In a significant blow to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor turned down a request on Monday to stay a massive $656 million financial judgment awarded to American victims of Palestinian Arab terrorism.
The Powerball jackpot climbed to $786 million after no players matched all six numbers in Monday night’s drawing. The prize now carries an estimated $786 million or $327.5 million in cash value, according to lottery officials.
Parents often spend sleepless nights asking themselves the same question: “What does my child need in order to thrive?” For many families, the answer has been Yeshivas Ufaratzta.
Under the current plan, the protected bike lanes will be placed on Kingston Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue from East New York Avenue south to Winthrop Street and regular bike lanes will be installed on Rutland Road and Winthrop Street between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.
Held each year on the eve of Chof Menachem Av, the event has become a highlight of the summer season in the Catskills, drawing Anash, Chassidim from various courts, members of the Yeshivish community, kollel yungeleit, and yeshivah students for an evening of Torah, Chassidus, and farbrengen.
Just weeks after the exciting announcement that a new mikvah would be added to the campgrounds of Oholei Torah’s Yeshivas Kayitz Program (YKP), the vision has already become a reality.
Today, on the 82nd Yahrtzeit anniversary of this great and holy man, it’s a perfect time to refresh our knowledge about Chof Av, and recommit ourselves to live our lives with this level of commitment, without compromise, and without fear or doubt.
There are those who stand in the spotlight, and those who help that light reach others. Rabbi Sholom Ber Eber, who passed away on June 29 (14 Tammuz) at the age of 78, belonged to the latter category.
Courtesy of Akiva Scheinberger, we present a gallery from Alma Ata of the Chabad delegation at the Gala Banquet.
In honor of Chof Av, the yahrtzeit of the renowned mekubal Harav Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, father of the Rebbe, Anash and community members came together for a special Farbrengen at Bais Levi Yitzchak in Pomona.
In honor of Chof Av, the Yohrtzeit of Reb Levi Yitzchak, the Rebbe’s father, Yagdil Torah has compiled a publication with Mishnayos and selected pieces of his Torah.
On the yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s father, Harav Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, a memorial plaque was unveiled at the Kyiv detention center where he was imprisoned 86 years ago by the Soviet regime solely for serving as a Rav and Jewish leader.
Courtesy of Akiva Scheinberger, we present a gallery from Alma Ata of the Chabad delegation as they read the Pan Klali Sunbday.
A fast-growing WhatsApp group was recently launched to encourage the daily study of practical halacha. Each day, participants receive a one-minute voice note covering a halacha from the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch, making it easy to incorporate practical halacha study into their daily routine.
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Egypt early Monday morning, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which added that the earthquake was at a depth of 10 kilometers.
Eligible teachers can now finance their share of the Keren Hachomesh Wedding Package through an interest-free Keren Levi Yitzchak loan, with no payments required before the wedding.
Showers are expected to become more widespread Monday morning, with the greatest risk for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms expected between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. While rain is not expected to fall throughout the day, individual thunderstorms may produce rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour, which could lead to isolated to scattered instances of flash flooding of urban, poor drainage, low-lying areas, and along quick-responding streams.
