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[The Sub-Text of a Most REMARKABLE Sfas Emes]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sfas Tamim Foundation At times, one needs to understand the historical context of what our Gedolim have said – in order to fully plummet their meaning. This is especially true regarding the Sfas Emes, who lived during very dark times.  In his piece on Parshas Vayigash (1884), this author […] [Read More »]( [United for Shidduchim Holds Event Next Tuesday]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is the fifth annual event for Shidduchim this upcoming Tueday, Asarah b’Taives – wherein a global community will be saying Tehillim in unison (Perek 121, 128 & 131) on behalf of all our singles. The call is that wherever you are, whatever you do, join in unity at […] [Read More »]( [Chaveirim of 5 Towns/Rockaway Answers Record Number of Calls Over Freezing Temperature Weekend]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com “The Proud. The Few. The Marines.” This motto could very well have been used by another group of dedicated few – the Five Towns Far Rockaway Chaveirim Volunteers. Last weekend a state of emergency was declared in the area. Nonetheless, Chaveirim 5T/FR was out there – answering a record […] [Read More »]( [Why Yehuda Solomon Might Be The Most Unusual Singer In Jewish Music]( NEW YORK (JNS) – Few singers can seamlessly shift from clean cantorial to meditative Middle Eastern, to greasy grunge. Only a handful can, with equal ease, quote the Baal Shem Tov and Eddie Vedder, the lead singer of Pearl Jam. Yehuda Solomon grew up in Israel’s Moshav Mevo Modi’in, aka the Carlebach Moshav, and moved […] [Read More »]( [NY Opens Its First Legal Recreational Marijuana Dispensary]( NEW YORK (AP) — The first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana in New York rung up its first sales on Thursday, opening up what is expected to be one of the country’s most lucrative markets for cannabis — underscored by the dozens of unauthorized shops that have operated in the open for years. Cannabis sales […] [Read More »]( [NYT Slammed on Twitter Over Latest Hit Piece Targeting Special Needs Chassidim]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Below are just some of the many tweets from outspoken Jews and others, blasting the vicious New York Times over its latest hate-filled anti-Jewish article published Thursday. Over the past 14 weeks, NY Times has dedicated 14 articles to attack the Hasidic Jewish community, by a team of reporters solely focused […] [Read More »]( [READ: Agudath Israel responds to Thursday’s NY Times Hit Piece]( Another week, another front-page attack on Orthodox Jews – this time targeting children with special needs and their families. The New York Times confirms, for the 13th time in just three and half months, its obsession with spreading misinformation and demonizing Orthodox and Hasidic Jews. At the same time, antisemitic attacks specifically targeting the visibly […] [Read More »]( [Hayalda Esther Caller ע”ה]( Family getting up: Tuesday (1/03/23)Morning R’ Yitzchok Isaac Tzvi CallerFather Mrs. Roiza CallerMother Miss Elka CallerSister Miss Sima Mirel CallerSister Habachur Moishe CallerBrother Miss Chana CallerSister Miss Goldy CallerSister Miss Malky CallerSister Hayeled Mordechai CallerBrother [Read More »]( [World Population Projected At 7.9 Billion On New Year’s Day]( (AP) – The world population is projected to be 7.9 billion people on New Year’s Day 2023, with 73.7 million people added since New Year’s Day 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. That marks a 0.9% increase in the world population over the past year. During January 2023, 4.3 births and two deaths are […] [Read More »]( [Southwest Says It Expects Normal Operations To Resume Friday]( DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines said it expects to return to normal operations Friday after slashing about two-thirds of its schedule in recent days, including canceling another 2,350 flights Thursday. Southwest is struggling to recover after being overwhelmed by a winter storm that left hundreds of pilots and flight attendants stranded out of position to […] [Read More »]( [Lack Of Info On China’s COVID-19 Surge Stirs Global Concern]( BEIJING (AP) — Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and that the government may not inform the rest of the world quickly enough. There have been no reports of new variants to date, but […] [Read More »]( [R’ Yankev Yechezkia Rubinstein ז”ל יעקב יחזקי’ בן ארי’ לייביש]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 am/ 9:00 amMincha: 5:00 pmMaariv: Following Mincha Mrs. Chaya RubinsteinWife R’ Yosef Eluzer RubinsteinBrother R’ Binyomin RubinsteinBrother Friday will be sitting in Williamsburg at 138 Hewes St, 11211 R’ Shlomo RubinsteinBrother Friday will be sitting in Williamsburg at 138 Hewes St, 11211 R’ Hershy RubinsteinBrother R’ Yisroel Yitzchok RubinsteinBrother R’ […] [Read More »]( [Biden Welcomes ‘Friend’ Netanyahu’s New Government]( WASHINGTON (JNS) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday welcomed the swearing-in of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government. “I look forward to working with Prime Minister Netanyahu, who has been my friend for decades, to jointly address the many challenges and opportunities facing Israel and the Middle East region, including threats from Iran,” […] [Read More »]( [Jan. 6 Panel Drops Trump Subpoena As It Wraps Up Work]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has dropped its subpoena against former President Donald Trump as it wraps up work and prepares to dissolve next week. Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee’s Democratic chairman, wrote in a letter to Trump lawyer David Warrington on Wednesday that he is formally withdrawing the subpoena. “As […] [Read More »]( [Who’s Who In Netanyahu’s Government]( JERUSAELM (JNS) – The following is the current list of ministers in Israel’s incoming government. It is the sixth Israeli government Benjamin Netanyahu will head. 1. Prime Minister / Benjamin Netanyahu / Likud 2. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Minister of the Interior and Periphery / Aryeh Deri / Shas 3. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development […] [Read More »]( [2022: Israel’s Population Rises 2.2% To Over 9.5 Million]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s population increased by 2.2% in 2022 to a total of 9,656,000, according to Central Bureau of Statistics figures released on Thursday. Of the country’s residents, 7,106,000 are Jews (73.6%), 2,037,000 are Arabs (21.1%) and 513,000 are of other denominations. The population increase dwarfed the 1.8% growth in 2021, with the difference […] [Read More »]( [Buffalo Roads Reopen As Search For Storm Victims Continues]( BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continued searching for people who may have died or are stuck and suffering after last week’s blizzard. The driving ban in New York’s second-most-populous city was lifted just after midnight Thursday, Mayor Byron Brown announced. “Significant progress has been made” on snow removal, […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Fire After Highway Crash In South Korea Kills 5, Injures 37]( SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A freight truck collided with a bus on a highway near the South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday, causing a fire that killed at least five people and injuring 37 others, officials said. It wasn’t immediately known what caused the collision and the fire and what cargo the truck was […] [Read More »]( [Massive Fire At Cambodia Hotel Casino Kills At Least 19]( PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A massive fire at a Cambodian hotel casino that lasted more than 12 hours killed at least 19 people and injured more than 60, while other victims were apparently not yet accounted for Thursday. Neighboring Thailand sent firetrucks and emergency workers to help cope with the crisis in the bustling […] [Read More »]( [South Korea Stages Drills Simulating Downing Of North Drones]( SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea staged large-scale military drills Thursday to simulate shooting down drones as a step to bolster its readiness against North Korean provocations, three days after the North flew drones into its territory for the first time in five years. South Korean warplanes and helicopters failed to bring down any […] [Read More »]( [Israel Swears In Netanyahu As PM Of Hard-Line Government]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday swore in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister of the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in the country’s history. Netanyahu took the oath of office moments after Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, passed a vote of confidence in his new government. The coalition, made up of Jewish ultranationalist and religious […] [Read More »]( [Russia Launches Massive Missile Barrage Across Ukraine]( KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Multiple regions of Ukraine, including its capital, faced a massive Russian missile attack Thursday, the biggest wave of strikes in weeks targeting power stations and other critical infrastructure during freezing weather. Air raid sirens rang out across the country. Ukraine’s military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said preliminary data showed Russia fired […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Launches 37th Israeli Government: ‘I Promise To Stop Iran, Expand Circle Of Peace’]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium at the Knesset on Thursday to launch his new government, announcing it would focus on three main goals. First, he said, it would prevent Iran from “developing an arsenal of atomic weapons that will threaten us and the whole world.” Second, it would develop […] [Read More »]( [ר’ יעקב יחזקי’ ×¨×•×‘×™× ×©×˜×™×™×Ÿ ז”ל]( Sitting Shiva at Niftars house in BP [Read More »]( [The Day After His Levaya, The Family Found Out R’ Yaakov Had Given Away His Burial Spot]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rav Yaakov Mendelson, a prominent Gerer Chasid who had joined Rav Shaul’s community, was a big Baal Tzedakah involved in many benevolent activities, but only after his passing last Shabbos did his family discover the extent of his acts of kindness. Rav Yaakov was born in Tel Aviv in 1949. His father, […] [Read More »]( [ABSURD: Terrorist Responsible For Murder Of 7 Israelis Got 150,000 NIS Cancer Treatments From Israel]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — When Nasser Abu Hmeid, a terrorist responsible for the murder of seven Israelis including Meir Kahane’s son Binyamin and his wife Talia, died in jail last week of cancer, Palestinian sources were quick to condemn Israel. The Palestinian officials from the PA claimed that Abu Hmeid was the victim of deliberate medical […] [Read More »]( [Israel’s New Gvt. Sworn In Thursday, Netanyahu Completes Appointments Of Likud Ministers]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Nearly two months after the elections in Israel led to a resounding victory for the right-wing parties, Israel’s new government was finally be sworn in Thursday morning. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu wished to conclude the formation of the government during the 2022 calendar year in order to maintain consecutive years of premiership, […] [Read More »]( [Noted Chicago Philanthropist Rabbi Morris Esformes Passes Away]( CHICAGO (VINnews) — Rabbi Morris Esformes, a noted philanthropist from the Chicago Jewish community has passed away. Rabbi Esformes had a strong connection to the Telshe Yeshiva in Chicago, as well as numerous local institutions who relied on him for his friendship and support. Rabbi Esformes passed away suddenly on Wednesday from a heart attack. […] [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? 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