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[Egypt Says Ancient Royal Tomb Unearthed In Luxor]( CAIRO (AP) — Archaeologists unearthed an ancient tomb in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, known for its treasures dating back to the pharaohs, authorities said Saturday. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said an Egyptian-British mission found the royal tomb in an ancient site on the west bank of the Nile […] [Read More »]( [Miss Tova Pinter ע”ה]( Family getting up: Thursday (1/19/23)AM Rabbi Shaya PinterFather Mrs. Chani PinterMother Mr. Dovi Pinter Brother Miss Bracha PinterSister Mr. Moishe Pinter Brother Mr. Shamshon PinterBrother Miss Nechama Pinter Sister Habachur Tzvi Pinter Brother Habachur Yechiel Pinter Brother [Read More »]( [Buttigieg Finds Himself In The Spotlight For Better Or Worse]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s transportation secretary usually holds one of the most public-facing roles in any presidential administration. A core aspect of the Cabinet job is to travel the country, doling out millions of public dollars and attending ribbon-cutting ceremonies for new bridges and overpasses and ports. Even by those standards, Pete Buttigieg has […] [Read More »]( [STRIKE THREE: More Classified Documents Found At Biden’s Home By Lawyers]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Joe Biden found more classified documents at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, than previously known, the White House acknowledged Saturday. White House lawyer Richard Sauber said in a statement that a total of six pages of classified documents were found during a search of Biden’s private library. The White […] [Read More »]( [That Chanukah Baby – a Halachic Analysis]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It was a Chanukah baby, born in Israel. But it was not just a regular baby. Sharon Alon Twitto, a 46-year-old Israeli widow gave birth on Chanuka to a son who is the biological child of her husband even though he had died over four years ago. Her husband, […] [Read More »]( [Maine Gets 1st Mega Millions Jackpot With $1.35B Grand Prize]( (AP) – Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize. The lucky combination of numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 […] [Read More »]( [Tens Of Thousands Demonstrate In Tel Aviv Against Judicial Reforms : ‘Poisonous To Democracy’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators thronged to the Habima square in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. In driving rain, the protesters spoke out against the judicial reforms being proposed by the current government. A large number of past and present politicians are participating in the demonstration, including Benny Gantz and Gadi Eizenkot, […] [Read More »]( [Thousands Of Israelis Rally Against Netanyahu Government]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the legal system and weaken the Supreme Court — a step that critics say will destroy the country’s democratic system of checks and balances. The […] [Read More »]( [Gas Prices Drop In NJ, Dip Across Nation At Large]( TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gas prices dropped in New Jersey and also ticked down across the nation at large, analysts said. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $3.27, down four cents from last week. Drivers were paying $3.37 a gallon on average a […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Army Kills 2 Palestinian Gunmen, Says Shot At Troops]( RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinian militants during a military raid in the occupied West Bank early Saturday, while a third Palestinian died of wounds sustained in a separate Israeli raid nearly two weeks earlier, according to Palestinian medical officials. The military said its soldiers opened fire in the […] [Read More »]( [Apple CEO Tim Cook To Take More Than 40% Pay Cut]( (AP) – Apple CEO Tim Cook will take a more than 40% pay cut this year from a year earlier as the company adjusts how it calculates his compensation partly based on a recommendation from Cook himself. Apple Inc. said in a regulatory filing late Thursday that Cook’s target total compensation is $49 million for […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Shalom And Sara Paltiel, Chabad Of Port Washington, NY – One Pen Stroke Changed My Life]( DOWNLOAD FOR SHABBAS READING By: Chaya Chazan While looking into various options for shlichus, we were seriously interested in one specific place. We spent a couple of weeks there – and loved it. As per the Rebbe’s instructions, we spoke to three friends who were experienced in this topic, and they all agreed it would […] [Read More »]( [Yellen Tells Congress US Expected To Hit Debt Limit Thursday]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Friday that the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit on Thursday and will then resort to “extraordinary measures” to avoid default. In a letter to House and Senate leaders, Yellen said her actions will buy time until Congress can pass legislation that will […] [Read More »]( [Rifts In Russian Military Command Seen Amid Ukraine Fighting]( MOSCOW (AP) – As Russian troops wage a ferocious house-to-house fight for control of strongholds in eastern Ukraine, a parallel battle is unfolding in the top echelons of military power in Moscow, with President Vladimir Putin reshuffling his top generals while rival camps try to win his favor. The fighting for the salt mining town […] [Read More »]( [Tesla Cuts Vehicle Prices In Bid To Boost Flagging Demand]( DETROIT (AP) — With its sales slowing and its stock price tumbling, Tesla Inc. slashed prices dramatically Friday on several versions of its electric vehicles, making some of its models eligible for a new federal tax credit that could help spur buyer interest. The company dropped prices nearly 20% in the United States on some […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Chaim Brander ז”ל Chaim]( Family getting up: Rabbi Ephraim BranderSon Rabbi Aaron BranderSon Rabbi Moshe BranderSon Mrs. Rochel DowekDaughter Mrs. Shifra WeisenfeldDaughter Mrs. Aliza DinerDaughter [Read More »]( [The Matriarch of TAG – Rebbitzen Toby Weitman a”h on Her Shloshim]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman One month ago, the Far Rockaway/Five Towns community lost an extraordinary woman. Rebbitzen Toby Weitman a”h, was one of the builders of the Torah community in Far Rockaway and the Five Towns, who personified a regal and quiet dignity. The Bais Yaakov she had built side by side with her husband, […] [Read More »]( [Speaker McCarthy’s Tidy 1st Week Disguises Trouble Ahead]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Chaos? In the House of Representatives? Republican Kevin McCarthy wrapped his first full week as House speaker in the most outwardly orderly way, with hardly a hint of the chaotic, rebellious fight it took for the Republicans to arrive here, having barely installed him as the leader with the gavel. The House […] [Read More »]( [Even As NY Nurses Return To Work, More Strikes Could Follow]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as 7,000 nurses return to work at two of New York’s busiest hospitals after a three-day strike, colleagues around the country say it’s just a matter of time before frontline workers at other hospitals begin walking the picket line. Problems are mounting at hospitals across the nation as they try to […] [Read More »]( [France: Girl, 3, Dead After Being Found In Washing Machine]( PARIS (AP) — Paris authorities are investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl who was found in the washing machine of her family’s apartment, prosecutors said. An investigation was opened Friday into the cause of death after the child was discovered in northeast Paris on Thursday night, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. A special unit […] [Read More »]( [Israel’s Outgoing Army Chief Rebukes Far-Right Government]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s outgoing army chief on Friday warned against plans by Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition to grant more control to pro-settler lawmakers and make other changes to the Israeli security establishment, joining a loud chorus of criticism against the most right-wing government in the country’s history. In several interviews with Israeli news outlets […] [Read More »]( [Trump Organization Fined $1.6 Million For Tax Fraud]( NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company was fined $1.6 million Friday as punishment for a scheme in which the former president’s top executives dodged personal income taxes on lavish job perks — a symbolic, hardly crippling blow for an enterprise boasting billions of dollars in assets. A fine was the only penalty a judge […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Blanche Kunofsky ע”ה]( Family getting up: Thursday (1/19/23)Morning R’ Julse KunofskySon R’ Velvel KunofskySon [Read More »]( [CNN: Biden Misled the Public, Looks Like He Has ‘Something to Hide’]( WASHINGTON (Yaakov M / VINnews) — In a stunning twist, left-leaning CNN quoted a source who said that part of what prompted AG Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel was the White House misleading the public and withholding key information. CNN cited a Justice official who said “the White House’s public statements earlier this […] [Read More »]( [$1.35B Mega Millions Prize Drawing Set For Friday Night]( DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mega Millions players will have another chance Friday night to end months of losing and finally win a jackpot that has grown to $1.35 billion. Plenty of people have won smaller prizes in the lottery game, but no one has matched all six numbers and won the grand prize since […] [Read More »]( [Tornado Hits Selma, Alabama; 7 Deaths Reported Across South]( SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Crews worked through the night searching for people trapped after a deadly storm system spawned tornadoes across parts of the U.S. South, killing at least seven people and causing substantial damage in the historic city of Selma, Alabama. Six died in Autauga County, Alabama, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of […] [Read More »]( [Three Kfar Blum Youths Killed In Horrific Galilee Car Crash]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Three youths aged 16, 17 and 18 were killed and two other people moderately injured after a late-night collision between two cars near the community of Beit Hillel in the northern Galilee. Initial police investigations of the accident revealed that the three youths, Uri Malul, Ariel Stern and Daniel Porat were returning […] [Read More »]( [I’m Cold, Shut the Window! Well, I’m Boiling, Open it! – Who Wins?]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 6tjt.com Two young women—by the initials of HM and AM—have been arguing over the same issue since they were in the third grade; they are now in high school. HM always wanted the window open, even in the winter. AM wanted the window closed. “It is cold in the winter […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Former Israel Supreme Justice Aharon Barak Places Tefillin After Contentious Mishpacha Interview]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In what has been viewed by many as a media gimmick, former Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak was photographed by the Mishpacha magazine wearing Tefillin. At the end of a stormy interview with journalist Aryeh Erlich, who said that “there were almost no agreements in the stormy and even fiery […] [Read More »]( [Watch Roy Neuberger on Shmos]( Connecting to Hashem when in the depths.. [Read More »]( [Study: Exxon Mobil Accurately Predicted Warming Since 1970s]( DENVER (AP) — Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists’ conclusions, a new study says. The study in the journal Science Thursday looked at research that Exxon funded that didn’t just confirm what climate scientists were saying, but […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Police Arrest Neturei Karta Member for Supporting Palestinian Terror Group]( ISRAEL (VINnews) — Police arrested one of the three radical Neturei Karta members who met with terrorists from Islamic Jihad in Jenin earlier this week. The arrest was on the grounds of supporting a terrorist organization and illegally entering Area A of Judea and Samaria. According to reports, the other two members may be arrested […] [Read More »]( [Shalom, Slurpee: Israel Gets Its First 7-Eleven In Convenience Store Chain’s Planned Wave]( JERUSALEM (JTA) – Yoav Silberstein, 16, waited an hour and a half to get into 7-Eleven’s new flagship — and so far only — store in Israel. Located in the heart of Tel Aviv in Dizengoff Center, the store opening on Wednesday attracted throngs of mostly teenagers hoping to get a taste of America in the […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2023 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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