive as an innocent woman. R' Dovid Kohn explains why this is. If someone is childless, it is because there has been some decree from Shamayim that th...
Baltimore, MD - June 15, 2024 - Everyone fondly remembers the smiling face and warm personality of Reb Eliezer Yaakov 'Louie' Leder a"h. This link has been created to learn mishnayos, aiming to finish Shas by his Shloshim, July 9th.
Everyone in the community is encouraged to participate in this zchus for Reb Eliezer Yaakov ben Moshe Dovid a"h
This is a difficult evening. Tonight we delivered the hardest news to the families of eight IDF soldiers who fell in action in Gaza. Captain Wassem Mahmoud, Deputy Company Commander, and seven of his soldiers fell early this morning during an operation in Tel al-Sultan in Rafah. Early this morning, with the completion of the operation in the northwestern part of the area, infantry, armored, and engineering troops from the 401st Brigade entered the area in convoys of armored fighting vehicles to position themselves on the contact lines. According to the information we have at this stage, a powerful explosion occurred in one of the engineering vehicles in the convoy, seemingly caused by an explosive device planted in the area or as a result of anti-tank missile fire. Inside the armored vehic...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Saturday, 15 June 2024) [translated from Hebrew]:"Citizens of Israel, today we paid a heart-rending price in our just war in defense of our homeland. With deep sorrow, and in heavy mourning, I bow my head together with all citizens of Israel and weep over the fall of our heroic fighters: Deputy company commander in an engineering battalion, Capt. Wassem Mahmoud and additional heroic soldiers whose names have yet to be released.Our hearts are shattered before this terrible loss. The entire people of Israel embraces the dear families in their most difficult hour of grief. I stand by our brave fighters and commanders, who are imbued with the sacred mission to defeat our enemies and return our hostages.When the price is so heavy, let us remember...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are grappling with the aftermath of a devastating incident in Rafah, southern Gaza, where eight soldiers from Combat Engineering Battalion 601 lost their lives during an operation early this morning.
The incident, which occurred at approximately 05:15 AM local time, marks a significant loss for the IDF, the largest loss of IDF soldiers in a day since January.
The soldiers, part of Givati Battalion 424 within Brigade Combat Team 401, were engaged in an operation targeting Hamas militants and terrorist infrastructure in the northwestern part of Tal al-Sultan. Initial reports indicate that their Namer armored vehicle was struck by a powerful explosion, believed to have been caused by a side bomb. The explosion was exacerbated by engineering tools ...
Baltimore, MD - June 14, 2024 - The TA 8th Grade Mishmar Basketball League had their Championship Game this afternoon, and this year's winners were the “Yellow Team,” sponsored by DC Dental. The 8th-grade boys came to Yeshiva each Thursday night from 7:00-9:00 PM and created a “real Mishmar Matziv”!
The evening included 45 minutes of learning, followed by Maariv, then an organized basketball league (with professional referees), and concluded with hot, delicious chulent. What a great way to end each week with a fantastic Thursday night of Mishmar!
Today's game was a thriller, with both teams playing their hearts out. The final score was 46-33. The 8th graders were then treated to an Erev Shabbos Toamehuh lunch of chulent, poppers, potato kugel, frie...
Baltimore, MD – June 14, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Zacharia and Elka Reisch on the birth of a daughter.
Mazel Tov to grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Schwartz and great-grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Leah Schwartz and Mr. & Mrs. Harold and Shirley Rosinsky
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
Baltimore, MD - June 14, 2024 - Father's Day weekend in Maryland could get off to a stormy, hot start Friday as a passing cold front brings the potential for severe weather and damaging winds to the area.
On Friday, Marylanders should expect another hot, humid day with temperatures reaching the upper 80s to mid-90s, according to the National Weather Service's latest forecast. The forecast also calls for clear conditions and abundant sunshine.
However, that could change later Friday when a cold front capable of producing scattered strong to severe thunderstorms pushes into the state.
The NWS issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for areas of Maryland including Baltimore, Prince George's, Anne Arundel, Charles, St. Mary's, Calvert, central and southeast Mo...
Baltimore, MD - June 14, 2024 - Federal leaders met Thursday afternoon with business and industry partners following the reopening of the Port of Baltimore.
On Wednesday, 11 News Investigates reported exclusively that U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and White House officials would meet Thursday with companies about the port since the reopening of the Federal Channel.
Buttigieg and S. Lael Brainard, the director of the National Economic Council of the United States and a national economic adviser, heard the concerns of business and industry partners soon after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, and Thursday’s meeting was an effort to re-engage them now that the port is open, 11 News Investigates learned exclusively on Thursday.
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The Supreme Court invalidated the Trump-era ban on bump stocks along ideological lines on Friday, ending the nationwide ban on the devices, which convert semi-automatic weapons to fire hundreds of rounds per minute.
The Biden administration defended the regulation in front of the high court after the Trump administration first implemented it in the wake of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, the deadliest in U.S. history. The shooter had used a bump stock to kill 58 people and wound hundreds of others.
Both the Trump and Biden administrations have since made possessing the devices a criminal offense by newly classifying them as machine guns under longstanding federal law.
In a 6-3 decision authored by conservative Justice Clarence...
The US has provided Israel with intelligence capabilities never before seen prior to October 7, a senior official told The Washington Post on Friday.
A notable example of such capabilities was Israel’s recent hostage rescue operation, the official said.
According to the Post, citing current and former US and Israeli intelligence sources since the October 7 massacre, the US has increased intelligence gathering on Hamas.
As such, the US is reportedly sharing an extraordinary amount of drone footage, satellite imagery, communications intercepts, and data analysis using advanced software, some powered by artificial intelligence.
The unique intelligence capabilities provided by the US
The report cited Israeli officials who said Israel is grateful f...
Parshas Naso, which most often is the portion read on the Shabbos directly after Shavuos, begins with the directive by G-d to Moshe to "raise up the head [take a census] of the sons of Gershon, גם הם — also them."
At the conclusion of the previous portion the Torah reports how the sons of Kehas were counted. It now picks up from where we left off in continuing to count the descendants of Gershon and Merari.
Why is there a gap between these accounts?
Why does the Torah add particularly by Gershon that they were 'also' raised?
Reb Leibele Eiger, the illustrious disciple of the holy Kotzker, and grandson of the great sage, Rabbi Akiva Eiger, addresses this issue.
Gershon was the firstborn son of Levi, seemingly destined for the more significant role of attending the A...
Baltimore, MD - June 14, 2024 - Reuven Meth has returned to Baltimore this morning. Although Shiva has concluded, he, with his brothers Chalavna and Uri, will be at 6507 Deancroft Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, today and Sunday for those who would like to offer Nichumim • Erev Shabbos: 11 am - 4 pm• Sunday: 11 am - 6 pm
Baltimore, MD – June 14, 2024 – 10:43AM - A three-car accident has closed the left lane of the 695 Inner Loop from Reisterstown Rd to Greenspring Rd.
Expect delays and consider alternative routes.
The new sheriff in town is determined to make a difference in the lives of Baltimore City residents.
The sheriff's effort involves ridding streets of abandoned and broken-down vehicles in what Sheriff Sam Cogen, who was elected to office in 2022, considers quality-of-life law enforcement. The sheriff said his deputies tow an average of six vehicles per day, amounting to about 58 vehicles towed since the enforcement began in December.
Drivers who dare to ignore no-parking zones, for example, now face getting towed faster than they can call 311.
As part of her full-time duties, Deputy Stacey Dickens is a tow truck operator with the Baltimore City Sheriff's Office.
"If something comes back with the driver not having proper registration, I'm going to get it," Dickens told 11...
