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Baltimore, MD – October 29, 2026 - The Baltimore community warmly welcomes the Loitzker Rebbe, shlit”a, who will be spending this Shabbos Parshas Vayeira in Baltimore, bringing inspiration and chizuk to the community.
The entire community is invited to join the Rebbe for the tefillos and tishen throughout Shabbos.
Please see the flyer for the complete schedule and locations.
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Baltimore, MD – October 28, 2026 - The Adas invites the Baltimore community to a special Enhanced Shabbos this coming Shabbos Parshas Vayeira, October 30/31, featuring an immersive Shabbos of Torah learning led by Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lebovits, Assistant Rav of the kehillah.
Under the theme “One Shabbos. One Sugya.”, participants will explore the sugya of קובע מקום לתפילתו through a series of shiurim and discussions throughout Shabbos. The program will offer an opportunity to delve into the sugya be'iyun, with mareh mekomos provided for participants.
The learning will begin Friday night with an introductory shiur between Kabbalas Shabbos and Maariv. On Shabbos morning, Rabbi Lebovits will deliver a 30-minute shiur before Shacharis, fo...
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Join us in Baltimore for a special evening in support of RCCS, a lifeline for cholei Yisroel facing a cancer diagnosis, R"l, and their families!Tuesday, November 3 | 7:30 PMEnjoy a gourmet buffet and live music with Eli Atias, while doing your part for your fellow Yidden when they need it most.The moment a patient receives a diagnosis, RCCS takes over. Be there for them!https://www.dryveup.com/rccs/baltimoreThank you for doing your part!
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When one of our babies needs help, we all show up
That's what our community does. We take care of each other, especially the littlest ones.
Right now, a 3-month-old baby named Baruch is in the hospital fighting a serious kidney condition. His treatments aren't fully covered, and no family should have to carry that alone.
So let's carry it together. Every gift, big or small, helps a family focus on what matters most: getting their baby healthy and home.
I look at my tiny baby sleeping peacefully in the ICU.
But my heart knows the truth this is only the beginning of our battle.
A battle for his life and for my strength to keep going.
My name is Miriam.
My baby’s name is Baruch.
He is only two months ...
Baltimore, MD – October 30, 2026 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yisroel Meir & Hudi Sofer on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov to the grandparents Rabbi & Mrs. Binyomin Sofer and Rabbi & Mrs. Moshe Sandhaus.
!יה"ר שיזכו לגדל את בנם לתורה, לחופה ולמעשים טובים. אמן
When Karl Bushby left the southern tip of Chile on November 1, 1998, he had just $500 in his pocket and a plan to walk home to Hull, England. The former British paratrooper estimated the journey would take about 12 years. Instead, what became known as the Goliath Expedition stretched into a 28-year adventure covering approximately 36,000 miles.
Bushby set two rules for himself: he would not use transportation to advance the journey, and he would not return to the United Kingdom until it was complete. Visa restrictions sometimes forced him to leave countries before he could continue. During those breaks, he would return to Mexico or the United States, but whenever he resumed the expedition, he had to pick up at the exact spot where he had stopped.
The route took him through South and Cent...
DPW Offices and Sanitation Yards Closed for Election Day Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Matthew Garbark reminds residents that Election Day is a city holiday and DPW offices and sanitation yards will be CLOSED in observance of the holiday.There will be NO trash or recycling collections on Tuesday, November 3. Additionally, NO street sweeping will take place due to the holiday closure.The make-up collection day will be Saturday, November 7. DPW facilities will be closed to residents and haulers on November 3:Northwest Transfer Station - 5030 Reisterstown RoadQuarantine Road Landfill - 6100 Quarantine RoadNorthwest Residential Drop-off Center - 2840 Sisson StreetEastern Residential Drop-off Center - 6101 Bowleys LaneCity’s 311 Call Center Open on Hol...
Have you ever wondered where in Shemoneh Esrei we pray to be blessed with children?
I was recently speaking to a talmid of the great Gaon, Rav Zvi Kushelevsky — who remarkably was blessed with his only child at the age of eighty-eight — and asked him if he ever inquired of his Rebbe where in davening he requested for this blessing.
He told me that indeed he did and his Rebbe said in the blessing of Refaeinu.
At first, it seemed odd to me that this was the appropriate place to daven for children.
But as it was the week of the portion we read with the miraculous birth of Yitzchok — the link to the eternity of the Jewish nation through all his progeny, something suddenly struck me.
When Avimelech abducts the beautiful Sarah after Avraham introduced her simpl...
Baltimore, MD – October 29, 2026 - The Baltimore Torah community mourns the petirah of Harav Yisroel Meir Kagan, zt”l, longtime Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva Toras Chaim of Denver, who dedicated decades to building a makom Torah that produced generations of talmidim and marbitzei Torah.
Tonight at 8:15 PM, three of Rav Kagan's talmidim and longtime colleagues from Denver will deliver divrei hesped and zikaron at Mesivta Kesser Torah of Baltimore:
Harav Tzvi Mordechai Feldheim, shlit”a, Rosh HaYeshiva, Mesivta Kesser Torah
Harav Yaakov Hopfer, shlit”a, Rav, Kehillas Shearis Yisroel
Harav Yehuda Lefkovitz, shlit”a, Nasi, Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim
Location: Mesivta Kesser Torah, 8400 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore
Maariv will follow the hesped...
Baltimore, MD – October 29, 2026 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Binyomin Greenberg & Yehudis Neuberger on their engagement.
Mazel Tov to the parents Dovid and Shulamis Greenberg and Yosef Kalman and Shoshana Neuberger.
!יה”ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן
Former President Barack Obama mocked President Donald Trump’s White House renovations, joking that the building looked like “Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.” At a campaign rally in Georgia on Wednesday, Obama used the reaction to his remark to question the administration’s priorities, particularly its handling of rising prices.
“They mobilized a whole of government response to that joke, not to inflation, but to that joke,” Obama told the crowd at the rally for Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms.
Obama also pointed to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s appearance outside a Cheesecake Factory to defend the restaurant, using the episode to underscore his argument that the administration was payin...
A new Welcome Center at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport is giving arriving travelers a convenient way to learn about Annapolis, Anne Arundel County and other destinations across Maryland. Located in Terminal A’s baggage claim area, the center provides travel information and resources to help visitors plan their stay.
The center’s interactive kiosk is available 24 hours a day, offering information even when staff are not on site. Destination experience associates are available daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to assist travelers.
The 500-square-foot space also highlights local art, with a custom mural by Annapolis artist Comacell Brown Jr. as its centerpiece. A rotating display featuring work by other Anne Arundel County artists is also planned.
Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel C...
Vice President JD Vance has sent a letter to Iran’s national security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, stressing that negotiations to avert potential U.S. strikes would require discussions about Iran’s nuclear program.
The letter focuses on restarting ceasefire negotiations between Washington and Tehran and outlines a possible negotiation framework rather than a detailed peace proposal. President Donald Trump was reportedly enthusiastic about the outreach. The timing of the letter remains unknown.
Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has said Iran would not negotiate with the United States unless its demands were met. An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said he was unaware of the letter, an...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party accused Arab-led parties of stealing the election, without providing evidence, as final results were expected to confirm that his bloc had fallen short of a Knesset majority.
Preliminary projections gave Netanyahu’s bloc 53 seats in the 120-seat parliament, compared with 48 for opposition parties and 19 for Arab-led parties. Arab voter turnout surged to record levels, strengthening the parties’ potential role in determining Israel’s next government.
The allegations followed a request by the Central Elections Committee for the Shin Bet to investigate possible interference by unspecified foreign entities. The committee said it knew of no basis for claims of widespread violations of election integrity. Qatar den...
A Torah scroll fragment believed to have been used by Nazi SS soldiers as wrapping paper during the Holocaust is expected to be donated to a Holocaust remembrance organization in San Diego after Israel’s Foreign Ministry intervened to stop its sale.
Oslo-based Valkyrie Historical Auctions listed the handwritten calfskin fragment on Oct. 18, estimating its value at $1,500 to $2,000. The auction website showed a winning bid of $8,500, though it remains unclear whether the sale was completed. The auction house initially said Nazi soldiers had used the parchment to wrap a package sent to Germany, but a representative later disputed that account. The consignor said the fragment was found at a public market in Poland more than 30 years ago.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar directed th...
