Mortgage Rates Hit Their Highest Point Since 2000
Mortgage rates jumped Monday, following a rise in bond yields driven by investors’ concerns that high interest rates and inflation will linger longer than expected. The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage hit 7.48%, the highest level since November 2000, according to Mortgage News Daily. It has risen 29 basis points in just the past week. […]
Rite Aid Plans To Shut Down Hundreds Of Stores In Bankruptcy, Wall Street Journal Reports
Rite Aid is negotiating with creditors over the terms of a bankruptcy plan that would include liquidating a substantial portion of its more than 2,100 drugstores, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the talks. The company has proposed to close roughly 400 to 500 stores in bankruptcy, and either sell […]
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Mishpacha Magazine: The True Goal of Mesirus Nefesh
Put differently, true mesirus nefesh is not self-reduction; it is self-expansion, an opportunity to push oneself beyond the limits one assumes for oneself. Is self-sacrifice a virtue? Our instinctive answer to that question is, “But of course. It must be!” When we consider our overwhelming duties — the lion’s share of our time, money, and emotion that we […]
Erev Yom Kippur: Over 2 Million People Participated In Selichos At The Kotel through Aseres Ymei Teshuva (Video)
Erev Yom Kippur: Over 2 million people participated in Selichot at the Western Wall during the month of Elul and the Ten Days of Repentance. At the Western Wall, preparations are underway to receive tens of thousands of worshippers who will arrive during the night for the central Selichot on the eve of Yom Kippur […]
Tropical Storm Ophelia Sweeps Through Maryland Bringing Heavy Rain and Wind Gusts; State of Emergency Declared
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 23, 2023 – Tropical Storm Ophelia brought significant rainfall and strong wind gusts to central and southern Maryland, prompting a flood watch to be issued through early Sunday. The storm, after making landfall in North Carolina, moved across Virginia and reached Maryland, bringing 2 to 5 inches of rain in a […]
Poll: Most Israelis Favor Saudi Peace Deal, Even At A Cost Of Concessions To PA
A Channel 12 News poll published on Friday found that a majority of Israelis are in favor of a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, even if it includes significant concessions to the Palestinian Arabs. The majority of respondents (39%) said they would support a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia – even if it included significant concessions to […]
Bring Your Shabbos Table Alive with Your Own Copy of ‘TableTalk’: Ha'azinu 5784/2023
Baltimore, MD – Sept. 2023 – Every Shabbos table offers every Jewish family an incredible opportunity by which they can share their joy for Shabbos, for Yiddishkeit and for HaShem with their children. Unfortunately, our schedules are hectic and many people don’t have the time to prepare themselves to utilize the Shabbos table to its […]
Biden Administration Makes Move To Strike Medical Bills From Credit Reports
The Biden administration wants to stop medical debt from hurting Americans’ credit scores. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced this week that it has begun a rulemaking process to remove medical bills from Americans’ credit reports. For years, medical debt has harmed people’s credit scores. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is announcing plans to remove medical […]
Rising Car Thefts Contributing To Higher Auto Insurance Rates, Experts Say
Auto thefts have dramatically spiked across the country, and many fear insurance rates may continue to follow. Experts say nationwide auto insurance rates are rising upwards of 20%, mostly due to the increased cost of living, but also due to the increase in auto thefts. In Baltimore City, auto thefts are up more than 220% compared […]
