Bereishis contains many firsts.  For that matter it really contains all firsts.  Central however to all the firsts is the existence of Shabbos.  The Torah tells us “Hashem blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on that day he abstained from all work which he had created to do”.   (Bereishis, 2:3) Interestingly, Shabbos observance is not given as a Mitzvah at that time.  I am unaware of any commentaries or Midrashic sources which indicate that Adam Harishon was commanded to or kept Shabbos.  Moreover, Hashem chose not to include Shabbos observance in the Sheva Mitzvos B’nei Noach.  There are Mepharshim and Gemaras which discuss Avraham Avinu wanting to keep Shabbos but unsure if he was permitted to – If he was a goy, ...
Israel suspended granting of any visas to employees of the United Nations human rights agency, outlet Middle East Eye reported on Thursday. The move effectively compels the body’s top staff to leave the country, the report added. In February, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a “blacklist” of 112 companies with activities in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. In response, Jerusalem announced it was suspending ties with the global body. Read more at i24NEWS.
Israel’s Coronavirus Cabinet lifted Thursday several lockdown restrictions amid the recent decrease in morbidity across the country. As of Sunday, kindergartens, small businesses that receive no costumers, and take away services will reopen. During the meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu branded the country’s second nationwide lockdown a “success,” saying other states are taking Israel as an example for curtailing the virus spread. “Other countries, in Europe in particular, are beginning to talk about it [lockdown] and examine it as morbidity already exceeded us in several countries,” Netanyahu said during a meeting of the Coronavirus Cabinet, outlet Ynet reported. Read more at i24NEWS.
The mainstream media has been involved in its “usual coverup” of the “criminality” of Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden and his family when there is “so much evidence that the Biden family has been taking money illegally for many, many years,” President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani told Newsmax TV Thursday. “Now we have [Hunter] Biden’s own text messages to his father, to others, which make it clear they were stealing money, taking money from countries like Iraq, Ukraine, China, Romania, don’t forget Moscow, the $3.5 million from Moscow that Biden lied about at the debate,” Giuliani told Newsmax TV’s “National Report.” He also claimed that one of the messages sh...
As we continue on our journey of living with corona,  and the one constant of the  nothing-is-constant  impact on our lives, we also continue to be pleasantly surprised! The Yamim Noraim came and went and ended up being so uplifting!  Then came Succos and celebrating in G-d’s great outdoors with His incredible ever -present kindness and gifting us beautiful weather that certainly enhanced our V’Samachta B’Chagecha!  What about Simchas Torah you ask?   To all those who predicted doom and gloom  of how depressing Simchas Torah of 2020 would be because of the Big “C,” I say, “SURPRISE,” again! All the neighborhood chit chat included  who was doing Where What and When (yes pun intended) which inevitably led...
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 15, 2020: Dear Faculty, Parents and Friends of TA, It is with great excitement that we announce a generous grant award by an anonymous foundation (the rules of the grant do not allow us to release the name yet) to fund the installation of a comprehensive solar power system on TA's campus. We also express our appreciation to TA grandparent, Mrs. ZC Brodie and her son, TA parent Shlomo Brodie from HESP Solar, who have given us constant guidance throughout this process, and have also arranged for the donation of additional solar panels to be able to expand the system beyond the initially planned scope of the project. Lastly, we thank the Weil Mandel Charitable Foundation for funding a portion of the project as well.   This investment ...
Despite national and battleground state polls showing Democratic nominee Joe Biden enjoying a healthy lead over incumbent President Trump, the Biden campaign issued a stark warning to its supporters, saying the race is much closer than people think. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  https://bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: https://bit.ly/3aYxo4v In a Wednesday night Twitter thread, Biden campaign manager Jennifer O’Malley Dillon urged supporters not to get complacent and to continue casting their ballots in favor of the Democratic candidate. “There is still a long way to go in this campaign, and we think this race is far closer than folks on this website think. Like a lot clo...
President Donald Trump said he’d support a fiscal stimulus package in excess of $1.8 trillion — his administration’s most recent negotiating proposal — but blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for holding up a deal. “We’re not holding it up, she’s holding it up,” Trump said in an interview Thursday on Fox Business. “She wants to wait until after the election. She thinks it hurts the Republicans.” Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  https://bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: https://bit.ly/3aYxo4v Pelosi is scheduled to have another call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Thursday in a continuing saga of talks on a Covid-19 relief p...
Stocks closed lower on Thursday but came off the worst levels of the session ending  little changed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had been down over 300 points at one point, fell over 19 points, while the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 also cut losses to 0.47% and 0.15% respectively. JPMorgan and Walgreens, which returned to profitability in its last quarter, bucked the downtrend. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  https://bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: https://bit.ly/3aYxo4v Earlier, President Trump signaled he would be willing to spend more than $1.8 trillion for additional fiscal stimulus to help the U.S. economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic...
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans scheduled a vote for next week on Judge Amy Coney Barrett‘s Supreme Court nomination. The panel will vote on Barrett’s nomination on Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. under a schedule offered by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  https://bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: https://bit.ly/3aYxo4v Barrett’s nomination was on the Judiciary Committee’s agenda for the first time on Thursday morning, but was widely expected to be held until Oct. 22. Under committee rules, any one senator can request that a nomination be delayed a week, and they routinely are. Read more a...
BALTIMORE — The week of Oct. 10 saw a slight decline of newly filed unemployment claims from the week prior. There were new unemployment claims filed in Maryland for the week of Oct. 3. That's down from 30,060 for the week of Oct. 3. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  https://bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: https://bit.ly/3aYxo4v The Maryland Department of Labor reports unemployment claims by type: regular or pandemic related assistance (PUA and PEUC). There were 11,604 regular claims and 16,784 PUA and PEUC claims. The DOL said there was an average of 2,592 new unemployment claims per week in Maryland between Dec. 28, 2019, and March 7. Read more at WBAL
C-SPAN has suspended political editor Steve Scully, who was at one time slated to moderate a presidential debate, indefinitely after he admitted he lied about his Twitter being hacked when a message to former Trump aide turned adversary Anthony Scaramucci emerged. Scully, the "Washington Journal" host who was selected to moderate the now-canceled town hall event, went viral last week after a tweet sent from his account indicated he had reached out to former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, something he later alleged was the result of being hacked. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  https://bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: https://bit.ly/3aYxo...
A security officer guarding a ballot box at the Achievement Academy was shot early Thursday, WBAL-TV 11 reports. The 24-year-old man was shot around 4:55 a.m. in the 2100 block of Pinewood Avenue in Baltimore. Police said he was unarmed. Police confirmed that around that time, officers were dispatched to the 2200 block of Pinewood Avenue for a reported shooting. The victim was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  https://bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: https://bit.ly/3aYxo4v Police said he was working an overnight shift for a company tasked with guarding the ballot boxes. Police said the attackers approached the vict...
The Israel Parliament (Knesset) Thursday evening officially ratified the historic normalization agreement signed between Jerusalem and the UAE last month at the White House.  The measure received overwhelming support from lawmakers, passing through the chamber in an 80 to 13 vote. Read more as it develops on i24
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not only “ruined” New York, “probably the worst-run state” in the U.S., but the Democrat is a “thug” for weaponization of prosecutors, deflection on COVID-19 deaths, and “bully” shutdown tactics, President Donald Trump told Newsmax TV. “With what’s going on in New York, it’s so sad, Greg,” Trump told Wednesday’s “Greg Kelly Reports” in an exclusive interview. “It’s so sad how they’ve ruined that place.” Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  https://bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: https://bit.ly/3aYxo4v Trump, once a proud New Yorker, also rejected the ...
Marilyn Mosby, the State's Attorney for Baltimore, has directed prosecutors in her office to not authorize “no knock” arrest warrants that are approved by judges, citing the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. Police are typically required to knock, but they can request permission to conduct a “no knock” warrant from a city judge, The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday. It's up to the judge to approve or deny the request. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  https://bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: https://bit.ly/3aYxo4v Prosecutors do not have the authority to stop the execution of warrants...
Baltimore, MD – Oct. 2020 - Every Shabbos table offers every Jewish family an incredible opportunity by which they can share their joy for Shabbos, for Yiddishkeit and for HaShem with their children. Unfortunately, our schedules are hectic and many people don't have the time to prepare themselves to utilize the Shabbos table to its fullest. Therefore, we at ACHIM created TableTalk as a pre-packaged talking points pamphlet which is attractive, fun and has something for everyone. Limited copies are distributed to many shuls on a weekly basis but they are snatched up very quickly. Get yours ASAP or click on the graphic below and print your own. What's in it and what's all the excitement about? TableTalk features:• Weekly halachic dilemma creating lively discussion&...
Critics claim the social media platforms have been censoring reporting critical of Democrats Republican Sens. Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham and Josh Hawley on Thursday called on the heads of Twitter and Facebook to testify, and said a subpoena was in the works, as critics claimed the social media platforms have been censoring reporting critical of Democrats. Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more:  https://bit.ly/32HUBnJ Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens: https://bit.ly/3aYxo4v “This is election interference and we're 19 days out from an election,” Cruz, R-Texas, said. “It has no precedent in the history of democracy. The Senate Judiciary Committee wants to know...
Baltimore, MD - Oct. 15, 2020 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Chaim & Rikki Ambinder on the birth of a daughter. Mazel Tov grandparents Aryeh & Sandy Guttenberg יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
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