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Watch: Bais Yaakov of Baltimore - Our First Month of School (Video) A Personal Note from Baltimore Native Rochel Frid (née Reich) - Bringing Hope This Yom Tov Season to a Father with ALS; Native Baltimorean and Brother of Cathy Dinovitz and Arlene Gittleson, Rabbi Dovid Frid Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Yosef Wealcatch on the birth of a son Interrogated Hezbollah Terrorist: 'Everyone Fled After Nasrallah Was Killed' US Threatens Israel: Resolve Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza Or Face Arms Embargo - Report Fire Investigators Identified A Cause Of Monday's Church Fire On Reisterstown Road In Pikesville (Video) Get Your Head in Sanhedrin Walgreens Says It's Closing 1,200 'Underperforming' Stores Amid Soft Sales Beyond The Headlines A Weekly Glimpse Into The Israel You Won’t Read About In The News - Survivors, Strength, and Hope: Tales of Resilience Through Sukkot (Sukkot 5785) Photos STAR-K Restaurants & Certified Facilities with Sukka's Available Koheles: Guidelines for Living Israel Faces Potential Shortage Of Interceptor Missiles Amid Iran Threats - Report When the Patriarchs Pay a Visit One Killed, Four Injured, In Shooting Attack Near Yavne Journalist On Palestinian Affairs: Hezbollah Not Collapsed; Still Has Countless Abilities Report: Biden Warned Iran That Assassinating Trump Would Be An Act Of War Alsobrooks 'Very Concerned' About U.S. Supreme Court; Supports Expansion, Ethics Reforms Watch: Rabbi Labish Becker – Succos 5785: “The Secret of 2 and a Tefach” (Video) Watch Rabbi Yonah Sklare on Sukkos: Finding Safe Space (Video) Report: Netanyahu Told Biden That Israel Will Strike Iranian Military
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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. Donate Now: https://bit.ly/SavingRavDovid 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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Baltimore, MD - Oct. 15, 2024  - Always wanted to join Daf Yomi but needed a little nudge? Enter O'Fishel's Mitzvah Motivators Get Your HEAD in SanHEDrin Program, with incentives of up to $1,000! Details on mitzvahmo.com
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Shomrei Emunah's Annual Sukkos Sale! Extraordinary Arba Minim!Lulav Holders!Support Shomrei’s Youth Department! Sale Hours: Thursday, October 10: 8:00PM – 10:30PM Friday, October 11: 9:00AM – 12:00PM Motzei Shabbos/Yom Kippur, October 12: 9:00PM – 11:00PM Sunday, October 13: 10:00AM – 10:00PM Monday & Tuesday, October 14-15: 9:00AM – 12:00PM & 7:00PM – 10:00PM Wednesday, Erev Sukkos, October 16: 9:00AM – 12:00PM Location:Shomrei Emunah6221 Greenspring Ave, 21209 For more information:Email: office@shomreiemunah.org
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!
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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!  
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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...
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Daily Dvar Halacha - Oct 14. Tishrei 12. Moving Decorations From Sukka To Sukka?

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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...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
US President Joe Biden issued an unusually strong warning to Iran to abandon its plots to assassinate former President Donald Trump, warning that such an act would be treated as an act of war against the United States, Fox News reported. According to the report, Biden conveyed the warning through the US National Security Council. Late last month, former President Trump accused Iran of engaging in "big threats" on his life after he was briefed by US intelligence officials on Iran's attempts to have him assassinated. "Big threats on my life by Iran," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. "The entire U.S. Military is watching and waiting. Moves were already made by Iran that didn’t work out, but they will try again. Not a good situation for anyone". He added, "I a...
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Baltimore, MD - Oct. 14, 2024  - Reforming the United States Supreme Court has become a topic of debate among elected leaders in Washington, and on the campaign trail, especially in the race for Maryland’s open U.S. Senate race. During the first – and only – debate among Democrat and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Republican and former Gov. Larry Hogan, the candidates were asked where they stand on expanding the highest court in the land, or ‘packing the court’, among other reforms. “I’m very concerned about this Supreme Court. I think they no longer represent the will of the people,” she said. “I do support reforms of the Supreme Court, one of them would be to have term limits. I also agree with the...
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