Rocket sirens sounded in the city of Sderot and nearby Israeli communities on Friday evening. 15 Rockets were reported to have been fired from Gaza, and locals have reported hearing explosions.
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Veschanon:
As this coming Wednesday, is chof Manachem Av, the seventy-fifth yahrzeit of the Rebbe’s father, HaRav Levi Yitzchok, many of the stories that are related to him, especially during the final years of his life, bring out his firm belief that nothing – even the frost of the Siberian winter – can cool off a Jew’s connection to Hashem. The essence of a Jew is always warm to Hashem.
Singer Shalom Bernholtz has released a lyrics video for his new song, “Hazman Shel Hasimha.” The upbeat song puts you in a happy mood, and will get you dancing.
Two pressure cookers caused a scare in a Manhattan subway station Friday morning, causing train delays. The pressure cookers were deemed harmless, and surrounding stations found clear as well.
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (Shas) on Friday approved US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s request to visit Israel in order to see her elderly grandmother. On Thursday, Israel announced that Democratic Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib will not be allowed to enter Israel due to their support of BDS. On Thursday night, Tlaib sent a request to Israel’s Ministry of Interior to visit her “Palestinian” grandmother on humanitarian grounds.
Two teenagers were seriously injured Friday afternoon in a ramming attack near the entrance to the Gush Etzion town of Elazar, Magen David Adom (MDA) reported. The victims have been identified as a 19-year-old sister and her 17-year-old brother from Gush Etzion. The boy was seriously injured, while his sister was moderately injured. The terrorist has been neutralized.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe.
