Bnei Brak kollel student returns hidden 150,000 shekels found in apt. wall
NYC Mayor Adams Reverses Stance, Says Holocaust Survivor Should Have Been Allowed to Speak at Brooklyn School
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To Tell the Truth
850,000 Reasons to Tell the Truth: An Open Letter to the UN
Brandeis Center forces Virginia school to settle in case of expelled Jewish students who were victims of antisemitism
Brandeis Center forces Virginia school to settle in case of expelled Jewish students who were victims of antisemitism
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Giving Thanks
Why an NYPD Officer Donated to Chabad in the Middle of the Night
לאחר שחילץ את הנער בגובה 36 קומות: זו הבשורה המרגשת של הלוחם
לאחר שחילץ את הנער בגובה 36 קומות: זו הבשורה המרגשת של הלוחם
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The Gaslighting
D-Day hero who said sacrifice of the lost men of his generation 'wasn't worth' what the country has become says UK 'has gone to rack and ruin'
He is remarkably resilient too. In March 2022, his beloved wife Gladys died aged 96. Her passing came just months before their 77th wedding anniversary.
After mentioning how her ashes rest on the mantlepiece of his home, Alec says of his other half: 'She gets onto me at nighttime asking, "when are you coming to join me?".
'I say, "Not yet love. Sorry."'
Revealing the secret to their happy marriage, he adds: 'We always had an agreement we would never go to sleep on an argument. One or both of us would always eat humble pie.'
After going to the levaya of Oz Daniel H’YD on Thursday, and participating in the shiva of Omer Neutra, H’YD this afternoon, I was able to shed my gloomy mood upon hearing the lively medley below.
This is a crisis point for the BBC. Its gaslighting of Jews must end
He is remarkably resilient too. In March 2022, his beloved wife Gladys died aged 96. Her passing came just months before their 77th wedding anniversary.
After mentioning how her ashes rest on the mantlepiece of his home, Alec says of his other half: 'She gets onto me at nighttime asking, "when are you coming to join me?".
'I say, "Not yet love. Sorry."'
Revealing the secret to their happy marriage, he adds: 'We always had an agreement we would never go to sleep on an argument. One or both of us would always eat humble pie.'
After going to the levaya of Oz Daniel H’YD on Thursday, and participating in the shiva of Omer Neutra, H’YD this afternoon, I was able to shed my gloomy mood upon hearing the lively medley below.
This is a crisis point for the BBC. Its gaslighting of Jews must end
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The Tzaddik's Legacy
Lost Your Tefillin at JFK Airport Seven Years Ago? Today Might Be Your Lucky Day
The video below was just posted on youtube a short while ago where Rabbi Moshe Hauer ZT’L, talks about the Parshah of Noach and reflects on the main products of a righteous person, namely his good deeds. In the week of Rabbi Hauer's shiva, his message can be a eulogy of the rabbi himself, one whose legacy is a life filled with good deeds, the pursuit and dissemination of Torah knowledge and progeny engaged in Torah and mitzvot.
The video below was just posted on youtube a short while ago where Rabbi Moshe Hauer ZT’L, talks about the Parshah of Noach and reflects on the main products of a righteous person, namely his good deeds. In the week of Rabbi Hauer's shiva, his message can be a eulogy of the rabbi himself, one whose legacy is a life filled with good deeds, the pursuit and dissemination of Torah knowledge and progeny engaged in Torah and mitzvot.
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Expressions of Faith
For those hard pressed to explain the difference between emunah and bitachon, many turn to
the story of a village that suffered a long drought. The townspeople gathered to pray with
utmost devotion for rain, but only one person brought an umbrella.
Everyone who came to pray had emunah. They believed that Hashem is powerful and can send rain. But the one who brought the umbrella didn’t just believe Hashem could — he trusted that Hashem would answer their prayers.
Many people act on their bitachon, their trust in Hashem, by doing things that express confidence that He will bring about something good even before it happens. These are often called segulot, but they are really acts of bitachon, showing trust that Hashem will bring blessing at the right time.
For example, singles who are struggling to find their bashert are sometimes encouraged to buy their wedding dress or suit even before they are engaged. Buying a wedding outfit before the engagement shows bitachon that Hashem will soon send the right match. It is a physical expression of faith, as if to say, “I am so sure He will help me find my spouse that I am already preparing for the wedding.”
After the Sukkot holiday ended, I received a clip in a WhatsApp group called Chadashot Mesamchot that combined two short videos into one powerful demonstration of bitachon. In the video, Avi Ohana, the father of hostage Yosef Chaim, stands by the door of his home, holding the Four Species. He explains that just before his son was kidnapped two years ago, he placed his hand lovingly on his son’s head and, without any knowledge of what was about to happen, told him that through these Four Species, Hashem would save him from death.
He then shared what had transpired before the holiday of Sukkot this year:
“I bought a new lulav and etrog, with G-d’s help. I believe wholeheartedly that Yosef Chaim will bless these Four Species this year, and that G-d will bring him back from captivity, him and all the hostages. May they all merit the power of the Four Species. May everyone bless them and bring merit to the hostages, G-d willing. And may we all achieve complete redemption — the redemption of the hostages. May they all return. May He protect and save them this Sukkot. We hope to see them whole and healthy. Amen, may it be G-d’s will.”
This is what it means to live with bitachon: to act, to speak, and to believe as though redemption is already on its way.
In the second video, spliced onto the first, Avi Ohana’s faith is rewarded in the most moving way. Yosef Chaim is seen blessing the lulav and etrog that his father had bought for him — in the final hours of the holiday, as Sukkot gave way to Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. His father’s words came to fruition. His belief that his son would be able to make the blessing on the Four Species he had bought for him was a living demonstration of absolute bitachon.
Do you have bitachon in the coming of Moshiach b’karov?
Have you bought an outfit to greet him?
May Mr. Ohana’s words about achieving full redemption be fulfilled bimherah beyameinu. Amen.
Everyone who came to pray had emunah. They believed that Hashem is powerful and can send rain. But the one who brought the umbrella didn’t just believe Hashem could — he trusted that Hashem would answer their prayers.
Many people act on their bitachon, their trust in Hashem, by doing things that express confidence that He will bring about something good even before it happens. These are often called segulot, but they are really acts of bitachon, showing trust that Hashem will bring blessing at the right time.
For example, singles who are struggling to find their bashert are sometimes encouraged to buy their wedding dress or suit even before they are engaged. Buying a wedding outfit before the engagement shows bitachon that Hashem will soon send the right match. It is a physical expression of faith, as if to say, “I am so sure He will help me find my spouse that I am already preparing for the wedding.”
After the Sukkot holiday ended, I received a clip in a WhatsApp group called Chadashot Mesamchot that combined two short videos into one powerful demonstration of bitachon. In the video, Avi Ohana, the father of hostage Yosef Chaim, stands by the door of his home, holding the Four Species. He explains that just before his son was kidnapped two years ago, he placed his hand lovingly on his son’s head and, without any knowledge of what was about to happen, told him that through these Four Species, Hashem would save him from death.
He then shared what had transpired before the holiday of Sukkot this year:
“I bought a new lulav and etrog, with G-d’s help. I believe wholeheartedly that Yosef Chaim will bless these Four Species this year, and that G-d will bring him back from captivity, him and all the hostages. May they all merit the power of the Four Species. May everyone bless them and bring merit to the hostages, G-d willing. And may we all achieve complete redemption — the redemption of the hostages. May they all return. May He protect and save them this Sukkot. We hope to see them whole and healthy. Amen, may it be G-d’s will.”
This is what it means to live with bitachon: to act, to speak, and to believe as though redemption is already on its way.
In the second video, spliced onto the first, Avi Ohana’s faith is rewarded in the most moving way. Yosef Chaim is seen blessing the lulav and etrog that his father had bought for him — in the final hours of the holiday, as Sukkot gave way to Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. His father’s words came to fruition. His belief that his son would be able to make the blessing on the Four Species he had bought for him was a living demonstration of absolute bitachon.
Do you have bitachon in the coming of Moshiach b’karov?
Have you bought an outfit to greet him?
May Mr. Ohana’s words about achieving full redemption be fulfilled bimherah beyameinu. Amen.
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14 Oct 2025
The Claim and the Apology
Hamas carries out public executions — just hours after signing peace treaty with Israel
CNN’s Amanpour claims hostages were treated better than Gazans, then apologizes
Thank You Hashem for Returning the Hostages
Incredible two clips- one where the father of one of the hostages explains how he told his son two years ago on Sukkot that he blessed him that in the merit of the blessing on the four species, G-d would save him from death. Before Sukkot, he purchased the lulav and etrog for his son, with a full conviction that he his son would be able to say the blessing on the four species this Sukkot. You can watch the video here. The second clip shows his son fulfilling the mitzva of reciting the blessing on the four species.
CNN’s Amanpour claims hostages were treated better than Gazans, then apologizes
Thank You Hashem for Returning the Hostages
Incredible two clips- one where the father of one of the hostages explains how he told his son two years ago on Sukkot that he blessed him that in the merit of the blessing on the four species, G-d would save him from death. Before Sukkot, he purchased the lulav and etrog for his son, with a full conviction that he his son would be able to say the blessing on the four species this Sukkot. You can watch the video here. The second clip shows his son fulfilling the mitzva of reciting the blessing on the four species.
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Tying the Knot
An article in the DailyMail UK edition caught my eye this afternoon when I read about septuagenarian Maureen Lipman getting married to David Turner, who ''wore a traditional kippah'' at the ceremony. Below is a verse that was prominently featured during the chuppah.
Maureen, who plays Evelyn Plummer in the ITV soap, shared the news of her engagement last year as she wrote in the Spectator: 'Later that night my partner David and I decided to tell our children that, with a combined age of 156, we are going to get married.
'In truth I had been rather against the 'M' word, but on a train coming back from Edinburgh he mentioned that it was the minor festival of Tu B'Av – a day when a Jewish woman can ask a man to marry her.
'Unable to resist the gag, I slid under the table separating us onto one knee and asked him for his hand. To my surprise and slight panic, he gave it.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15080711/Maureen-Lipman-married-Corrie-actress-79-ties-knot-businessman-David-Turner-government-alert-stuns-bride-interrupting-romantic-ceremony.html
Mazal tov!
Maureen, who plays Evelyn Plummer in the ITV soap, shared the news of her engagement last year as she wrote in the Spectator: 'Later that night my partner David and I decided to tell our children that, with a combined age of 156, we are going to get married.
'In truth I had been rather against the 'M' word, but on a train coming back from Edinburgh he mentioned that it was the minor festival of Tu B'Av – a day when a Jewish woman can ask a man to marry her.
'Unable to resist the gag, I slid under the table separating us onto one knee and asked him for his hand. To my surprise and slight panic, he gave it.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15080711/Maureen-Lipman-married-Corrie-actress-79-ties-knot-businessman-David-Turner-government-alert-stuns-bride-interrupting-romantic-ceremony.html
Mazal tov!
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Entering Elul
A Campaign of Blessings: Turning Every Greeting Into Light
By Rabbi Anchelle Perl
As we enter the month of Elul, (starting August 24-25) the precious days of preparation for Rosh Hashanah, we are gifted with a unique opportunity to fill the world with blessings. The Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic movement, taught that every blessing we give to another Jew is far more than polite words. Each sincere greeting — “May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year, in health and in spirit” — actually creates a defending angel. On Rosh Hashanah, when each of us stands before the Heavenly Court, these angels appear and lovingly present our merits before Hashem.
Think of it: a simple smile, a heartfelt blessing to a neighbor in the supermarket, to a coworker in the office, even to a stranger passing on the street — all of it becomes eternal spiritual currency. It is the easiest mitzvah, and perhaps one of the most powerful.
We live in a time when people are overwhelmed — by news, by worry, by loneliness. How transformative it would be if the Jewish community committed, for the month of Elul, to go out of our way to bless each person we meet. To pause for just a moment, look them in the eye, and wish them: “L’shanah tovah tikateiv v’tichateim — May you and your family be inscribed and sealed for a sweet and good year!”
These blessings are not just for the righteous or the pious — they are for everyone. For the elderly man in the pharmacy, for the mother rushing her children to school, for the young professional feeling alone in a crowd. Every Jew deserves to hear that they matter, that they are cherished, that someone wishes them good.
And let us not underestimate the ripple effect. When you bless another, you awaken in them the strength to bless others. Before long, one blessing turns into ten, ten into hundreds, and a community is uplifted, bound by a web of blessings and goodwill.
On Rosh Hashanah, when we stand together before the King of Kings, our courtroom will not be silent. It will be filled with an army of angels, each carrying the testimony of our kindness, each whispering before the Throne: “This soul blessed another, this Jew cared, this person spread light.”
With such an advocate, who could doubt that we will all be written and sealed for a year of goodness — both physically and spiritually?
My friends, let’s make this Elul unforgettable. Let’s turn our town, our homes, our schools, our very sidewalks into rivers of blessing. One greeting at a time. One angel at a time. One merit at a time.
And may we all be blessed — together — for a year of health, joy, peace, and revealed goodness.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7364627215973523456/
By Rabbi Anchelle Perl
As we enter the month of Elul, (starting August 24-25) the precious days of preparation for Rosh Hashanah, we are gifted with a unique opportunity to fill the world with blessings. The Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic movement, taught that every blessing we give to another Jew is far more than polite words. Each sincere greeting — “May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year, in health and in spirit” — actually creates a defending angel. On Rosh Hashanah, when each of us stands before the Heavenly Court, these angels appear and lovingly present our merits before Hashem.
Think of it: a simple smile, a heartfelt blessing to a neighbor in the supermarket, to a coworker in the office, even to a stranger passing on the street — all of it becomes eternal spiritual currency. It is the easiest mitzvah, and perhaps one of the most powerful.
We live in a time when people are overwhelmed — by news, by worry, by loneliness. How transformative it would be if the Jewish community committed, for the month of Elul, to go out of our way to bless each person we meet. To pause for just a moment, look them in the eye, and wish them: “L’shanah tovah tikateiv v’tichateim — May you and your family be inscribed and sealed for a sweet and good year!”
These blessings are not just for the righteous or the pious — they are for everyone. For the elderly man in the pharmacy, for the mother rushing her children to school, for the young professional feeling alone in a crowd. Every Jew deserves to hear that they matter, that they are cherished, that someone wishes them good.
And let us not underestimate the ripple effect. When you bless another, you awaken in them the strength to bless others. Before long, one blessing turns into ten, ten into hundreds, and a community is uplifted, bound by a web of blessings and goodwill.
On Rosh Hashanah, when we stand together before the King of Kings, our courtroom will not be silent. It will be filled with an army of angels, each carrying the testimony of our kindness, each whispering before the Throne: “This soul blessed another, this Jew cared, this person spread light.”
With such an advocate, who could doubt that we will all be written and sealed for a year of goodness — both physically and spiritually?
My friends, let’s make this Elul unforgettable. Let’s turn our town, our homes, our schools, our very sidewalks into rivers of blessing. One greeting at a time. One angel at a time. One merit at a time.
And may we all be blessed — together — for a year of health, joy, peace, and revealed goodness.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7364627215973523456/
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The Two Temples
A NYTimes article about Zakaria Zubeidi describes how the terrorist became involved in armed struggle.
"In the early 2000s, following the collapse of peace talks, he joined a militia in Jenin in the belief that it was the best way of achieving Palestinian sovereignty. The immediate spur was a provocative visit by an Israeli leader, accompanied by hundreds of police officers, to a major mosque complex in Jerusalem that is built on the site of an ancient Jewish temple."
At the end of the article, there is the following note.
A correction was made on Aug. 12, 2025: An earlier version of this article misstated, in two instances, the month in which Zakaria Zubeidi was freed. It was January, not February.
When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it with a correction.
How about correcting the sentence about an ancient Jewish temple to reflect that this was the site of two Jewish Temples?
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Eikev
"In the early 2000s, following the collapse of peace talks, he joined a militia in Jenin in the belief that it was the best way of achieving Palestinian sovereignty. The immediate spur was a provocative visit by an Israeli leader, accompanied by hundreds of police officers, to a major mosque complex in Jerusalem that is built on the site of an ancient Jewish temple."
At the end of the article, there is the following note.
A correction was made on Aug. 12, 2025: An earlier version of this article misstated, in two instances, the month in which Zakaria Zubeidi was freed. It was January, not February.
When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it with a correction.
How about correcting the sentence about an ancient Jewish temple to reflect that this was the site of two Jewish Temples?
Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Eikev
14 Aug 2025
The 14 Shekel Donation
Many of you have seen the heartbreaking interview with Rabbi Shlomo Nisanov, who lost his daughter in a jet ski accident earlier this week. What particulary struck me were his words to Hashem, in the midst of what had transpired.
Despite the tragedy, the grieving father held fast to his faith. “I love you, God. I know you know best,” he said.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/413259
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/413259
13 Aug 2025
The Power of Tefilla
New Jersey Shliach Speaks From His Burned Down Shul
Below is an audio recording of Rabbi Maimin Elbaz relating three incidents which demonstrate the power of Tefila.
Below is an audio recording of Rabbi Maimin Elbaz relating three incidents which demonstrate the power of Tefila.
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One more prayer
Rabbi Apelbaum speaks about the power of prayer, and how that one more prayer might be the key to achieving your wishes. Many times, we are disheartened by the lack of response to our prayers. We ask for a zivug hagun, only to be stuck in the dating cycle for a decade or more. The short lecture below encourages us to persist. So, in the week of Parshat Va'Etchanan, when Moshe persisted in prayer, let us ask Hashen one more time for that which is eluding us. And, if your prayer is answered this time around, drop me a comment. May your prayers be answered for the good.
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Words
This week, I began learning Hilchot Lashon Hara. This afternoon, I visited a woman whose husband has been suffering from ill health over the past year. I mentioned to her that my husband had met her husband at the local park earlier this week—her husband was riding a bicycle while mine was exercising on the air walker.
She seemed quite perturbed to hear this. She confided in me that her husband had recently been complaining about hip pain and had undergone some tests to determine the source of the discomfort. They were still waiting for the results. "He shouldn't have been on a bike," she said with concern.
In that moment, I realized I shouldn’t have said anything, even though my intentions were good. How much more careful must we be with our words when our intentions are not entirely pure?
She seemed quite perturbed to hear this. She confided in me that her husband had recently been complaining about hip pain and had undergone some tests to determine the source of the discomfort. They were still waiting for the results. "He shouldn't have been on a bike," she said with concern.
In that moment, I realized I shouldn’t have said anything, even though my intentions were good. How much more careful must we be with our words when our intentions are not entirely pure?
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Destined to Endure
There is a well-known anecdote that on Tisha B’Av, Napoleon Bonaparte once passed a synagogue and heard the sounds of weeping and mourning. Upon learning that the Jewish people were grieving the destruction of their Temple — an event that had occurred nearly 2,000 years earlier — he reportedly remarked, “A nation that cries and fasts for thousands of years for its land and Temple will surely be rewarded with both.”
I was reminded of his words just yesterday when I tuned in to a quiz on the Mishneh Torah, the monumental halachic work authored by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Rambam/Maimonides), organized by a network of religious schools for girls across Israel.
Sixteen students had been selected as finalists in the competition, showcasing their mastery of complex laws codified by the Rambam nearly 900 years ago. As I watched these bright, dedicated young women engage in intense Torah scholarship — not as an academic requirement, but as a choice for their free time — I couldn’t help but reflect: A nation whose children voluntarily immerse themselves in the study of ancient laws and live by them is a nation destined to endure.
Am Yisrael Chai.
Faith Under Fire
I was reminded of his words just yesterday when I tuned in to a quiz on the Mishneh Torah, the monumental halachic work authored by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Rambam/Maimonides), organized by a network of religious schools for girls across Israel.
Sixteen students had been selected as finalists in the competition, showcasing their mastery of complex laws codified by the Rambam nearly 900 years ago. As I watched these bright, dedicated young women engage in intense Torah scholarship — not as an academic requirement, but as a choice for their free time — I couldn’t help but reflect: A nation whose children voluntarily immerse themselves in the study of ancient laws and live by them is a nation destined to endure.
Am Yisrael Chai.
Faith Under Fire
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