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Question: The Gemara in Berachot states that the sages authored our prayers. Does that mean we didn’t pray beforehand? Menachem Via Email
When a person feels he can control the destiny of other people, he runs the risk of feeling self-important, significant, and mighty.
Many of the Syrian soldiers were not armed when ISIS captured and then slaughtered them.
Shoftim: The Line Between Murder And Apathy
By dvora
Needless to say, it was done and they formed a great relationship as his friend and mentor. He started attending services and volunteered his time all along putting on tefillin.
By dvora
He took me to a room filled with computer equipment and said, “You pray here for as long as you want.” I couldn’t believe my ears.
On Friday afternoon, Dov called Kalman. "Please make sure to return the keys for the car on Motzaei Shabbos," he said. "We have a bris on Sunday morning and we're all going. We also need the roof luggage bag."
UN troops fled their posts along the Syrian-Israel border after they decided it was too dangerous for them to do their job.
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
The investigation shed light on the movements of the drug traffickers operating under Hezbollah's direction in Lebanon and Israel.
On Chol HaMoed some work is prohibited and some is permitted. According to some opinions, the work prohibition is biblical; according to others, it’s rabbinical.
If there is a mitzvas minuy dayanim in the Diaspora, then why is there a difference between Israel and the Diaspora in the number of judges and their distribution?
Drug dealers suspected of aiding Hezbollah make inroads into Israel; smuggling attempts also included Jordan, Syria
No longer the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as President of Turkey today. As a result, Erdogan will continue driving Turkey down his Islamic path for another 5 years, as Erdogan consolidates the power under the presidency. His foreign minister and ally, Ahmet Davutoğlu, will be taking over as Prime […]
IDF soldiers fired warning shots at a group of Gazans who approached the border fence near Nachal Oz. The group distanced itself from the fence, and there are no reports of injuries.
PLO official Nabil Shaath made the claim in an interview...
Only time PLO seems interested in justice for Palestinians is when Israel is involved
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
The United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) has come under increasing fire in recent weeks for aiding Hamas in the terror group's war against Israel, with one advocacy group lodging a formal complaint against the organization. As evidence seems to continue to emerge of the use of the agency's schools and clinics as Hamas storehouses, […]
For years, Binyamin Netanyahu's views on negotiating with terrorists, and on negotiating under fire have been clear: In his defining treatise on the subject Terrorism: How the West Can Win, Netanyahu spelled out clear guidelines for dealing with the scourge of attacks on civilians. Amongst other principles, the then up-and-coming Likud leader said clearly that terrorists must […]
One Arab tried to infiltrate Israel and dozens stoned IDF troops over the Gaza security fence Thursday, as Gazans celebrated their "victory" over Israel by initiating low-level clashes near Kibbutz Nahal Oz. IDF forces responded with warning shots in the air. No injuries or property damage were reported.
Uzi Arad launches ferocious attack on Netanyahu, DM Ya'alon. Praises home front but says pols giving nothing but marketing spin.
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
An advocacy group has lodged a formal complaint claiming UNRWA has far exceeded its mandate by aiding and sustaining the psychological and physical assault on Israeli civilians and infrastructure.
By Robert Klein
Responsibility lies with both the UN and Hamas, and better commitments should have been demanded from both parties in the ceasefire.
Overnight another rocket or shell was launched at Israel from Syria.
More executions coming up in Gaza...
By Shalom Bear
With Hamas, fear of failure will keeps you on your toes, literally...
By Shalom Bear
Too much celebrating? Ismail Haniyeh moves from the sub-basement to an upper floor of Shifa hospital...
Gazans overwhelmingly support rocket attacks against Israel, but they prefer other methods of attack even more.
But the world is forever challenging our Jewish principle and our practices.
It's Rosh Chodesh Elul, and that means school has begun in the Chareidi school system.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Judaism is a religion of love but also a religion of justice, for without justice, love corrupts.
If this is how we play the game, we will lose. By that I mean we will lose everything.
The time immediately preceding Mashiach's arrival is likened to the birth pangs of a woman in labor.
Smitherman has witnessed firsthand both how damaging income inequality has been to the poor and how it negatively impacts families and communities.
“It was embarrassing to be asked, Why is Egypt right now a better ally than America? Why is Israel doing more than the U.S. to protect Israel?”
Has Netanyahu ever heard of Lincoln’s phrase, “You cannot fool all of the people all of the time?”
This shot may have come from a Syrian tank...
Reportedly, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have formed a bloc that seeks to counter Islamist influence in the Middle East.
One wonders how the IDF could be expected to so quickly determine the facts.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Hamas recently indicated to international press that it would continue building up its underground network while restocking arsenal, rockets and other weaponry
Is it because of corrupt values and lack of meeting opportunities that we have a shidduch crisis?
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
Iran vowed on Monday to "accelerate" its rearming of PA Arabs in Judea and Samaria, one day after it claimed that it shot down an Israeli spy drone over its airspace.
The case of missing U.S. yeshiva student Aaron Sofer, studying in Israel, remains unsolved after six days.
Almost immediately the audience began singing and clapping and continued almost without stop throughout the rest of the concert.
By Sandy Eller
“We are strong chassidic women and we take the name, we embrace it, and we own it.”
While there is no formula that will work for everyone, there are some strategies that if followed carefully and consistently can help our children – and us – gain the most from the upcoming school year.
By Ben Sales
After a month, should the quiet hold, Israel and Hamas will restart indirect negotiations in Cairo on easing Israel’s blockade of the coastal strip and disarming the enclave.
Israel’s political landscape awoke Wednesday to the latest ceasefire with a sharp round of criticism for Prime Minister Netanyahu, and jostling for position amongst senior politicians who have begun to smell the aroma of early elections, possibly in the first half of 2015.
Palestinian terrorists threw stones at Jewish-owned cars in the Wadi Joz section of Jerusalem Wednesday. Three children were injured and treated on the spot. A 22-year-old man was arrested, and police told Israel Radio the man has confessed to other incidents as well. In Shuafat, in northern Jerusalem, Palestinians threw rocks at the Jerusalem light […]
Nearly 90 percent of Gaza residents support attacks on Israel, say rockets help 'deterrence'
Chaim Yellin: We don't want government support. We need quiet in the morning.
Israel is fighting the war that none of the Western world has the ability or courage to fight.
We risk our lives to help those who do what they can to kill to our people .
A baby was hurt when Palestinian terrorists stoned the car she was driving in near the Samaria community of Yitzhar this morning. According to reports on the Hebrew-language 0404 website, the driver of the vehicle escaped the scene of the attack and reached a nearby IDF base safely. There, the baby was treated for her […]
By Howard Zik
Twain grasped amazingly well the pulse of the Jewish people.
By Paul Miller
The entertainment industry appears divided about the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
By Batya Medad
Finish the job! Sayyem et a missima!סיים את המסימה!
Life after 50? You better believe it! Tips on how to prepare and enjoy life after retirement.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The majority of the reactions are against the truce, and all voiced skepticism about its viability.
Released for Publication: The IDF has released the names of the 2 killed by Hamas mortars yesterday...
Simon Wiesenthal Center called on US to denounce the rigged UNHRC Commission on Gaza.
Neither side achieved its stated goal: the Gaza blockade will not be lifted and Hamas will not be disarmed.
Make and launch your own rocket at home, just like Hamas!
Asher Schwartz, the JewishPress.com cartoonist lives 2 blocks away from the house that was hit Tuesday morning by the new Hamas rocket. All the windows in his apartment were blown out from the blast (and his neighbor's windows too). His ears are ringing. Keep safe Asher.
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
"The time has come for us to say, that our true war is not aimed at opening the border crossings. Our true war is aimed at the liberation of Jerusalem, Allah willing."
One of the seriously wounded people from the Hamas rocket attack on the Eshkol region has died...
Hamas and other Gazan terrorists fired 4,594 rockets and mortars at Israel...
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“We are in vital need of men aged 18-60 who are willing to donate platelets.”
“The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan…but the city…was perplexed.” – Book of Esther
The IDF has activated all the counter-terrorist teams in the town.
#BlocktheBoat failed again.
If you can't kill an Israeli, you can always kill your fellow Gazan.
If Netanyahu cracks, Israel about to pay through the nose for not finishing up the job of beheading, figuratively speaking, the Hamas regime.
No one wants to be rejected.
Never forget that anti-Semitism cannot happen in the largely Jewish-populated Upper East Side of New York, right? Never forget.
Israeli searchers for missing Lakewood, New Jersey yeshiva student Aaron Sofer have found some of his personal belongs near a trail, his last known location, but fears are growing that the 23-year-old youth has been kidnapped and/or murdered. Police and a dog unit have tracked the Jerusalem Forest area where he was last seen on […]
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MK MIri Regev (Likud) has called on Finance Minister Yair Lapid to annul a special tax, levied on residents of the Gaza Belt region, to build bomb shelters in every home. According to a report on Israel Radio, Regev criticised the government for “capitlizing” on the frustrations felt by residents of the south. The government […]
A forest fire is raging out of control in the Jerusalem corridor. According to reports on Israel Radio, six teams of fire fighters are battling the blaze near Shoresh and Ein Rafa, with an additional five teams working to put out a fire near Ma’aleh HaHamisha and Kiryat Anavim (Telz Stone). Heavy traffic is reported […]
Two men, residents of Galilee, began terror careers as young as 14. Arraignments this morning in Haifa District Court
Ashkelon residents in shock, Nahal Oz members take refuge away from missile-torn border region.
Strategic Affairs Minister: Hamas fires actual rockets, Abu Mazen fires diplomatic ones.
European Jewish Congress says local boys who go off to fight with Islamic State could come home, radicalize local youth.
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
Ofrah and Yuval went to take their children into the bomb shelter, "Suddenly there was an explosion and the whole house was filled with blackness..."
Notorious terror leader reportedly dies in Syria; unclear if death caused by stroke or terror attack
Qassam rocket fire from Gaza damaged a power line in the Eshkol region on Tuesday morning.
Stormy, we were expecting, one way or another, but a lot of rain will be a blessing.
This truce period will simply be a waiting period before a larger, more deadly war.
Israelis in Gaza border communities need to get out; who will help them?
The latest ceasefire plan is for a month. Hamas can barely even control itself for a day, and Egypt expects it to last a month?
A 22 Jerusalem-Arab in Wadi Joz, Jerusalem, arrested by police for throwing rocks at vehicles.
Welcome to Lifta spring. One of Jerusalem's best kept secrets. Green, water and swimming near the entrance to Jerusalem... if you know where to look. Great for a hot summer day. Lifta spring is first mentioned in the Bible in the Book of Joshua, as the water of Niphtoach. 15:8 And the border went up […]
Kiryat Shmonah municipality is directing residents to stay in protected areas...
11:01pm Kiryat Shmona (Code Red did not activate) 10:14pm Beit Hillel, Kiryat Shmona, Metullah, Kfar Giladi 9:10pm Iron Dome intercepted at least one missile over the port city of Ashdod -- a second missile landed in an open area. No word on property damage but no reported physical injuries thus far. 9:02pm Ashdod and surrounds […]
The US has been sidelined in the Middle East. Egypt, the UAE and the Saudis are the new police force.
October 30, 2026 
