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October 25, 2016 at 10:31 pm
Mispallelim at a Sephardic Shul in Flatbush were shocked to find that multiple Sifrei Torah had been stolen overnight on Simchas Torah.
Security camera footage captured the suspect entering Rabbi Beyda’s Shul located at 808 Avenue O near East 8th Street.
Four (Sephardic) Sifrei Torah were stolen from the Shul.
It is unknown how the suspect gained access to the safe.
The Sifrei Torah were used on Simchas Torah night for Hakafos before being placed back into the Aron Kodesh.
NYC Councilman David G. Greenfield announced a $1,000 reward for any information leading to arrest and conviction of the individual responsible for Tuesday’s morning’s burglary.
“It is deeply saddening that such a crime could occur at any time of year, but it is especially upsetting that thi...
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October 25, 2016 at 10:22 pm
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 25, 2016 - It is with deep sorrow that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mr. Charles Snow, a’h, father of Mrs. Saralee (Fishel) Gross.
The levayah will take place Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Hebrew Memorial Chapel, 26640 Greenfield Road, Detroit MI. 48237.
Mrs. Gross (443.465.4067) is currently planning to sit the entire shiva at 16313 Addison, Southfield, MI 48075
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
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October 25, 2016 at 9:06 pm
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is touting some “eye-popping” advantages in early voting, in an apparent effort to energize Democratic voters, but preliminary figures suggest the race remains tighter than her aides acknowledge.
The preliminary numbers appear to show Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, with an edge in several of the roughly 10 battleground states that will decide the 2016 White House race.
“We're seeing eye-popping vote-by-mail application numbers,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said on “Fox News Sunday.”
In Arizona and North Carolina, for example, more registered Democrats than Republicans have indeed cast early ballots.
But such numbers are open to interpretation, including how many Democrats in those two state...
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October 25, 2016 at 8:53 pm
When an Israel Electric Company technician arrived on Monday to fix something at the home of an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor, he discovered more than just electrical problems.
He found that the woman was living in a rundown house with neglected infrastructure and decided to do something to help. After getting his colleagues on board they are now trying to fix her infrastructure and get her a new refrigerator.
When the woman called on Monday morning to complain that she did not have any electricity and the call center representative could not help her over the phone, the company decided to send a technician. He discovered that her refrigerator was short-circuiting the entire house and fixed the problem. He realized, however, that the dilapidated infrastructure currently in place would m...
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October 25, 2016 at 8:38 pm
More haredim ascended the Temple Mount over Sukkot than ever before, despite many haredi rabbis prohibiting Jews from going up.
More haredim ascended the Temple Mount over the Sukkot holiday than ever before, according to the Kikar Shabbat haredi news site.
The number of haredim who ascended the Temple Mount over Sukkot this year was 70% greater than the number who ascended over Sukkot during previous years.
This increase comes despite the repeated banning of Jews from the Temple Mount by many haredi rabbis, including Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef due to the possibility of walking in areas that are forbidden by the Torah.
Others however, are pleased with the increased Jewish presence on the Temple Mount. MK Yehuda Glick (Likud) last week praised the&nb...
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October 25, 2016 at 8:34 pm
The Belzer Rebbe issued a scathing attack on smartphones and their owners during his annual post-Simchat Torah message to the Belz community, accusing smartphone users of attempting to "hide" and of suffering brain damage, according to the Kikar news site.
The Belz dynasty and its followers were almost totally decimated in World War II, but the one Rebbe who escaped Europe, Rabbi Aharon, re-established the Belzer hassidic court in Israel, where they grew to be one of the largest and most successful hassidic communities in the world, with congregations in the US, UK and Canada as well as Israel.
The Rebbe said that smartphones are "worse than television" because "they are so small, you can fit them in a pocket and they can put all sorts of impurities in the world, in the pocket, ...
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October 25, 2016 at 8:20 pm
Washington-based federal prosecutors are planning to charge NYPD cop Daniel Pantaleo with civil rights violations in the 2014 death of Eric Garner on Staten Island, a law enforcement source told The Post on Tuesday.
“It’s going to happen sooner than later,” the source said. “Washington wants to indict [Pantaleo],” who was accused of putting Garner in a fatal chokehold banned by the police department.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch approved the plan after federal investigators in Brooklyn were replaced by their D.C. counterparts because they didn’t want to bring charges in the case, the source said.
Local federal investigators who worked on the case are privately seething. They accused their Beltway colleagues of only trying to “ma...
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October 25, 2016 at 8:14 pm
DORAL, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama must be investigated over a private email server Hillary Clinton used while secretary of state, saying Obama “knew all about” her email arrangements.
“That’s why he stuck up for Hillary, because he didn’t want to be dragged in. Because he knew all about her private server,” Trump said of the Democratic president in an interview with Reuters. “This means that he has to be investigated.”
Clinton, Trump’s Democratic rival in the Nov. 8 election, was Obama’s first secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
Wikileaks on Tuesday released a batch of hacked emails from the account of Clinton’s c...
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October 25, 2016 at 8:13 pm
Aside from our parsha teaching of the very first Shabbos, the brocha upon fire is recited motza’ei Shabbos because we then regain its use. This definitely provides reason to discuss:
The Melachah of Setting Fires.
Question #1: Why the pasuk?
“Why does the written Torah mention specifically that we may not kindle a flame on Shabbos?”
Question #2: Out of order
“Why does the Mishnah mention that extinguishing, mechabeh, is a melachah, before it mentions that kindling, mav’ir, is a melachah? One must kindle a fire before one extinguishes it!”
Question #3: Bothered by a blech
“Why must we use a blech on Shabbos?”
Answer:
All three of the above questions involve laws that result from the Torah’s prohibition against kindling fires on...
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October 25, 2016 at 8:06 pm
Donald Trump says that Clinton's agressive policy on Syria would push Russia into World War Three
Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump blasted rival Hillary Clinton's policy on the conflict in Syria Tuesday, saying it would "lead to World War 3."
In an interview dealing with foreign policy Trump said that defeating ISIS had to be a higher priority than removing Bashar Assad, who has been accused of massacring his own people, from power.
"What we should do is focus on ISIS. We should not be focusing on Syria." Trump said. "You’re going to end up in World War Three over Syria if we listen to Hillary Clinton."
Trump's concerns about the conflict escalating to take on global dimensions stem from Russia's increased role and presence in Syria.
"Y...
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October 25, 2016 at 8:05 pm
The gunfire seems to have come from Egyptian territory, but IDF denies terrorists were involved.
An 15-year-old Bedouin youth employed by the Defense Ministry was shot and killed near Mount Sagi in southern Israel on Tuesday afternoon while working on the border fence with Egypt, officials said.
The bullet came from across the border in Egypt, though it was not immediately clear who fired it, the IDF said. The army maintains that this was not a terror incident, calling it stray fire, although the matter is being investigated.
The dead boy was employed by the Defense Ministry to perform maintenance work on the fence, a spokesperson for the ministry said. In Israel, youths over the age of 14 can obtain working papers for summer jobs and part time work. Education is compulsory fo...
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October 23, 2016 at 5:10 pm
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 23, 2016 – Last night was a Baltimore first where fathers and sons of all ages participated in a community-wide Hoshana Rabbah learning program at Cong. Shomrei Emunah. Learning, raffles and pizza in the Succah…. What could be better?
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October 23, 2016 at 5:06 pm
Baltimore, Md - Oct. 23, 2016 - Hoshana Rabbah 5777 - Levayah of Lon Borck, Z'L
(Video Credit: Baruch Bitman )
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October 23, 2016 at 3:45 pm
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 23, 2016 - Approximately one hour ago a man was tackled to the ground by several men in the community and held until police arrived after the suspect may have tried to abduct a child. This according to an employee of Tov Pizza who took the bottom photo below of the suspect being arrested.
More details to follow as available...
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October 23, 2016 at 2:23 pm
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 22, 2016 - It is with deep sorrow that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Rabbi Morris Kosman, ZT'L, husband of Mrs. Carol Kosman, father of Mrs. Sima Schneider, Mrs. Zahava Green, Mrs. Buci Sackett, Mrs. Dvora Finkelstein, Rabbi Avrohom Kosman, Rabbi Chaim Kosman and Mrs. Risyl Edelman
Shiva will be observed at the home of Rabbi & Mrs. Shabsi Schneider, 1023 Smoke Tree Road, Baltimore, MD 21208 beginning Motzaei Yom Tov, Oct 25.
Shacharis begin Wed 10/26 7:30 AM
Mincha: 1:45 PM
Maariv 8:00 PM
Shiva ends after Shacharis on Monday morning Oct. 31
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
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October 23, 2016 at 12:26 pm
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 23, 2016 - Levayh of Lon Borck, a'h - Click here for Live Stream
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October 23, 2016 at 12:06 pm
Jerusalem, Israel - Oct. 2320, 16 - Amar'e Stoudemire, made a special appearance at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem, Hashana Rabba morning. Off the hotel lobby, the former US basketball star met with young and not so young fans, smiling for photos and selfies, and signing autographs.
After being chosen NBA Rookie of the Year in 2003, and having played in six All-Star games, the 6-foot 10-inch former New York Knicks basketball player invested in the Hapoel Jerusalem basketball team and has moved to Israel.
Former Baltimorean, basketball star, Tamir Goodman, who is also involved with Hapoel Jerusalem, told BJL, how impressive it is that "a celebrated athlete like Amar'e of the NBA, comes to play in Israel and embrace Israel and help out with charity causes as well."
The event was c...
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October 23, 2016 at 10:43 am
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 23, 2016 – The Borck family is overwhelmed with the love and care that is being shown them at this very sad and tragic time. However, with the greatest of intentions, many in the community, not realizing that the shiva will begin only Motzaei Yom Tov, Oct. 25, are inundating the family with their well-meaning visits.
The family asks kindly that everyone wait until the Shiva begins to make their visit.
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October 23, 2016 at 5:25 am
With overflowing gratitude to HaShem, we are overjoyed to announce the arrival of a beautiful little 8-pound baby boy this past Wednesday night. Both Mommy and Baby and are doing well, B”H, and were home for Shabbos. The following are some thoughts I expressed at the Shalom Zachar.
Going through the mishnayos of Sukkah, there is some intriguing discussion relating to childbirth and early childhood, as they pertain to sukkah. In the Mishnah (2:8) discussing the exemption of children of the mitzvah, and the limitations of that exemption, it is mentioned that upon the birth of a grandchild, Shammai the Elder arranged a makeshift sukkah over the bed of his daughter-in-law on the baby’s behalf. This represents a more extreme view on the age at which children become required to eat ...
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October 22, 2016 at 10:40 pm
True, this is not quite Hamlet’s question, but it is one that is plaguing many a frum family.
One of the general differences between Litvaks (Misnagdim) and Chassidim lies in what they do on the holiday of Shmini Atzeres regarding eating in the Sukkah. Chassidim have traditionally taken a more lenient view than their Litvak counterparts on the issue. It should be noted that each of the two opinions should be respected. Rav Tzaddok HaKohen, in his work Maishiv Tzedek, writes that those who do not eat in the Sukkah on Shmini Atzeres do have a basis in the Gemorah and the Yerushalmi. In this article, an attempt will be made to explain the halachic basis of each of the two customs.
The Torah tells us that we must dwell in the Sukkah for seven days. The Torah further tells ...
