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[Ransomware and Lying]( [Ransomware and Lying]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman  In memory of Rabbi Yaakov Hirsch a”h, the author’s father-in-law whose yahtzeit is today, 23 Shvat.  QUESTION:  There are vicious and vile hackers out there who target innocent companies and shut out their computer systems and demand a ransom to let them back in.  There is a yeshiva that was hacked […] [Read More »]( [At Least 46 Reported Dead in Chile as Forest Fires Move Into Densely Populated Central Areas]( [At Least 46 Reported Dead in Chile as Forest Fires Move Into Densely Populated Central Areas]( DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have caused at least 46 deaths, Chile’s pesident said Saturday evening, and officials said at least 1,100 homes had been destroyed. In a nationally televised address, President Gabriel Boric warned that the death toll could worsen as […] [Read More »]( [Sick: Conspiracy Spreads Connecting Borough Park Wall Collapse to Chabad Tunnel]( [Sick: Conspiracy Spreads Connecting Borough Park Wall Collapse to Chabad Tunnel]( YORK (JNS) – More than 1.6M accounts have viewed a video on X that is said to show the collapse of Chabad headquarters in New York. In fact, the video shows the site of a fatal building collapse, in which a construction worker was killed, some 4.5 miles away in Borough Park. “Breaking: 60 […] [Read More »]( [Israel Issues Its Most Detailed Warning Yet to Hezbollah, While the War in Gaza Marks 4 Months]( [Israel Issues Its Most Detailed Warning Yet to Hezbollah, While the War in Gaza Marks 4 Months]( Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military on Saturday issued its most detailed warning yet to Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon that it would be “ready to attack immediately” if provoked, as it recounted its actions along the northern border during four months of war in Gaza and made a rare acknowledgement of dozens of airstrikes […] [Read More »]( [From the Daf – Why Didn’t the Rabbis Forbid Laining on Shabbos?]( [From the Daf – Why Didn’t the Rabbis Forbid Laining on Shabbos?]( Chaim Weber We find that chazal forbade us from performing certain mitzvos on shabbos due to concerns that shabbos might be violated. For example, reading Megillah, taking lulav or blowing shofar on shabbos are all forbidden due to concerns that one may want to consult an expert and come to carry in a public […] [Read More »]( [IDF Shows Underground Terror Tunnel With Elevator To Safe House]( [IDF Shows Underground Terror Tunnel With Elevator To Safe House]( (VINnews) — The IDF released Saturday evening footage from its operations in the northern Gaza strip, including a tunnel which had an elevator system operating in it leading to a safe house underground. The 5th Reserve Infantry Brigade combat team, operating under the Southern Command’s 162nd Division, engaged in combat in the Al-Shati neighborhood […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Alter Yachnes, Legendary ‘Rebbe Alter’ Passes Away At 75]( [Rabbi Alter Yachnes, Legendary ‘Rebbe Alter’ Passes Away At 75]( (VINnews) — BDE: Rabbi Alter Zvi Aryeh Yachnes, the famous “Rebbe Alter” who wrote numerous songs for children, passed away on Friday night at age 75. Rabbi Alter had been suffering from illness over the past year and was hospitalized at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital last Shavuos in the intensive care unit. He had […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Glikel Gutwein ע”ה Glikel]( [Mrs. Glikel Gutwein ע”ה Glikel]( getting up: [Read More »]( [Will the True Adar Please Stand Up?]( [Will the True Adar Please Stand Up?]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman  In memory of Rabbi Yaakov Hirsch a”h, the author’s father-in-law whose yahtzeit is today, 23 Shvat.  Years ago, in the late forties or early fifties, there was a Rabbi of the Touro Synagogue, a talmid of Rav Yerucham Levovitz, who appeared on a game show with two other imposter Rabbis.  The […] [Read More »]( [Why No Mention of Rosh Chodesh Bentching in Shulchan Aruch?]( [Why No Mention of Rosh Chodesh Bentching in Shulchan Aruch?]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman Written in memory of Rabbi Yaakov Hirsch a”h, the author’s father-in-law whose yahtzeit is today, 23 Shvat.  This Shabbos we will, b’ezras Hashem be benching Rosh Chodesh Adar Rishon.  It is a holy custom in Klal Yisroel, and one that he meticulously and lovingly reminded his wife and daughters to perform.  […] [Read More »]( [1 Dead in Borough Park Wall Collapse]( [1 Dead in Borough Park Wall Collapse]( – A construction worker has died after a building collapse in Brooklyn, the FDNY said. The worker became trapped after the collapse, which occurred Friday afternoon at the building located at 1266 50th St. in Borough Park. [Read More »]( [Tesla Recalling Nearly 2.2M Vehicles for Software Update to Fix Warning Lights That Are Too Small]( [Tesla Recalling Nearly 2.2M Vehicles for Software Update to Fix Warning Lights That Are Too Small]( (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly all of the vehicles it has sold in the U.S. because some warning lights on the instrument panel are too small. Documents posted Friday by U.S. safety regulators say the recall will be done with an online software update. It covers the 2012 through 2023 Model S, the […] [Read More »]( [Skyscraper-Size Asteroid Will Buzz Earth on Friday, Safely Passing Within 1.7 Million Miles]( [Skyscraper-Size Asteroid Will Buzz Earth on Friday, Safely Passing Within 1.7 Million Miles]( CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday. Don’t worry: There’s no chance of it hitting us since it will pass seven times the distance from Earth to the moon. NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies estimates the space rock […] [Read More »]( [Hospitalized Man Tells Japanese Police He Is a Highly Wanted Fugitive, Dies Four Days Later]( [Hospitalized Man Tells Japanese Police He Is a Highly Wanted Fugitive, Dies Four Days Later]( (AP) — A man who died at a Japanese hospital this week told police before he passed away that he was one of the country’s most wanted fugitives and had been on the run for nearly 50 years for being part of a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1970s, police said […] [Read More »]( [Friends Imprisoned for Decades Cleared of New Year’s Killing in Times Square]( [Friends Imprisoned for Decades Cleared of New Year’s Killing in Times Square]( YORK (AP) — In the early hours of New Year’s Day in 1987 a French tourist was mugged while walking with his wife through Times Square. The man, 71-year-old Jean Casse, struck his head on the pavement. He was pronounced dead soon after. Within days, police hauled in a pair of young Brooklyn residents, […] [Read More »]( [North Korea Tests More Cruise Missiles as Leader Kim Calls for War Readiness]( [North Korea Tests More Cruise Missiles as Leader Kim Calls for War Readiness]( South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday extended a provocative series of weapons tests by firing cruise missiles into the sea, as leader Kim Jong Un called for his military to step up war preparations and toured a shipyard. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the U.S. and South Korean militaries were […] [Read More »]( [A Tiny Orthodox Synagogue, a Relic of the Old Jewish Lower East Side, Struggles to Survive]( [A Tiny Orthodox Synagogue, a Relic of the Old Jewish Lower East Side, Struggles to Survive]( (JTA) – One of the few surviving congregations on a block of the Lower East Side once known as “Shtiebel Row” is in danger of losing its minyan, the quorum of 10 men above bar mitzvah age needed to recite certain prayers. If — or perhaps more likely, when — that happens, the small […] [Read More »]( [Tiktok’s Pro-israel Investors Face Conundrum as Platform Is Blamed for Fueling Antisemitism]( [Tiktok’s Pro-israel Investors Face Conundrum as Platform Is Blamed for Fueling Antisemitism]( YORK (JTA) – Last year, as fighting swirled over the Israeli government’s efforts to reshape the country’s judiciary, Israeli and American critics turned their attention to Arthur Dantchik, a Jewish billionaire who bankrolled a think tank behind the proposed reforms. After facing protests outside his Philadelphia-area home, Dantchik gave in. He announced that he would […] [Read More »]( [US Investigation of Tesla Steering Problems Is Upgraded and Now One Step Closer to a Recall]( [US Investigation of Tesla Steering Problems Is Upgraded and Now One Step Closer to a Recall]( (AP) – A U.S. government investigation into steering problems with more than 334,000 Tesla electric vehicles is a step closer to a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted Friday that it upgraded a 2023 investigation to an engineering analysis. The probe was opened in July of last year after […] [Read More »]( [Seven Detained in Turkey for Allegedly Selling Information to Israel’s Mossad Spy Agency]( [Seven Detained in Turkey for Allegedly Selling Information to Israel’s Mossad Spy Agency]( (AP) — Turkish police arrested seven people on Friday on suspicion of selling information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. The suspects, who allegedly passed details to Mossad via private detectives, were detained in a joint operation with Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, or MIT. Acting on warrants issued […] [Read More »]( [Several Dead as Small Plane Crashes and Burns in Florida Mobile Home Park]( [Several Dead as Small Plane Crashes and Burns in Florida Mobile Home Park]( Fla. (AP) — A small plane crashed at a Florida mobile home park on Thursday, killing several people aboard the plane and in one home, fire officials said. The pilot of the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V35 reported an engine failure shortly before the aircraft went down at about 7 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration […] [Read More »]( [Turkish Police Rescue Hostages Held at Gunpoint for Hours in Procter & Gamble Plant in Gaza Protest]( [Turkish Police Rescue Hostages Held at Gunpoint for Hours in Procter & Gamble Plant in Gaza Protest]( (AP) — Police have rescued seven hostages held at gunpoint for hours at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in northwest Turkey, local officials said early Friday. A gunman had sparked the standoff at the P&G facility in Gebze, Kocaeli province, in protest of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Governor Seddar […] [Read More »]( [BDE: Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker, Head Of Beis Matisyahu, Passed Away At 83]( [BDE: Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker, Head Of Beis Matisyahu, Passed Away At 83]( (VINnews) — Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker, the head of the Beis Matisyahu yeshiva in Bnei Brak, passed away early Friday at the age of 83. Rabbi Weisbecker had founded the yeshiva in 1982 and led the yeshiva until his death, educating thousands of disciples. He was also a member of the Council of Torah Sages […] [Read More »]( [Senate Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day By Focusing on Legislation to Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust]( [Senate Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day By Focusing on Legislation to Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust]( CAPITOL (by Project Legacy) — The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Gathering in the ornate Kennedy Caucus Room members of the US Senate including Ben Cardin, Bill Hagerty, Tim Kaine, Rick Scott, Mike Braun joined with ambassadors of various countries to observe […] [Read More »]( [Getting a Dental X-Ray? A New Recommendation Says You Don’t Need a Lead Apron]( [Getting a Dental X-Ray? A New Recommendation Says You Don’t Need a Lead Apron]( heavy lead aprons may be on their way out at the dentist office, depending on where you live. The nation’s largest dental association said Thursday it will no longer recommend the use of lead aprons and thyroid collars on patients who are getting dental X-rays. There are two main reasons for the change. X-ray […] [Read More »]( Get More VINnews Join our [WhatsApp group]( for breaking updates. Not on our email list yet? [Join here](. [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2024 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Vos Is Neias 600 Reisterstown Rd Suite 401Baltimore, MD 21208 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.