Crucial Halachos, Rulings, and The All-Encompassing JPEG Pruzbul
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
By Torah law, (Dvarim 15:1-2) the seventh year or Shmittah year also causes all debts to become null and void. In other words, Shmittah does ...
Defying Ukraine’s wartime warnings, thousands of Chasidic pilgrims have made it to Uman for Rosh Hashanah (PICTURES)
UMAN, Ukraine (JTA) — As he jogged up a hill in this central Ukrainian town, a Hasidic man in a black knee-length coat flicked through a pocket prayer book. He was heading towards ...
101-year-old Is Oldest To Make Aliyah From U.S. In Five Years
JERUSALEM (JNS) - A 101-year-old woman who made aliyah from New Jersey last week is the oldest immigrant to move to the Jewish state from the U.S. in the last five years.
Stella...
Preserving The Children’s Shoes Found At Auschwitz
POLAND (JNS) - The International March of the Living announced on Thursday a global campaign with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial to preserve ...
PODCAST: How do we crown Hashem as our King on Rosh Hashana? (Concrete, relatable strategies)
Sarah Pachter is an international speaker and author. She has been featured on podcasts, Radio, and is a regular columnist whose work has been translated into several languages...
SARAH PACHTER: Hashem is not Santa Claus
Many of us approach Rosh Hashanah with fear and trepidation. After all, it is called the day of judgment, seemingly because our past actions and misdeeds are evaluated to determine...
Eda Charedis Declares Opposition To Light Rail Line Route Underneath Meah Shearim
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Beis Din Of the Jerusalem Eda Charedis has called on its constituents to express their opposition to the Blue light rail line's proposed route, set to cut...
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach says his longtime friend Mehmet Oz’s Senate run is ‘tragedy for the Jewish people’
(JTA) — The enduring bond between Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Dr. Mehmet Oz, forged under the supervision of Oprah Winfrey, has long been known as a textbook example of the Winfrey d...
British PM Meets With Yair Lapid, Says She Is Considering Relocating Embassy To Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — British prime minister Liz Truss met with Israel's acting premier Yair Lapid on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Lapid expressed his condolences and ...
POLITICS ROUNDUP: DeSantis sends illegals to Martha’s Vineyard. Biden says pandemic over. Ax-wielding lunatic released without bail.
Ultra-conservative Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is sending busloads of illegals to the home of Kamala Harris, as well as fancy Democrat neighborhoods. Now Democrats are furiou...
Watch This! Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel Shlita on the Shidduch Crisis
R' Gershon Barnet disscuses the Shidduch Crisis with Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel shlita, who presents a workable solution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzFeKt6tTA8
Rav Wachtfo...
IOC Chief Sorry For Not Honoring 1972 Olympic Attack Victims
JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of the International Olympic Committee apologized Wednesday for the organization's longtime failure to commemorate 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestini...
Netanyahu and Lapid Trade Barbs Over Maritime Border Negotiations With Lebanon
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu sparred with prime minister Lapid over the continuing negotiations over the maritime border with Lebanon.
In a clip re...
The Sweet History Of Honey Cake
NEW YORK (JNS) - Honey cake evokes a predictable set of associations: Brick-like brown loaves emerging from the oven to sit untouched on the Rosh Hashanah table, the epitome—and th...
84-Year-Old Holon Woman Brutally Murdered By Palestinian Terrorist Who Was Later Found Hanged
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On Tuesday evening an elderly woman was brutally attacked and murdered on a Holon street. Police investigating the incident concluded that the attack was actu...
Multiple Charedim, Including Jake Turx, Banned from Biden’s Oddly Named “Unity” Event
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Two well-known Charedim, and possibly other orthodox Jews, were apparently snubbed by President Biden last week.
Biden held a “unity” summit, but ironical...
Biden To Host First-Ever White House Rosh Hashanah Party
WASHINGTON (JNS) - President Joe Biden is bringing a Jewish High Holiday celebration to the White House for the first time.
His White House is hosting a Rosh Hashanah reception ...
CRISIS AVERTED: Canada Reverses Ban on Lulavim After Quick Response by Askanim (AUDIO)
CANADA (VINnews) — A massive crisis has been averted that could have impacted the ability of hundreds of thousands of Canadian Jews to fulfill the mitzvah of Lulav.
Thanks to Je...
THE DEFINITIVE RAP: The House Of Faith & Fashion; Interview With Tobi Rubinstein
NEW YORK (VINnews) — When we think about fashion, what comes to mind is the various designers whose style of clothing we admire. We think about the psychology of fashion, and what ...
Orthodox Union’s Rabbi Moshe Hauer Appointed by DHS Secretary Mayorkas to Faith-Based Security Advisory Council
The Orthodox Union (OU) — the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization — is pleased to announce that Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer was appointed on Monda...