Israeli Security Forces Dismantle Chomesh Yeshiva's Electrical System
Israeli security forces on Tuesday demolished a number of unauthorized structures built in an outpost community established on the site of a former Israeli town in northern Samaria. Residents of living at the Homesh outpost, built near the ruins of the former Israeli town of the same name which was evacuated as part of the […]
Survey: Majority thinks Israel’s Covid policies harmed relations with Diaspora Jewry
A recent Israel-wide survey has found that over half of Israelis (58%) feel that Israel’s relations with the Diaspora have been harmed by the current government policy not to allow Diaspora Jews to enter due to Covid. Over 60% think that Jews living abroad should be allowed to come to Israel during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, […]
New Daily COVID Infections Tops 10,000 In Israel
A total of 10,644 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 were diagnosed across Israel Monday, according to data released by the Health Ministry Tuesday morning. The percent of tests coming back positive increased Monday to 5.51%, follow days of steady increases in the positivity rate. The infection coefficient, marking the rate at which the pandemic is spreading […]
Blankets To The Rescue – Volunteers Distribute Winter Blankets To Homeless In Ashdod
Ashdod – On Monday evening, United Hatzalah volunteers from Ashdod drove around the city on one of the organization’s ambulances and distributed warm blankets to the homeless. The volunteers partnered with Esther Ben Ezra, a staff person at the Ashdod Port Authority as well as numerous other donors in order to make the operation possible. […]
Giving An 80-Year-Old Another Lease on Life
EMTs in Ofakim save an octogenarian who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest Ofakim– On Monday morning at around 9:00 a.m., a man in his 80s who was sitting on his front porch on Hazemorah street in Ofakim suffered from a heart attack in his chair. When his family members found him slumped unconscious in his […]
Picnic Pesach, Shehecheayanu on Shechita
In Shmos 12:46 the Torah tells us that the Pesach should be eaten in one house. Regarding Pesach we can kler two questions. The first question is; did the people shechting the korban Pesach on Erev Pesach make a shehecheyanu on the Pesach? The second question is may the Pesach be eaten in a courtyard, […]
Knesset Approves Tax Hike For Sugary Drinks
MK Uri Maklev (United Torah Judaism) slammed a decision to approve a tax hike for sugary drinks, Kikar Hashabbat reported. The bill, put forward last year by the Knesset’s Finance Committee, was set to go into effect on January 1, 2022. It was approved Monday night by the Knesset plenum. Slamming Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu), Maklev said: […]
Sivan Rahav-Meir / The Daily Portion / Wanted: Flexibility
I spoke yesterday afternoon by zoom with staff of a school and learned that half of their teachers and students had tested positive for the coronavirus. Try to imagine such a mess. The principal gave the staff a simple message that helped me get through the day: “A person should always be soft like a […]
PM Bennett Eulogizes Pilots: 'A Difficult Night For Israel, We Lost Our Best Sons'
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday eulogized the two Israel Air Force officers lost in a fatal helicopter crash off the coast of Haifa Monday night. Speaking during a visit to the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan Tuesday afternoon, Bennett said Monday night was “a difficult night” for the State of Israel. […]
BWI Experiences Massive Delays And Cancellations Due To Weather, Other Issues
A mix of COIVID related call outs and winter weather caused some big delays today at BWI/Thurgood Marshall airport. Nearly seven inches of snow fell at the airport by 1:00 p.m. on Monday, which left the crews extremely busy dealing with all of that snow and led to a lot of frustration for travelers. “We’ve […]
