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[Wordle and Halacha]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com A recent study about the online daily word-guessing game “Wordle” revealed that a significant number of Americans are cheating at it. The game was purchased by the New York Times in January and since then, cheating has been at an all-time high, according to a study done by WordFinderX, […] [Read More »]( [Iranian Hackers Leak Mossad Chief’s Personal Information]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Iranian hackers on Wednesday published a video on an anonymous Telegram channel featuring personal photos and documents allegedly obtained from a phone used by the wife of Mossad Director David Barnea. The video was posted on the “Open Hands” channel, which according to Israeli media was created on Tuesday. Its owners claimed […] [Read More »]( [El Al Planes Take Off With 17 Tons Of Equipment For Israeli Field Hospital In Ukraine]( Israeli cargo planes took off for Poland on Thursday carrying 17 tons of equipment for the construction of the country’s “Kochav Meir” (Shining Star) field hospital in western Ukraine. Earlier this week, a medical delegation left for the area to assess the situation and start preparing the site. Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals from […] [Read More »]( [Cleanup Begins After 7.4 Quake Shakes North Japan, Killing 4]( TOKYO (AP) — Residents in Fukushima and Miyagi were cleaning their homes after a sleepless night following a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off the northern Japanese coasts, smashing furniture, knocking out power and killing four people. The region is part of an area devastated by a deadly 9.0 quake and tsunami 11 years ago […] [Read More »]( [Some Survivors Emerge From Ukraine Theater Hit By Strike]( KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Survivors began to emerge Thursday as authorities worked to rescue hundreds of civilians trapped in the basement of a theater blasted by Russian airstrikes in the besieged city of Mariupol, while ferocious Russian bombardment killed dozens in a northern city over the past day, the local governor said. The strikes the […] [Read More »]( [Eli Beer From The Border Of Ukraine With 90 Year Holocaust Survivor To Israel]( JERUSALEM (VINnews/Eli Beer) – I was at the border of Ukraine and Moldova on Monday, attending to refugees at our soup kitchen. I met a 90-year-old holocaust survivor by the name of Mikhael and he couldn’t stop crying. He had to say kaddish for his father and he told me about his mother escaping with […] [Read More »]( [Chernihiv Governor Says City Suffering ‘Colossal Losses And Destruction’ In Russian Strikes]( LVIV, Ukraine — The northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv has experienced “colossal losses and destruction” amid heavy bombardment from Russian artillery and air strikes, governor Viacheslav Chaus said Thursday. Chaus told Ukrainian TV that the bodies of 53 people “killed by the Russian aggressor from the ground or from the air” had been delivered to […] [Read More »]( [Mariupol Misery Continues As Bombs Strike Theater Where Hundreds Sought Shelter, Tens Feared Dead]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — The besieged city of Mariupol on the Azov sea has seen some of the worst fighting and civilian casualties as Russia has relentlessly and indiscriminately pounded the streets with bombs in an attempt to cow residents into submission. On Wednesday, Russian aircraft targeted a theater where hundreds of people, mainly women […] [Read More »]( [Abducted Ukrainian Mayor Released In Exchange For 9 Russian POWs]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — The mayor of Melitopol, Ukraine, who was taken hostage on March 11 by the Russians after refusing to cooperate with their occupying forces, has been released in a prisoner exchange. The mayor, Ivan Fedorov, was reportedly exchanged for nine Russian prisoners of war captured by the Ukrainians. Fedorov disappeared after he […] [Read More »]( [How We Can Stop a Third World War – This Purim!]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Every expert is saying it. There is a strong likelihood that Putin can invoke the use of nuclear weapons in the conflict he had started. If he does do so, then the United States would be forced to use them as well – because if not, it would grant […] [Read More »]( [26 and 1/2 Things to Know About Reading the Megillah]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com MATANOS L’Evyonim Please give to a very worthwhile young couple in need of help The obligation is to read the Megillah at night and in the day in commemoration of the miracle, where they cried out day and night. The daytime reading begins at sunrise and continues until the […] [Read More »]( [The True Story Behind Purim Costumes]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com If you look outside today, you will see kids dressed up as pirates, as Chassidish Rebbes, as superheroes, football players, and almost any other costume you can imagine.  Indeed, even the non-Jewish mail people who deliver in Jewish areas are dressing up! It is surely not one of our […] [Read More »]( [What You Need to Know About Mishloach Manos]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are four types of people in the world: Those who prepare their mishloach manos many days before Purim; those who prepare the day before Purim; those who recycle mishloach manos that they have received on Purim itself; and those who do not fulfill the mitzvah at all. This […] [Read More »]( [Correlating the Nuremberg Nazis and the 10 Sons of Haman]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The correlation of Haman’s sons to the Nuremberg Nazis, y’s, is eerie. It is also what can be called an “emunah builder.” One could perhaps suggest that it is coincidence, but the combination of all of these coincidences in one area, particularly when they are otherwise unexplained, is perhaps too […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2022 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 7939 West Ridgewood Rd.New York, NY 10028 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.