Over recent decades, Israel's defense establishment has invested billions in preparing for a potential strike on Iran, developing specialized munitions along the way. Some of these capabilities were only revealed after being sold to foreign air forces. Here’s what can be disclosed amidst these preparations.
Last month, Israel conducted another strike in Yemen, deploying F-15 jets from a base 1,800 kilometers away, showcasing its renowned improvisation skills. These aircraft, initially designed for air combat, were modified in Israel for strike missions. The Israeli Air Force also equipped them to carry modern munitions from both American and Israeli manufacturers.
However, an attack on Iran presents a far more complex challenge, despite the similar dis...
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Oct. 15, 2024:Dear friends,We are truly overwhelmed by the outpouring of generosity shown by the beautiful Baltimore Jewish community. Baltimore is, and always was, a city of chesed (kindness), and R' Dovid and I are proud to have grown up there. May this year bring growth, happiness, prosperity, and peace to all of you, to Am Yisroel, and to the world.Thank you for being by our side.
Rochel Frid (née Reich) on behalf of R' Dovid and the family.
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Rochel Frid has been fighting a battle that no one should face alone. Her husband, a kind and loving father, is battling life with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), a cruel disease that has robbed him of his ability to move, speak, and live independently. Despite the tremend...
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The YomTov of Succos represents multiple ideas within the Torah and the Mepharshim. The Torah tells us that the Chag recalls how we lived in these makeshift houses as we left Mitzrayim. (Behar 23:43) The Gemara questions whether we are commemorating the actual “houses” in which we lived temporarily or whether we are really referring to the Ananei Hakovod which divinely protected us when we were in the Midbar. (Gemara Succah, 11b) Either way, The Gemara concludes we are recalling an event which took place in Nissan, around the same time as Pesach, immediately after Yitzias Mitzrayim, Indeed, Chazal say that Succos would be more appropriately celebrated in the spring but we shifted it to the fall so it would not appear that it was simply a comfortable time to co...
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Baltimore, MD - Sept. 22, 2024 - As always, Shabsi's Judaica looks forward to assisting you with all your Yom Tov needs.
Click on the graphic below for a larger, printable version of Shabsi's Judaica Yom Tov season schedule!
The STAR-K site offers helpful information related to the halachos of schach mats, certified schach manufacturers and local establishments that have a sukkah on their premises. Links to these are articles, podcasts and webinars are provided below for your convenience.
Local Establishments
The following are STAR-K certified restaurants and facilities in the Baltimore area that have sukkahs available for their customers:
Accents Grill
Caramels Pizza
Cocoacinos/Pie 18 Cafe
Croustille Cafe
David Chu China Bistro
Goldbergs Bagels
King David Nursing Home
Mama Leah’s Pizza
Mangal Food Truck
Serengeti Steakhouse
Taam Thai Asian Fusion
The Club Grill
Tudor Heights Assisted Living
Yesh Hummus Grill Yossi’s Falafel
Schach-Related Articles, Podcasts and Webinars
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Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest airline, has been fined a record $4 million for discriminating against Jewish passengers, the US Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
The fine stems from a May 2022 incident in which the airline prohibited 128 Jewish passengers from boarding. The DOT noted in a consent order that the passengers were wearing “distinctive garb typically worn by Orthodox Jewish men.” They were denied boarding as a group and were unable to connect in Frankfurt to Budapest from a New York flight because of “alleged misbehavior of a few.”
However, the passengers did not know each other nor were they traveling together.
In a press release, the airline said the incident “resulted from an unfortunate series of inaccurate commun...
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 15, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Yosef Wealcatch on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov to Grandparents Rabbi & Mrs. Yaakov Wealcatch
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
IDF special intelligence Unit 504 revealed on Tuesday night that one of the Hezbollah fighters it had captured and interrogated said that "they all fled...after the assassination of [Hezbollah chief Hassan] Nasrallah, I did not see any of them."
Unit 504 is known as "the IDF's Mossad", and its activities are generally highly secretive, with even its top commander's name not being revealed.
The IDF said it found Wadah Kamal Yunis in a Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon.
It said that IDF troops found and surrounded the tunnel and started to explore it.
Eventually, IDF soldiers found Yunis and brought him to Israel to be interrogated by special Unit 504.
The US told Israel that it would impose an arms embargo on the Jewish state if it does not resolve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, N12 reported on Tuesday.
The White House reportedly expressed deep concern over the "deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza in recent weeks" and called for urgent steps within the next month to reverse this trend.
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant received a letter from the Biden Administration outlining American positions on Gaza, N12 noted.
The letter reportedly called for Israel to be held to its March 2024 commitment "to allow and not prevent the transfer of American humanitarian aid or aid supported by the administration in Gaza."
As part of this commitment, the State Departm...
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 15, 2024 - (WBALTV) Baltimore County fire investigators determined an electrical malfunction caused Monday morning's fire at the St. Paul Praise and Worship Center in the 500 block of Reisterstown Road
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 15, 2024 - Walgreens announced on Tuesday plans to close 1,200 "underperforming" locations by 2027, including about 500 in 2025.
The closing locations will consist of buildings owned by Walgreens and where leases are set to expire in 2025. The company said there is a cost to closing some of its locations, but sees opportunities in subleasing underperforming stores.
Walgreens Global Chief Financial Officer Manmohan Mahajan told investors that 2025 closures would be weighted toward the back half of the fiscal year.
"We are prioritizing closing locations that are cash flow negative, underperforming stores where we own the locations and ones where the lease expirations are coming due in the next few years," he said. "The economic benefits of this approach should b...
Holocaust Survivors Defy Terror
Yaron Dotan's father, Yossi, is a Holocaust survivor living in the “Beit Juliana” assisted living residence in Herzliya. On Yom Kippur night, he, along with dozens of other Holocaust survivors from the Netherlands, found themselves the target of a direct terror attack by Hezbollah, when a UAV launched from Lebanon struck the residence.
“After the Nazis failed to murder them Hezbollah tried to do so, but they won’t succeed either,” wrote Yaron. “My father is living proof. Not only did he survive the Holocaust, but he also now leads a large family with dozens of descendants across Israel, a true symbol of victory.”
The elderly residents were jolted from their sleep by the blaring sirens and explosions. Miraculo...
Havel havalim, says Koheles, vanity of vanities, futility of futilities, all is vanity. Until you sit down and really study Koheles, it is hard to hear a message from it other than that everything is vanity. But if you can get past the hevel, there is a guidebook for life in Koheles, that fits life in this world as almost no other book does.
The summary penultimate verse of Koheles, “The sum of the matter, when all has been considered: “Fear Elokim and keep His commandments, for that is all of man”, tells us that this book is about having Yir’as Shamayim, fear of heaven, but it is hard at first glance to tie this to, and find it in, the rest of the book.
I had been learning Koheles with a friend on a weekly basis for about 8 months, b...
Israel is facing a potential shortage of defense system interceptor missiles as it bolsters air defenses against possible attacks from Iran and its proxies, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
If Iran and Hezbollah attack Israel simultaneously, Israel's air defenses may be overwhelmed, Dana Stroul, a former senior US defense official, explained to the Financial Times. “If Iran responds to an Israel attack and Hezbollah joins in too, Israel's air defenses will be stretched,” Stroul said.
Stroul also noted that the US cannot indefinitely sustain supply efforts for both Ukraine and Israel, as resources are reaching a critical limit.
Moreover, Boaz Levy, CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries, the state-owned manufacturer of Arrow in...
“Enter, exalted holy guests, enter, exalted holy Patriarchs, to be seated in the shade of the exalted faithfulness. Enter, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Aharon, David, Moses.” (Ushpizin)
A mother sits in a tent in her backyard. Fans blow from all four corners to keep those inside comfortable. Visitors sit in semicircles around her. Most are at a loss for words, but those who knew him well and share their memories bring her a sharp sort of comfort. She laughs when his high school buddies recall the stunts he used to pull, and she hangs on to every word of those who fought alongside him. They’re impossible to miss. Their boots are heavy, and they smell like war. They’ve come straight to her house without even stopping to see their own families first.
A young ...
A man aged approximately 30 was killed Tuesday morning in a shooting attack near the Yavne Interchange in southern Israel.
First responders attempted to resuscitate the officer, who suffered bullet wounds to his chest, but he died on the way to the hospital. The terrorist has been eliminated.
According to reports, the terrorist arrived at the scene on foot, and opened fire at passing vehicles, until a civilian shot at him. The individual killed is reported to be a police officer.
Magen David Adom (MDA) Director General Eli Bin reported that five people suffered varying degrees of injury in the attack: One person was critically injured and later declared dead; one person suffered moderate injuries, and three others were lightly injured. Most of the victims were evacuated to Assuta Hospit...
The head of Palestinian affairs at Kan 11 News, Elior Levy, explains why he believes that the claims that Hezbollah is collapsing are "arrogant and boastful.”
Levy referred to reports and rumors that, "in the last few days Israeli officials have been talking in an arrogant and boasting way, claiming that 'Hezbollah is collapsing and we have destroyed most of its rocket array.'"
"It's simply amazing how much we don't learn anything in this country," Levy writes, adding that "Hezbollah has not collapsed. Hezbollah has countless more abilities. Whoever thinks that it is possible to destroy all of this in a month – is living in a dream, or wants the public to believe we are living in a dream.”
He points out that "the firing of the UAV last night in...
