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[3rd Yahrtzeit of Novaminsker Rebbe zatzal]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Tonight is the third yahrtzeit of Rav Yaakov Perlow, zt’l, the Novominsker Rebbe and Rosh Agudas Yisroel of America. He passed away at the age of 89, a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic, r’l. What a grave shock it was. All of Klal Yisrael became yesomim. We still are. […] [Read More »]( [Unlike In Trump Case, Secret Service Kept This One Secret]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Secret Service agents escorted a U.S. leader to face criminal charges, they kept their mission a secret — even from their own bosses. It was Oct. 10, 1973, and just a few agents knew the history they would make in ensuring that Vice President Spiro Agnew appeared in a […] [Read More »]( [University Facing Class-action Over Covid Campus Lockdown]( DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit in which current and former students of the University of Delaware claim the school breached contractual obligations and unjustly enriched itself by halting in-person classes and shutting down the campus in 2020 because of the coronavirus epidemic. Overruling several objections by […] [Read More »]( [AP Fact Focus: Manhattan DA’s Record]( NEW YORK (AP) – Ahead of former President Donald Trump’s expected booking and arraignment in New York City on Tuesday, social media users are accusing Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, of having poor prosecutorial judgment in other cases. But some posts distort Bragg’s decisions, from falsely accusing him of ignoring a case his office […] [Read More »]( [Distraction, Speeding, Alcohol Drive Up 2021 Traffic Deaths]( DETROIT (AP) — Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, with deaths due to speeding and impaired or distracted driving on the rise. The 2021 final numbers, released Monday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, confirmed earlier estimates by the agency showing a 10.5% increase in deaths over 2020. That’s the […] [Read More »]( [22nd Yahrtzeit of Rav Pincus zatzal – 12th of Nissan]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus zatzal (1944-2001) was a remarkable tzaddik and baal mussar who inspired tens of thousands of Yeshivaleit, seminary girls, and Bnei Torah. He lived he in Ofaqim. In his early years, Rav Pincus learned in Beis HaTalmud in Bensonhurst under Rav Aryeh Leib Malin zatzal. His […] [Read More »]( [NOAA: Ian Was Cat 5 Before Weakening At Florida Landfall]( ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian briefly reached maximum Category 5 status before weakening to a Category 4 storm as it blasted ashore last September in southwest Florida, eventually causing over $112 billion in damage in the U.S. and more than 150 deaths directly or indirectly, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Monday. […] [Read More »]( [National Library Of Israel Expands Sephardic Heritage, Spanish-language Offerings]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – The National Library of Israel (NLI) announced the online availability of its Sephardic Heritage and Spanish-language resources. In time for Passover, these resources include a large selection of Haggadot in the Sephardic tradition, available for download. On March 31, 1492, the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella signed the Edict of Expulsion ordering […] [Read More »]( [One Man’s Mission To Document Mosul’s Jewish History]( IRAQ (JNS) – While ISIS has been driven into the shadows in Syria and Iraq, it continues to operate an active insurgency, particularly in rural areas. The Sunni terrorist group that committed the Yezidi genocide, ethnically cleansed Christians, sexually enslaved women and beheaded journalists, also destroyed countless archeological treasures. Iraqi historian Omar Mohammed, known for […] [Read More »]( [Family Of Dizengoff Attack Victim Donates Organs To Five People]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – The family of Or Eshkar, 32, who died on March 20 of a bullet wound sustained during a terror attack in Tel Aviv on March 9, donated his organs to five people. Eshkar’s heart was transplanted into a 65-year-old man. A 75-year-old man received his liver. A 52-year-old and a 59-year-old each […] [Read More »]( [Three Chabad Emissary Siblings Join Forces To Help Ukrainian Refugees]( UKRAINE (JNS) – Chabad rabbis may seem omnipresent around the globe, but it’s not every day that you see three sibling emissaries caring for war refugees. Enter the Stambler brothers. One brother runs a Chabad operation in war-torn Ukraine, and two others co-direct Chabad in Warsaw. The rabbis, who were born in Israel to parents […] [Read More »]( [2 Killed In Construction Accident At New York’s JFK Airport]( NEW YORK (AP) — Two workers were killed in a construction accident at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday, officials said. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, said the two workers got trapped under construction rubble at around 11 a.m. A spokesperson for the city […] [Read More »]( [Jerusalem Burial Cave Yields 1,800-year-old Gold Against Evil Eye]( ISRAEL (JNS) – Jerusalem, it appears, was the city of Gold even after death. That conclusion comes to mind as scholars ponder why young girls buried in Jerusalem in the Roman period were adorned with fine gold jewelry. The impressive jewelry found in a burial cave in Jerusalem was worn as amulets against the evil […] [Read More »]( [Palestinian Terrorists Open Fire On IDF Cargo Plane]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Palestinian Arab terrorists fired on an Israel Air Force cargo plane as it flew over Samaria on Sunday. Footage posted to social media networks showed an Israel Defense Forces C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft flying low, Arutz Sheva reported. Gunfire is heard in the video. The caption in the video says: “Soldiers […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu To Keep Gallant As Defense Minister]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reversed course and will for the time being keep Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in his post. A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office cited ongoing security tensions as the reason. Netanyahu announced Gallant’s dismissal last Sunday but did not send him the required letter giving 48 […] [Read More »]( [Trump Heads To NY Amid Tight Security Ahead Of His Surrender]( WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump flew from Florida on Monday aboard his private plane toward New York and his historic booking and arraignment on hush money charges. The nation’s largest city bolstered security and warned potential protesters it was “not a playground for your misplaced anger.” Trump’s motorcade from his […] [Read More »]( [Pension Protests Raise Tension Between Police, Demonstrators]( PARIS (AP) — French authorities see the police as protectors who are ensuring that citizens can peacefully protest President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious retirement age increase. But to human rights advocates and demonstrators who were clubbed or tear-gassed, officers have overstepped their mission. In the months since mass protests against the proposed pension changes began roiling […] [Read More »]( [A Court Ruling Has Transformed — And Limited — The Way New York State Can Regulate Yeshivas]( NEW YORK (JTA) — What should happen when a yeshiva does not teach its students the legally required amount of secular studies? And who should be held responsible: the school, or the parents who chose it? Both of those questions were at the heart of a bombshell ruling in a New York state court last […] [Read More »]( [4 Seriously Hurt In German Hospital Fire, Suspect Arrested]( BERLIN (AP) — Four people were seriously hurt in an overnight fire at a hospital in Berlin, including a patient who sustained life-threatening injuries, authorities said Monday. A man was arrested on suspicion of starting the blaze. The fire on the third floor of the Klinikum am Urban in the German capital was extinguished early […] [Read More »]( [Trump Faces Setbacks In Other Probes As NY Case Proceeds]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faces the most urgent legal challenge of his life this week in New York, where he’s set to be arraigned Tuesday on charges arising from hush money payments during his 2016 campaign. But as much of the attention will be on the courthouse in lower Manhattan, investigations from […] [Read More »]( [Israel: Iran Was Behind Drone Incursion From Syria]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran appears to have been behind the launch of a drone that was shot down over Israeli airspace this week, the Israeli military said Monday. The army announced its conclusions on Monday, a day after air force helicopters and fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the drone when it entered Israeli territory […] [Read More »]( [Parisians Massively Vote To Banish For-hire E-scooters]( PARIS (AP) — Parisians have overwhelmingly voted to banish the French capital’s ubiquitous for-hire electric scooters from their streets. The 15,000 opinion-dividing mini-machines are now expected to vanish from central Paris at the end of August when the city’s contracts with the three operators expire. The question City Hall asked voters in a citywide mini-referendum […] [Read More »]( [Florida Gov. Signs Permitless Legislation Making Florida The 26th Constitutional Carry State In The Union]( TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Floridians will be able to carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Monday, giving the governor another legislative victory as he prepares a campaign for president. The new law will allow anyone who can legally own a gun in Florida to carry one without […] [Read More »]( [Watch Live: Former President Donald Trump Expected To Leave Florida Ahead of Arraignment in NYC]( West Palm Beach Airport in Florida ahead of Donald Trump’s departure to New York the day before his arraignment in a New York courtroom. [Read More »]( [Russia Blames Ukraine For Bomb That Killed Military Blogger]( MOSCOW (AP) – Russian authorities blamed Ukrainian intelligence agencies on Monday for orchestrating a bombing at a St. Petersburg cafe that killed a Russian military blogger who fervently supported Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and arrested a suspect accused of involvement in the attack. Ukrainian authorities did not directly respond to the accusation, but President Volodymyr […] [Read More »]( [Lone Suspect In 1980 Paris Synagogue Bombing Goes On Trial]( PARIS (AP) — A Lebanese-Canadian academic who is the lone suspect in a 1980 bombing outside a Paris synagogue went on trial in absentia Monday, nearly 43 years after four people were killed and 46 wounded in the unclaimed attack. French authorities identified Hassan Diab as a suspect in 1999. They accuse him of planting […] [Read More »]( [Teacher Shot By 6-year-old Student Files $40 Million Lawsuit]( RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun and was in […] [Read More »]( [Habachur Menachem Blaustein ז”ל ×ž× ×—× חיים זאב]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:30 amMincha: 7:00 pmMaariv: 7:15 pm Mr. Yisroel Blaustein Brother Mr. Yossi Blaustein Brother Mrs. Tzippy Jenkelovits Sister Mrs. Michal HartmanSister [Read More »]( [SHOCKING: 6 Israeli Arabs Arrested For Abducting, Drugging And Raping 13-Year-Old Jewish Girl]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a shocking and sickening incident which occurred recently in central Israel, six Arab men allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted a teenage Israeli girl. The six suspects are all adults from the Israeli Arab town of Jisr az-Zarqa and Arab villages in the Wadi Ara area near Hadera. On Sunday, Israeli police announced […] [Read More »]( [Biden Proclaims ‘National Education Day’ On Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Birthday]( WASHINGTON (JNS) – Nearly half a century ago, the U.S. Congress proclaimed 1978 as a year of education, and over the next four and half decades the president has annually proclaimed Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s Hebrew birthday, the 11th of Nissan, as education day in his honor. Now, following the bipartisan tradition, U.S. President Joe […] [Read More »]( [CRAZY: Belgian Man Commits Suicide After AI Chatbot Urges Him To ‘Sacrifice Himself For Climate Change’]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — In an incident which amplifies the dangers of addiction to artificial intelligence, a Belgian man recently died by suicide after allegedly spending weeks talking and connecting with an AI chatbot, according to his widow. The man, anonymously referred to as Pierre, was consumed by a pessimistic outlook on climate change, Belgian […] [Read More »]( [The Emergency Hagaddah for the Medical Professional on a Call and the Dangerously Ill – UPDATED!]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com What follows is what can be called, “The Emergency Hagaddah.” It is for medical professionals on a call or the dangerously ill only. Only use it with permission of your Rabbi or Posaik. A medical professional can be a doctor, a nurse, a paramedic, a Hatzollah person, or an […] [Read More »]( [IDF Officers Join Iftar Meal Near Hevron With Local Leaders, Outraging Terror Groups]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Ramadan month has been a focal point for increased terror incidents in Israel and abroad in recent years. Shin Bet director Ronen Bar warned Sunday that the security agency is dealing with an unprecedented number of terror attack warnings, indicating that the motivation to perpetrate attacks remains as strong as ever. […] [Read More »]( [Australian Jury Finds Malka Leifer Guilty Of Raping And Abusing Two Former Students]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Malka Leifer, the former principal of a chareidi Jewish school in Melbourne, has been found guilty of sexually abusing two former students after a 15-year campaign for her to face justice. After a six-week trial in the County Court of Victoria, a jury on Monday found Leifer, 56, guilty of charges […] [Read More »]( [Rav Chaim Kanievsky’s Son-in-law and “Bless and Be Blessed”]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Recently, I ran into Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal’s son in law, Rav Yitzchok Koledetsky shlita lbc”l, who was leaving the Vasikin minyan in the Agudah shul before davening had finished. Where was he headed in the middle of davening? I had previously translated for him at a number of schools […] [Read More »]( [Chat GPT Programmed to Show Bias: anti-Trump and pro- Biden]( Vinnews Staff (New York) – This is a tale of two poems. Vin staff asked AI App Chat GPT two almost identical instructions: Write a poem about President Biden set to the tune of Gilligan’s Island Write a poem about President Trump set to the tune of Gilligan’s Island Here were the two results: BIDEN […] [Read More »]( [EXCLUSIVE: Avi Schick Discusses the Recent Court Victory for Yeshivas Against New York’s Education Restrictions]( NEW YORK (VIN Podcast) — In this powerful exclusive interview, renowned lawyer Avi Schick, who has led the court battle for yeshivas against NYS’s education department, explains the recent legal victory for yeshivas and orthodox parents, which may cripple the ability of the state to penalize or target yeshivas. For years, Avi Schick has been […] [Read More »]( [South Korea, US, Japan Hold Anti-north Korea Submarine Drill]( SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean, U.S. and Japanese navies began their first anti-submarine drills in six months on Monday to boost their coordination against increasing North Korean missile threats, South Korea’s military said. The two-day drills come as North Korea’s recent unveiling of a type of battlefield nuclear warhead prompted worries the […] [Read More »]( [Belz Chasidim Organize Worldwide Prayers On Sunday For Rebbe’s Recovery: ‘Let Us Cry To Hashem’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the Belzer Rebbe’s health issues over the past few weeks, chasidim have called for a worldwide prayer vigil to take place at 6:30 PM Israel time (11:30 Eastern Time). The chasidus announced that “in light of the call by the Rav Hatzadik [Rav Aharon Mordechai Rokeach, the only […] [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](.