יום שלישי, ח׳ תמוז תשפ״וTuesday, June 23, 2026
Follow Us
After living in Chicago for 50 years, the last 10 of which Zev Shandalov served as a shul Rav and teacher in local Orthodox schools, his family made Aliya to Maale Adumim in July 2009. Shandalov currently works as a teacher, mostly teaching private students and at AMIT Boys in Maale Adumim
Read More
You can rent an Airbnb place "human rights leaders" like Saudi Arabia, Yeman, Sudan but NOT in YESHA!
Do I think that we are headed towards another Holocaust? As far as the USA, I do not believe that for a moment. But what I do believe is that Jews, of any persuasion, are less and less safe every day in the USA. The attacks will continue and get more frequent and more aggressive.
{Originally posted to the author's blog} I have been asking some of my Facebook friends this questions today: How do you get past the rage? Rage…. Because today, four children from two families became orphans, when their mother/father were savagely murdered by yet another “freedom fighter.” According to published reports, the murderer (I will not […]
my reply to those who seem to groan when they hear about the 40 days of Selichot, my answer is that I love them and look forward each year to reciting them
One thing does indeed overshadow all of the hate of the enemies of Israel: the LOVE of G-d for the Jewish People and the special Land given to them, the Land of Israel. What we read in the daily papers is nothing compared to what we read in our daily prayers
Let’s take a little test and see how things add up. Is Israel judged by a double standard? You be the judge!
The author, Rav Zev, joined thousands who flocked last Shabbat to Hevron for parshat Chaye Sara. Rav Zev, not sure what to expect, relates his experience.
Summer is coming to a close and that means, school is about to open. Some tips...
I could not have been more wrong in my hopes for Trump uniting the nation. It is more fractured than ever before. And while I dismissed many of the things that President Trump espoused as poor rhetoric, that too has now changed
What? She made a mistake? That isn’t a mere slip. That is a malicious and planned use of the words. And why did she take it down? Because a Jewish guest) wrote an email asking her to take it down
Last week the country mourned along side the Salomon family. Today the country stood shoulder-to-shoulder to celebrate the entry into the Covenant of the Jewish people of the son born just the day before the tragedy
Dear world: I hate to break it to you but each week the Palestinian people come up with another reason for their blood lust.
The murder of two Israeli policemen on the Temple Mount is a violation of the status quo! Not the installation of metal detectors!
This is not an attack on Haredim nor on any community. This is an indictment of a hashkafa (a philosophy) that runs counter to Torah beliefs.
Part of the author's ongoing series concerning the state of affairs in Bet Shemesh, To be continued...
I simply sit in utter frustration, watching Bet Shemesh from the sidelines, as Jews act in ways that are similar to the pre-Churban days. Part of an ongoing series...
The Tzniut Police of Bet Shemesh have shed JEWISH blood in the name of Judaism. The “police office” who made the decision that a woman was not properly dressed was a fourteen-year-old child.
Haredi extremists were arrested for attacking a border policeman in Bet Shemesh This despicable behavior is becoming, sadly, a nearly daily occurrence.
A love letter from the author to a great-grandmother he never met, stolen from her family by the Holocaust.
This is one of those posts that falls into the category of “If only I had the power to……..”
The coalition is collapsing-I refer to the coalition of the JEWISH PEOPLE. The streets overflow with hatred of fellow Jews, hijacked by hoodlums blocking roads; calling for the murder of fellow Jews
One of the keys to the pedophiles’ ability to continue to ply their “trade” was the protection they were afforded by members of their own community.
Israel Police, on Monday, arrested more than 20 Jewish ultra-Orthodox men as suspected sex offenders whose alleged crimes were known to their insular communities but CONCEALED from the authorities.
Kitniyot, Kitniyot, the controversial legume; for Ashkenazim to eat it is a big ASSUME
Yes, Indeed, Israel IS an Apartheid State,,, and you will never guess who is the oppressed group
This Shabbat, we read what is known as Parashat Shekalim, which deals with the half shekel coin that was collected from males over the age of 20. Why only a HALF shekel coin?
The rioters, Haredim all, protesting the arrest of a draft dodger, were destroying public property, burning garbage bins, causing a public disturbance.
Neo-Nazi groups from the UK, Sweden, France and Greece will attend the march and “a representative of Hamas will be in attendance, and will give a speech about the international threat of the Jews.”
A blessing for the outgoing President and his Secretary of State. To quote the rabbi in Fiddler on the Roof: “May G-d bless and keep President Obama and Secretary Kerry…FAR AWAY FROM US!”
I want to start a new movement. It’s called control-alt-delete…who’s in? It started as a joke but momentum is growing. Are you in?
As the leader of the world's Catholics, I implore you to make a public statement condemning the UNESCO vote denying the historical connection between the Temple Mount, the Western Wall and Judaism
We are humans. We have failings. We make mistakes. It is how Hashem created us. But, we have also been given a wonderful gift: Teshuva/repentance.
Yes, indeed the permanent, knee-jerk reaction is to tell WOMEN to make a change that may help bring about a refuah for someone sick or for some other ill that plagues a community.
A moving love letter to a departed mother-in-law, from a devoted son-in-law, Rav Zev Shandalov.
In the minds of parents who make a war out of pants vs skirts, they are “fighting” a noble cause but many times they have lost their daughter—both in religion and in terms of their relationship.
I Rav Zev Shandalov, observant Jew and proud Zionist, using the Zoabi model, wish to take a bold step: I hereby announce my candidacy for the upcoming PA Municipal Elections.
I urge you to take action at your shul to pass a motion to add rules that will protect your children–our children from predators. And never say “it won’t happen here.”
It is critical first to determine why your spouse does not want to make Aliyah. There are some cases where it may not, in fact, be feasible.
Addressing various reasons given by people as to why they believe Aliyah won’t work for them, and the author's comments about each reason commonly given.
There are numerous common reasons for not making Aliyah, but they do not outweigh the benefits of coming home.
The ER doctor’s parting words: “If you have any symptoms, no matter when, please come right back to the ER.” And I did-on Shabbat!
Many educators broadcast a message that while TaNaCh is important, TALMUD is where their focus needs to be. It is time to change that approach!
In a metaphorical sense, God has His refrigerator and His magnets, Our good acts get placed up there on His 'fridge'
We can not abandon this soldier! We can not permit B’tselem and other orgs to slander our soldiers!
To make a comparison between today's Syrian refugees and Jews fleeing Nazis is a travesty of truth
Parental involvement means knowing if the school develops your child into a better ben/bat Torah
June 21, 2026 
