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NEW YORK (VINnews) — After reading this story people may have second thoughts about their Coca-Cola habits. A Chinese man allegedly died of a fatal gas buildup in his stomach af...

NEW YORK (JTA) — A century ago, communists shuttered the synagogues of Tomsk, one of the oldest cities in Siberia. It was a painful blow, especially to the local community o...

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Michael Sidko, the last known survivor of the Babyn Yar Massacre which occurred in September 1941, who made aliya to Israel in the year 2000, received a medal...

POLAND (JTA) - Were it not for Rudolph Vrba and Alfréd Wexler, would the world today know the true extent of the mass murder the Nazis inflicted during the Holocaust? The two m...

GERMANY (JTA) - A female police officer allegedly wrote fawning letters to the imprisoned gunman who attempted to attack a synagogue in Halle, Germany on Yom Kippur in 2019. The...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The headlines blasted how in today’s vote on Iron Dome funding – which passed 420-9, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) both cried and changed ...

(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) It is a little known fact, but Rav Aharon Kotler zt"l did not just learn under the Alter zt"l and Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein zt"l in Slabod...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com There are at least 16 things that are a must know about Simchas Torah, and you may want to print this. EARLIEST SOURCE IS ZOHAR AND GAONI...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Most of our readers will realize, of course, that the topic is Hallel on Chol HaMoed.  There is a difference between the two Chol HaMoeds.  Wh...

JERUSALEM (JNS) - Nearly 50 years after the Yom Kippur War, the National Library of Israel has released a number of rare photos showing how the festival of Sukkot, or “Feast of...

KIEV (JTA) - Ukraine’s parliament has passed a law stating that “antisemitism and its manifestations are banned” in that country. The law, which passed on Wednesday thanks to a ...

KYIV (JTA) - A Jewish aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky survived an assassination attempt near Kyiv on Wednesday. Several shots were fired at the car of Sergey Nach...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A former school principal who was extradited from Israel after a six-year legal battle was ordered to stand trial Thursday on 70 charges of child sex ab...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com IMPORTANCE Chol HaMoed is a period of time that lies between Yom Tov and Chol. It is a time that should not be taken lightly. The Rambam (H...

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com SUKKOS – A TIME OF ALIYAH L’REGEL One of the aspects of the Yom Tov of Sukkos is the Mitzvah of Aliyah L’Regel. Three times a year the Jewish...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It seems to be a simple enough halachic question. But is it so innocuous? Or is there something more to it that is involved?  Does the ques...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com You are visiting a friend.  You are not eating.  What is the actual halacha?  Do we recite a blessing just upon entering a Sukkah or do we jus...

LONDON (AP) — Four men were charged Monday for allegedly shouting antisemitic abuse while driving around in a convoy in north London. The suspects, all in their 20s and from the...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com “Daddy, Can I have your lulav and Esrog?” The bas-Mitzvahed daughter has asked the question correctly on that first day of Sukkos.  She sai...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times Below we find some rulings from Rav Elyashiv zatzal in regard to both the Sukkah as well as the 4 Minim. Each of the Yami...