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[Who to Lein the Megillah Where? A Glimpse of Rav Avrohom Genachovsky zt”l]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It was a tale of two shuls. One shul was in Yerushalayim, the other in Bnei Brak. Both made a request of Rav Avrohom Genachovsky zt”l of the Chebin Yeshiva. Each needed a baal koreh for the Megillah on Purim. Rav Genachovsky had two young men available – one […] [Read More »]( [Israelis Protest Legal Overhaul Plans For 9th Week]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the country’s legal system, as the government pressed on with the proposed changes despite the mass opposition. The plans were proposed in January, weeks after Netanyahu’s ultranationalist coalition, the most far-right government in the […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Biden Nominee for FAA Chief Fails to Answer Basic Aviation Questions]( WASHINGTON DC (Yaakov M / VINnews) — At a Senate confirmation hearing this week, GOP Senator Ted Budd asked Phil Washington, President Biden’s nominee for Director of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), seven basic questions about aviation policy and related issues. Humiliatingly, Washington went 0 for 7, failing to answer a single question correctly, and […] [Read More »]( [NYC Police Seek Suspect In Hazmat Suit After Shooting Death]( NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police continued their search for a suspect wearing a full-body protective suit who shot and killed a convenience store worker in the city’s Upper East Side then might have tried to rob another store. Witnesses told police the shooter was wearing a white hazmat suit and a black […] [Read More »]( [Massive Fire In Spring Valley Kills Family Of 5]( SPRING VALLEY (VINnews) – Five people died, including two children, in a fire in Spring Valley — and five others were hospitalized, Rockland County officials said Saturday. The fire at 118 Lake St. was reported at 4:03 a.m. and firefighters had it under control by 4:40 a.m. But by then five people were dead, a […] [Read More »]( [1 Killed When Business Jet Encounters Severe Turbulence Over New England]( NEW YORK (AP) — A business jet was buffeted by severe turbulence over New England, causing a rare passenger death and forcing the aircraft to divert to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, officials said Saturday. Five people were aboard the Bombardier executive jet that was shaken by turbulence late Friday afternoon while traveling from Keene, […] [Read More »]( [Israel Nobel Prize Winner: ‘I’m Deathly Scared Of Charedim, They’re Against Education And Work’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During an interview at a cultural event on Shabbat in Beersheva, Professor Dan Shachtman, An Israeli nobel laureate in chemistry, blasted the chareidi public in Israel, using harsh language to describe them. “They are sitting on the udders and milking the State of Israel,” Prof. Shachtman said. “I am deathly scared of […] [Read More »]( [R’ Moshe Bertram ז”ל R Zev Moshe Ben R Yehoshua]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:42 pm [Read More »]( [Doctor: Lesion Removed From Biden’s Chest Was Cancerous]( WASHINGTON (AP) — A skin lesion removed from President Joe Biden’s chest last month was a basal cell carcinoma — a common form of skin cancer — his doctor said Friday, adding that no further treatment was required. Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the White House doctor who has served as Biden’s longtime physician, said “all cancerous […] [Read More »]( [Watch This Video on the Nuremberg Nazis and the Ten Sons of Haman]( [Read More »]( [Rav Nissin Alpert on Emes in the Parsha]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sefas Tamim Foundation Parshas Tetzaveh is somewhat unique. It is the only parshah after Bereishis in which Moshe Rabbeinu’s name is strangely absent. Bereishis, of course, all took place before Moshe Rabbeinu was born. (In Dvarim, the entire sefer begins with, “These are the words that Moshe spoke,” so […] [Read More »]( [Jewish Michigan Lawmaker Says Threats Are Constant]( DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan lawmaker who is Jewish said Friday that she and two other legislators were contacted by the FBI about an armed man who was charged with making death threats on Twitter against Jewish state officials. The FBI hasn’t publicly identified the officials. But state Rep. Samantha Steckloff, a Democrat from suburban […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Yenti Maimon ע”ה ×™×¢× ×˜× פראדל בת ר׳ יהושע אריה ז״ל]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:30 amMincha: 5:30 pmMaariv: 5:45 pm Mr. Leser MaimonHusband Rabbi Noson MaimonSon Rebbetzin Pessi LazewnikDaughter [Read More »]( [Amazon Pauses Construction On 2nd Headquarters In Virginia]( NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters in Virginia following the biggest round of layoffs in the company’s history and shifting landscape of remote work. The Seattle-based company is delaying the beginning of construction of PenPlace, the second phase of its headquarters development in Northern Virginia, said John Schoettler, Amazon’s […] [Read More »]( [HISTORIC: First Ever European Country Announces Embassy Move to Jerusalem]( ISRAEL (VINnews) — According to a blockbuster report, Hungary will become the first European Union state to move its embassy to Jerusalem. Hungary plans to move its embassy in April, apparently in a special gesture to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his Hungarian counterpart, Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The move is certainly a bold political […] [Read More »]( [“Bombshell” Discovery of ‘Darius the Great’ Pottery Shard Not Authentic]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel acknowledged on Friday that an inscription in clay found in the country’s south bearing the name of Darius the Great, ruler of the ancient Persian Empire, was not authentic. The shard of pottery in question was discovered by a passerby last December and caused a sensation as the first mention of […] [Read More »]( [Alex Murdaugh Gets Life In Prison In Murder Of Wife, Son]( WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — In the culmination of the once-prominent lawyer’s fall from grace, Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday after being convicted of murdering his wife and son. Judge Clifton Newman asked Murdaugh if he had anything he wanted to say before sentencing him to two consecutive life terms, […] [Read More »]( [White House Says It Will Not Meet With Israel’s Bezalel Smotrich When He Visits The US]( JERUSALEM (JTA) – Biden administration officials will not meet with Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister who called for a Palestinian village to be “wiped out” then backtracked, and who is visiting the United States next week to meet with leaders of Israel Bonds, a U.S. organization. At least five liberal Jewish groups want the […] [Read More »]( [OP-ED: Disrupting Israeli Democracy]( NEW YORK (VINnews) – The following opinion piece is reprinted with permission of Ruthie Blum, a Jerusalem Post reporter. Anti-government activists took to the streets across Israel on Wednesday to take part in a preplanned “Day of National Disruption.” It was an apt name for the endeavor, whose purpose was to impose the will of […] [Read More »]( [From Sinai to Yerushalayim: Nachman Seltzer’s New Book About the Incredible Story of Roy and Leah Neuberger – a Review]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com 404 Pages. 2023, Artscroll’s Shaar Press There is no storyteller like Nachman Seltzer. And there is no story like that of the development and growth of Roy and Leah Neuberger. Put them together in a manner that only Artscroll knows how to do, and you have a winning combination […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: R’ Yakov Horowitz – Smoking, Vaping or Hookah…Which is most dangerous?]( (VINnews) — As Purim approaches, renowned Mechanech Rabbi Yakov Horowitz posted a video, guiding parents on how to help their children avoid bad habits and prevent addiction–including smoking, vaping, hookah, marijuana, and drinking. “Smoking, Vaping or Hookah?” pic.twitter.com/AbEvub5QXm — Yakov Horowitz (@yakovhorowitz) March 2, 2023 [Read More »]( [DeSantis, Trump Set To Visit Iowa, Ramping Up 2024 Moves]( DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are each headed to Iowa in the coming weeks, making their first trips of the year to the leadoff Republican voting state as the 2024 campaign ramps up. DeSantis has scheduled events on March 10 in the eastern Iowa city of […] [Read More »]( [NY’s 1st Batch Of Marijuana Shop Licenses Is Doubling To 300]( NEW YORK (AP) — New York is doubling the number of licenses it’s awarding for a first round of legal marijuana shops, regulators announced Thursday, though only a fraction of the dispensaries already authorized have opened so far and a court ruling has put licensing on hold in some areas. Nearly two years after legalizing […] [Read More »]( [Smotrich clarifies call to ‘wipe out’ Huwara, says state must exact ‘heavy price’ for terrorism]( (JNS) — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich clarified on Wednesday remarks he made calling for the Palestinian village of Huwara to be “wiped out” in response to a deadly terrorist attack that killed two Israelis on Sunday. “To avoid any doubt, I did not intend to suggest erasing the village of Huwara; rather, to act […] [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? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.