יום רביעי, כ״ד חשוון תשפ״זWednesday, November 4, 2026
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When the young man awoke, he did not know where he was. As he looked around, the princess looked out and saw him.
He wondered what it was like to live in Israel, to be religious.
By Sandy Eller
The Open Kitchen is so appealing you practically want to eat the pages as you turn them.
By Rhona Lewis
A woman who knows that her family is financially stable is a happy, relaxed mother.
In reality, Baruch is one of many children who can be described as twice-exceptional. He is both gifted and struggling with a learning disability.
By Yaffa Ganz
Since there is no "happenstance" in our world, we can only say that something of great import is taking place in the Holy Land.
Alternatively, you can try your absolute hardest to listen whenever she says anything.
As queen of the Maghreb, Aures Damia reigned in peace and prosperity until 702.
Some yeshivish couples do not believe in going out with other couples, but that does not mean that the women cannot have social lives.
Sometimes when Chazal say that two different people are really one, they do not mean it literally, but rather figuratively.
The JewishPress.com staff want to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a quiet and peaceful Shabbat Shalom.
5:53pm Shabbat Shalom from the Israel staff. 5:21 Shaar HaNegev....Sedot HaNegev alerts. 5:04pm Multiple rockets shot at Shaar Hanegev. 4:58pm More rockets. ..Shaar HaNegev and Sedot Negev. 4:55pm Rockets shot at Sedot Negev and Shaar HaNegev. 4:28pm Eshkol. 3:40pm Bnei Shimon Region 3:38pm Ein HaShlosha 3:27PM Rocket Alert Beer Sheva, Omer, Bnei Shimon region, Ofakim, […]
Diana Bhutto, Arab 'human rights' lawyer, lies repeatedly and completely on national television.
Only in Israel: Silent Radio for Shabbat - no talking or music, and only rocket alerts.
Jameel asks if Israel has a moral obligation to shoot down Hamas rockets that will hit Palestinian Authority civilians. What do you think?
By Shalom Bear
The Lebanese Army discovered that 6 rockets were supposed to have launched at Israel
By JoeSettler
Peter Beinart asks that American rabbis lead prayers for Palestinian dead. JoeSettler agrees with Beinart...
By Shalom Bear
Injured from Gazan rocket following direct hit on a gas station in Ashdod.
A rocket was fired into Israel from Lebanon on Friday morning. It landed in the upper Gallilee. Israel believes it was an indpendent terrorist group and not Hebollah that fired the rocket. Israel fired back with artillery at the source of fire.
We hit their missiles in mid-air with computer-guided projectiles invented and built by Jews' between rounds of rigorous scientific education or yeshiva study.
Militarized residential areas become legitimate targets under international law.
An expert discusses the mistakes gamblers make and how to play safely at casinos.
The midrash says that Pinchas, (this parsha), and Eliyahu, prophet of Kings, are one and the same.
Israeli police announce search is over, there was no infiltration into Eilat.
This is disturbing. Necessary. But disturbing.
1:24am (Friday) Code Red alert: Ashkelon, Ashkelon Coastal Region ---------------- 140 rockets and missiles struck Israel in the past 24 hours, 44 intercepted by Iron Dome, IDF struck some 222 targets across the Gaza region according to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. Among these were several Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists involved in rocket attacks […]
Moshe Feiglin won't let anyone call an IDF soldier a "murderer".
White House Spokeswoman: Hamas responsible for current situation, Israel trying to limit harm to innocent civilians.
DM Yaalon: IDF has hit Hamas, other terrorist organizations in Gaza very hard; militants' homes targeted
By Alan Magill
The simple act of kindness should be the reward itself. Anything more in the form of a reward is gravy.
"It is sometimes possible through hataras nedarim, nullification of vows," replied Rabbi Dayan, "but it's not simple for charity pledges.
The kohen gadol may not enter the Temple unless his hair is cut every seven days.
A Gazan rocket hits a parked car.
A Gazan mortar injured 2 people.
We need to understand why Moshe Rabbeinu decided to ask that his sons inherit his position after this new halacha was introduced.
The shrapnel from the rocket's explosion shot into the house, but the family had wisely gone into the bomb shelter.
How will all this end? Hamas seems to think it will be Netanyahu who will blink first.
By Farley Weiss
There is a major moral distinction that needs to be taken into account when one considers the murders of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Frankel and the murder of Palestinian teen Muhammad Abu Khdeir. The difference is that the Palestinian Authority has embraced such mass murderers as heroes and Israel punishes all […]
By Jeff Leb
"a groundbreaking shift toward equitable and efficient treatment of our most vulnerable children"
That rescued little boy is Israel’s former chief rabbi, Israel Meir Lau, now chief rabbi of Tel Aviv.
An SRO crowd recently celebrated the 22nd Anniversary Breakfast of Congregation Bais Naftoli, honoring Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell and community leader and philanthropist Ira Frankel.
"After all, we must remember that God isn’t our ‘employee.’ He doesn't always do as we wish.”
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Ancient Cities, Ancient Walls (Megillah 3b-4a)
Question: I recently returned from a trip abroad and wanted to say HaGomel. When I mentioned this to the officers of my synagogue, however, they told me – as per the instructions of the synagogue’s rabbi – that I would have to wait until Shabbos to do so. I was not given any reason for this and did not wish to display my ignorance, so I quietly acquiesced. Can you please explain why I had to wait? Name Withheld (Via E-Mail)
Party of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's great peace maker, accuses Israel of creating 'death camps'
Moshe served dual major roles for bnei Yisrael. He was their teacher and their leader.
Israelis dodge bullets to become leaders in nearly all fields. Palestinians use aid money to build rocket launchers.
Water: a fluid with life-giving force, a thin liquid even a trickle of which can assure survival. Crops, fields, land, people – we all need water. We need water for growth, for purity, for beauty, for subsistence. What do we do when water sources are depleted? We have learned not to behave like the young […]
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By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
Jerusalem: The historic and spiritual capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
Palestinians reporting extensive damage in Gaza, but will not acknowledge death of senior Rocket Corps officer
An opinion recorded in the Talmud states that prayers correspond to the daily sacrifices offered in the Temple that are mentioned in this week’s portion (Berachot 26b, Numbers 28:4). It’s been argued that this opinion may be the conceptual base for our standardized prayer. Since sacrifices had detailed structure, our prayers also have a set text. […]
In letter to foreign govt's Liberman spells out Hamas war crimes and asks for international support
Immediately end the occupation and declare Israeli sovereignty over the entire Jewish Homeland.
Palestinian patients fear returning to Gaza, say they are embarrassed by Hamas actions.
Police find and stop a massive car bomb before it could be detonated.
PM Netanyahu said that the lawyers won't let him shut off Gaza's water and electricity.
Hundreds of Jordanian Arabs (aka Palestinians) protested in front of Israel's embassy in Jordan against Operation Protective Edge.
A home video caught a Hamas command center (embedded in a civilian area) being blown up.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Hamas threatens Suicide Bombers everywhere.
Due to the security situation in southern Israel, the Economy Ministry has opened a hotline.
By JoeSettler
Iron Dome isn't a solution, its a symptom of the problem.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The UN Security Council is scheduled to convene later today to discuss the situation in Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Gazan terrorists continued to fire rockets at Israeli civilian targets throughout the night.
Here is a first person shooter view of the gun battle between the Israeli Navy and the Hamas frogmen on the beach at Zikim on June 8.
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyah, "Yes, we are a people that yearns for death, just as our enemies yearn for life." Gotta love his honesty.
Didn't your mother tell you not to jump on the bed? I know there's not much to do while hanging out in the bomb shelter as Gazan rockets land on your town. These kids look particularly bored. I think they need board games, not bored games. Anyway, the ceilings in this bomb shelter aren't that […]
Volunteers came to help build the site now called Givat v'Gaon, to honor the memory of Gilad, Eyal and Naftali.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai is joined by Knesset insider Jeremy Saltan to talk about the situation in the government including the dissolving of the Likud-Beiteinu coalition and also preparing for an operation in Gaza.
Some good friends of Israel in the US congress introduced the Naftali Fraenkel Reward Bill.
11:35 pm Iron Dome Intercepts. Residents hear 10 explosions overhead in Ashdod. 40 rockets launched at Israel in latest Gaza barrage. 11:29 pm Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malachi, Eshkol, Beer Tuvia, Hof Ashkelon, Yoav, Lachish, Shafir 11:26 pm Ashdod - sirens. And previous list again for a 2nd round. 11:22 pm Multiple sirens: Kiryat Malachi, Beer […]
Hamas is trying to infiltrate into Jewish communities and commit a massacre.
Home Front Command has issued security instructions to keep the people of Be'er Sheva safe during the current situation.
By Lauri Regan
On which planet is Obama living on when making ridiculous pronouncements on the Middle East?
By Irwin Cohen
Zimmer was popular with veteran teammates like Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, Pee Wee Reese and Duke Snider – and with a rookie lefthander named Sandy Koufax.
This Is for the Zionists. for a people exiled from their land Time after time after time their crime was their ethnicity and so their history as a people has been filled with blood With blood and with tyranny, as nations and invading armies uprooted them, looted their homes, took away the songs of […]
Of course it is disingenuous to tell a person from a non-rabbinic, non-rosh yeshiva home to make an effort.
Far from missiles and mortar shells, Canadian Israeli Philanthropist David Azrieli has passed away at the age of 92.
By Sara Lehmann
Like all patriotic Americans, I cheered implementation of the Bush Doctrine to preemptively protect American lives from the perceived threat of WMD.
By Linda Todd
Watching the news reminds me of when I was in Gaza. I know that many people say that Israel bombs indiscriminately, but when you are on the ground there in the middle of a major operation, it is horrible. This is a picture I took of the American International School hit in Operation Cast Lead […]
Heavenly Father, for how long? How much more?
Kaplan Hospital in Rechovot has begun moving patients from the intensive care and cardiac units to bomb shelters, in accordance with the health ministry. The hospital also announced that dialysis patients will now be received at HaSharon Hospital in Petah Tikva.
No choice but to continue; Israel cannot reconcile to terror army on national borders
In fact, the two suspects were arrested by Israeli authorities – not, as the Times tried artfully to suggest, by Mr. Abbas’s Palestinian Authority.
Mayor establishes municipal war room to allow security forces to operate under all conditions
Formerly an attorney at the prestigious law firm Proskauer Rose for 40 years – six of those years as its chairman – Fagin holds degrees from both Columbia and Harvard Universities. He retired in 2013 to devote more time to the Jewish community.
US, Canada, UK and even UN slam terrorist rocket fire at Israel, say situation is untenable.
Palestinian Media Watch reported that Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement has admitted that the reconciliation agreement with Hamas is "as an opportunity to establish a united front to fight Israel." Writing in response to a Facebook question posed by, Ofir Gendelman, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Netanyahu - the post included a cartoon of Hamas and […]
What defines kana’ut these days? Throwing rocks at passing cars on Shabbos? Burning an Israeli flag on Yom Ha’Atzmaut?
Mushir al-Masri, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said Wednesday that terror groups in Gaza have patience, and that this is the time for rockets. al-Masri threatened that Hamas can force a new equation on Israel, and (Israel is) mistaken if it thinks it can empty our our weapons storerooms in a few days, […]
Deputy Defense Minister says Israel should hit Gaza harder, hints that military operation will be expanded soon
Mark Regev, spokesman for the prime minister, answers questions about Operation Protective Edge - sort of
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
There has been a 900% increase in the cyber attacks against Israeli government sites.
October 30, 2026 
