Month November 2021
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A musical concert which took place at Jerusalem’s Binyanei Haumah conference center Monday night has raised an uproar in the chareidi community after scenes emerged of chareidi men and women dancing adjacent to one another. In the… Continue Reading →
The Shin Bet and Mossad intelligence agencies recently appointed Rabbi A. as their new Rav, a B’Sheva journalist reported. Rabbi A. will answer shailos for frum intelligence employees, whose top-secret operations often involve issues of national security and matters of… Continue Reading →
In an extremely sharply worded letter against the Bennett government’s religious “reforms” and its intent to implement the Kosel Plan, granting formal recognition to the Reform movement, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky and HaGoan HaRav Gershon Edelstein called on each member… Continue Reading →
A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will vote Wednesday to hold a former Justice Department official in contempt, demanding criminal charges against a defiant witness for a second time as lawmakers seek answers about the violent attack…. Continue Reading →
The United States and Britain warned Russia on Tuesday against any new military aggression against Ukraine as the Western military alliance NATO met to discuss Moscow’s intentions for massing troops… Read more » The post U.S., Britain Warn Russia Against… Continue Reading →
A band of hooligans toppled a menorah placed on the sidewalk of the town square in Dnipro, Ukraine. Surveillance footage shows a group of 5 teenagers approaching the menorah at approximately 6 am Monday morning and knocking it over before… Continue Reading →
Protesters plan to march across Sudan and on the presidential palace on Tuesday in the latest protest against military rule following last month’s coup. Neighborhood resistance committees called the protests… Read more » The post Anti-Military Protesters to March on… Continue Reading →
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to prepare an action plan within the next week to fight the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Putin said it was important… Read more » The post Putin Gives Government a Week… Continue Reading →
The new coronavirus variant, Omicron, has been detected in two Israeli doctors, one of whom had returned from a conference in London in the past week, a spokesperson for Sheba… Read more » The post Two Israeli Doctors Infected With… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — An airplane making its descent towards the Bologna Airport in Italy was suddenly caught in a large flock of herons, causing one of its engines to shoot out flames after birds were sucked in. Other birds… Continue Reading →
A group of leading Rebbes and Rabbanim met Monday with Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel in his office in Yerushalayim to plead with him not to advance reforms he is initiating… Read more » The post Communications Minister Disparages Leading Rabbanim… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The following is a true incident. The names and genders may have been changed to protect the innocent. Regardless, there is much halacha that may be learned here. Remember: The aim of the yavanim… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com The following questions were posed to Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita regarding Chanukah by Rav Yitzchok OhevTzion. Q: The Mishna Brurah in 671:9 writes that a woman does not light Chanukah candles because “Ishto k’Gufo”… Continue Reading →
Michigan’s number of hospitalized adults with confirmed COVID-19 cases reached a new pandemic high Monday, nearing 4,200 as the state continued to confront surging infections. The total of 4,185 cases surpassed the previous record of 4,158, which was set seven… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This article is going to be controversial, but, here goes. Go to Eretz Yisroel for Chanukah, and you will see Lucite and or glass boxes containing Menorahs for outside lightings. There is, however, a… Continue Reading →
The COVID-19 Omicron variant was detected in the Netherlands before two flights arrived from South Africa last week carrying the virus, Dutch health officials said on Tuesday. At least 14… Read more » The post Omicron Variant Detected in the… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The answer is no – if that is the intention. The reason is that one may not benefit from the Chanukah candles. But there is a case that is of great interest. There was… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of Chanukah kits comprising menorahs, candles, dreidels, chocolate gelt and siddurim have been sent by Israel’s kiruv organization Yad L’Achim to Jews in Arab countries, among them Iraq, Yemen, and… Read more » The post Yad L’Achim Sends Chanukah Kits… Continue Reading →
The National Labor Relations Board has ordered a new union election for Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama based on objections to the first vote that took place in April. The move, announced Monday, is a major blow to Amazon, which… Continue Reading →
Israel on Monday protested the United Nations marking the 74th anniversary of the historic vote on the partition plan, which called for a Jewish State alongside an Arab one in… Read more » The post Israel’s Envoy to U.N. Says… Continue Reading →