The idea of the U.S. government breaching its “debt limit” sounds scary. But what, exactly, are lawmakers in Washington fighting about? The debt limit is a nearly century-old artificial cap that Congress placed on the U.S. government’s ability to borrow. Lawmakers have raised or suspended it nearly 80 times since 1960, but there is a […]
A vaccine mandate for New York City’s public school teachers and other staffers can go forward as planned next week, after a state judge on Wednesday lifted a temporary restraining order. The city had announced last month that school employees would have to get at least a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by Sept. […]
An inmate on a New York City jail barge died Wednesday after a medical emergency, the city’s Department of Correction said. It is at least the 12th death of a city inmate this year and the second this week amid what some elected officials and advocates have deemed a “humanitarian crisis” in the city’s lockups. […]
In a tense meeting with Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash on Sunday, hospital directors warned that their hospitals are nearing a state of total collapse. The directors said that
The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted use of the extra shots. The FDA authorized booster doses for Americans who are 65 and older, younger […]
The legendary Simchas Beis HaShoeva at Toldos Aharon in Mea Sheaim, which normally draws thousands of visitors on Sukkos, is closed to the general public this year. The chassidus announced
The Democratic Party on Tuesday removed $1 billion in military aid to Israel for the Iron Dome from a broader government funding bill after progressive members of the party threatened
Exclusive Men’s And Women’s Event At the DreamWorks Waterpark, located at The American Dream Mall. Thursday, September 23, 7:30 pm 11:30 pm Motzei Shabbos, September 25, 10:30 pm 2:30am Sunday,
When the United Nations rose from World War II’s rubble, its birth reflected a widespread aspiration that humanity could be lifted up and dispatched down a positive path — if only there was a coherent, informed, unified effort of good faith among countries and their leaders. That would require persistence, compromise and, above all, hope. […]
Thousands of people attended Birchas Kohanim at the Kosel on Wednesday, the first day of Chol Hamoed in Israel. The Israeli public is free to visit the Kosel on Sukkos
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times The head of a match is made of sulfur, glass powder, phosphorus and an oxidizing agent. When the match is struck on Yom Tov two things happen: • The first thing that happens is the friction caused by the glass powder rubbing together produces enough […]
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times “Hi. Have the Gabbai roll the Torah right after Friday morning Shacharis so it will be ready for Shabbos morning Shacharis.” “Yes, but it’s Yom Tov – isn’t that hachana?” “Ma, Ta, thanks for having us for this afternoon Seudah. Do you think I can […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times After Sukkos is SImchas Torah, where we beging the cycle of Torah reading again. The purpose of this article is to make available, in an easily understood format, the laws of “Shnayim Mikreh VeEchad Targum -Reviewing the Weekly Parsha” in order to spread the observance […]
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) Yom Tov is soon, and there will soon be discussions happening in the daytime. It can, perhaps, be called the Great “Schnapps vs. Wine” Wars. “Well, my father, and his father, had this minhag from Europe!” “Yes, but the Mishna Brurah, holds that -” “I don’t care what the […]
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) It is a question every wife asks her husband. “Can I give a piece of cake to little Yankel in the house? It is not raining.” The answer, in the long form, appears below. The pasuk (Vayikra 23:42) states, “You shall dwell in booths seven days; all the citizens […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are men who know that if they fail to bring home Binah or Mishpacha Magazine for Shabbos or yom tov, well – they may as well not come home. This is particularly true for a long yom tov. This, hopefully, is an exaggeration, but it does give rise to the following halachic question: The Gemara (Beitzah 15b) tells us […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Reb Yechiel Benzion (“Benny”) Fishoff Z”L, noted philanthropist & askan of klal yisroel. He was 97. Reb Benzion was the Chairman
Keith, a champion windsurfer, comes to Israel to race in an international windsurfing competition. After a near-fatal, yet life-transforming accident, he decides to turn his life around. But a dark
Written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rav Leibel Rand shlita heads an outstanding Kollel in the heart if the Far Rockaway/Five Towns Community, called “Kolle Avreichim.” This Kollel has produced remarkable products including: Founders of a world-class Mesivta Program – Shaarei Chaim (which just launched its own Beis Medrash program – with Talmidim coming […]
Dental work for seniors on Medicare. An end to sky’s-the-limit pricing on prescription drugs. New options for long-term care at home. Coverage for low-income people locked out of Medicaid by ideological battles. Those are just some of the changes to health care that Democrats want to achieve with President Joe Biden’s massive “Build Back Better” […]
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