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Baltimore, MD - May 17, 2026 - Lev HaTorah Academy is proudly opening its doors for the 2026 - 2027 school year, providing a premium Jewish preschool, elementary and middle school education for children in the Baltimore community. With separate boys’ and girls’ divisions, we partner with parents to raise the next generation of Jewish leaders, innovators and contributors.
Under the leadership of Mrs. Serena Stern, M.Ed., a seasoned educator with over 20 years of broad educational experience, Lev HaTorah Academy is guided by both expertise and vision. With more than a decade of successful school leadership, she brings a depth of knowledge and clarity of direction to the school. Mrs. Stern engages teachers in rigorous professional development, regular data meetings, a...
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Baltimore, MD - May 13, 2026 - Led by Rabbi Dovid Turk, and joined by local Mechanchim and Rabbonim, the Yeshiva will be geared towards bochurim returning from Eretz Yisroel looking for a serious Bais Medrash as they integrate back into our community.
For more information or to apply please visit our website www.YeshivasOrchosChaim.com or reach out directly to Rabbi Turk at dturk@yeshivasorchoschaim.com
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How should we prepare for Shavuot, the holiday of receiving the Torah? In my opinion, it’s by taking on something daily. A fixed daily learning session, long or short, alone or with a study partner. The main thing is consistency.
A few years ago, my husband Yedidya’s daily learning became part of the rhythm of our home. Every morning he learns Daf Yomi — one page of Gemara a day. I interviewed him about it on Zoom in honor of Shavuot, but maybe I’m the one who should have been interviewed, about what it looks like from the side, because it changes everything. Truly. Half an hour of daily learning affects the entire day, for everyone in the home.
Taking his lead, I began a daily learning session of my own, called Chit”at, which stands for Chumash...
Baltimore, MD - May 18, 2026 - There was tremendous nachas at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School this past Sunday, May 17, as high school student Moshe L. ’28 won 1st place in the high school division at the Chidon Tanach National Finals in New York, earning him the right to, IY"H, compete in the international tournament next year on Yom Ha'atzmaut in Israel. Additionally, 7th grader Tamar L. ’31 placed 6th in the middle school division, an incredible accomplishment.Twelve BT students traveled to New York to compete in the National Finals of the Chidon HaTanach - the Dr. Shimshon Isseroff US National Bible Contest for Jewish Youth. It was an incredibly exciting day for our students, their families, and the entire BT chevroh.Chidon HaTanach is a prestigious inte...
Annapolis, MD - May 18, 2026 - In a commencement speech at Valley Forge Military Academy on May 9, Gov. Wes Moore told graduates the academy had taught them “something that I wish more people in this society understood — that we will not lie, cheat, nor steal, nor tolerate those that do.”
For two decades, Moore’s own accounts of his Army service and Afghanistan deployment have tested whether he lives by that standard.
In an April 2014 interview with the USO’s magazine”On Patrol,” Moore was asked about his duties in Afghanistan. “I was an infantry officer, military police officer and then became special ops when I joined the 82nd Airborne Division,” Moore said.
Based on Army records, his answer was not true.
Those records sho...
Baltimore, MD – May 17, 2026 – BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Shoshana Miriam Sanders, a’h, wife of Mordechai Sanders, mother of Yehuda (Sarah) Sanders, Bracha Sanders, and Aharon (Ashley) Sanders, daughter of Malka and Avroham Lasker, and sister of Michel (Naomi) Lasker, Rizkah (Yitz) Martin, Dovid (Adina) Lasker, Aryeh (Michal) Lasker, Shira (Shuie) Dreyfus, and Shimon (Rubie) Lasker.
The levayah will be held at Levinson’s on Monday morning, May 18, at 8:30AM.
The kevura wil take place in Eretz Yisrael.
Shiva will be observed at 2725 Woodcourt Road, Baltimore, MD Wednesday and Thursday.
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Baltimore, MD – May 17, 2026 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yosef and Shani Bizouati on the birth of a daughter.
Mazel Tov to the grandparents Rabbi and Rebbetzin Shmuel & Aviva Silber
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD - May 17, 2026 - The Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School 11th-grade Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship class taught by Steven Venick recently brought the heat of the boardroom to the classroom for a live "Shark Tank" event. Taking place in the theater with an audience of parents, faculty, and peers, five student-led teams pitched original business ventures designed to solve real-world problems.
Each student had a specific job in their company from CEO, CFO, CPM and CMO and presented to the Sharks based on their role.
The event featured a diverse range of innovative products:
Kustom: Presented Locko, an aesthetically pleasing, fashion-forward bag engineered with theft-deterrent features to give commuters and students peace of mind.
Jaw ...
Baltimore, MD - May 16, 2026 - The state of Maryland will replace all of the mail-in ballots sent out so far ahead of next month’s primary election.
Elections Administrator Jared DeMarinis said Friday night an error caused by the state’s mail-in ballot vendor led some voters to get the wrong party ballot for the primary.
DeMarinis said he did not know how many voters received the wrong ballot, so out of an abundance of caution, the state is sending out new ballots to the more than 565,000 people who requested them as of Thursday.
“We are diligently working to address this error and provide clear instructions to those affected as quickly as possible,” DeMarinis said in a news release on Friday.
“The State and Local Boards of Elections remain committed ...
Baltimore, MD – May 16, 2026 – BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Shirley (Sima) Feldman, a’h, mother of Chana (Carol) Kroll, Daniel Feldman, and Steven Feldman
Shiva will be be observed at 6305 Greenspring Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209 Sunday, May 17th through Wednesday, May 20th.
Hours of shiva: 12 noon to 5 pm. Break from 5 to 7. Resume 7 to 9 pmThe family asks to drive carefully around the curve in the road as people drive fast around there and accidents do happen around that area.
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Baltimore, MD – May 15, 2026 – 3:09PM (BJL) – An accident at the intersection of Willow Glen and Fallstaff is significantly impacting traffic in the area
Baltimore, MD – May 15, 2026 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Boruch and Gabby Orgis on the birth of a daughter
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – May 15, 2026 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yoni and Dalia Bobker on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov to grandparents Benny & Layella Bobker and Jules & Nechama Friedman
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks at the Festive Event at Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva, Marking 59 Years since the Unification of JerusalemBenjamin Netanyahu, yesterday evening (Thursday, 14 May 2026) [translated from Hebrew]:"I don’t know if you know this, but I am a Levite. One hundred percent on this side, one hundred percent on that side. And when a Levite comes to the house of a Kohein he feels at home!My dear friends, lovers of Jerusalem. My wife Sara and I always feel at home in this house, at home! I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the warm welcome, which always leaves a lasting mark on us, from visit to visit, G-d willing. I thank, first and foremost, our host, the head of the 'Mercaz HaRav' Yeshiva, a giant in Torah, a faithful friend, Rabbi Yaako...
Baltimore, MD - May 15, 2026 - Tefillas Hashlah is a Tefillas Avos Al Bonim, written by Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz - The Shelah HaKadosh. It is recited by many daily but has a particular significance to be recited the day before Rosh Chodesh Sivan which this year is on Shabbos. As such some recite it before Shabbos. For a full discussion see here: https://torahanytime.com/lectures/448653.
It is a special and beautiful prayer for children, who will grow up to be G-D fearing and righteous.
Click on the graphic below for the complete tefilah in a large, printable version
Parshas Bamidbar commences with the tziva from Hashem to once again take a census of Bnei Yisroel. (Bamidbar 1:2) Hashem is very explicit that the census is to be taken “according to their families and according to their father’s household”. (1:2) The Torah then recites the tally for each family (except Shevet Levi, who was excluded from the count) (1:48) reaching a total of 603,550 (1:46). This stands in stark contrast to the census taken in Parshas P’kudei where the tally was taken of the entire B’nei Yisroel, without any regard to the amount in each particular Shevet. (Pikudei, 38:26)
This raises two significant questions. First, why are we doing another census so close to when the last one was done? Second, why in the 2...
יום ירושלים, Yom Yerushalayim, is an Israeli national holiday commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli control over the Old City in June 1967. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel declared Jerusalem Day a minor religious holiday to thank Hashem for victory in the Six-Day War and for answering the 2,000-year-old prayer of "Next Year in Jerusalem".
שחרור הכותל 1967
1967: ISRAEL CLAIMING ITS HERITAGE
