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Quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1504_lunar_eclipse On 30 June 1503, Christopher Columbus beached his two last caravels and was stranded in Jamaica. The indigenous people of the island welcomed Columbus and his crew and fed them, but after six months, they halted the food supply, dissatisfied with what the Spaniards … Continued
The Hebrew internet site kikar.co.il reported on Tue, 19 November 2024 – 18th of Cheshvan, 5785: 23 years after the horrific bombing at the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem, a landmark ruling was issued today (Tuesday) by the Jerusalem District … Continued
In honor of Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman’s Yahrzeit (24th of Kislev) I am reposting this story from Jewishmom.com which just asked to credit them: Translated by JewishMOM.com (Feel free to reprint/repost if this line is included) The Viral Story about … Continued
Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein discusses in Chashukei Chemed, Arakhin 15a the following question, which for the sake of ease, I more or less translated with the help of an artificial intelligence program ChatGPT. The translation isn’t perfect but good enough for … Continued
The way that the Bar Ilan Responsa project explains this in its Talmudic concepts section is: “The mouse is not to blame for the theft, but rather the hole through which the mouse entered the place of theft, as a … Continued
The following is a summary of the FINAL REPORT (published Dec 2, 2024 /1st of Kislev, 5785): of the 2-Year Investigation of the Select Subcommittee (of Congress) on the Coronavirus Pandemic found at https://oversight.house.gov/release/final-report-covid-select-concludes-2-year-investigation-issues-500-page-final-report-on-lessons-learned-and-the-path-forward/ FINAL REPORT: COVID Select Concludes 2-Year … Continued
Rabbi Bar Hayim: Shalom and welcome to all our viewers. And with me today, as always, is my good friend, Yonatan, Jonathan Pollard. Hello. How are you? Shalom. Jonathan Pollard: Fine Rav, Shalom. Rabbi Bar-Hayim: Today is Monday, Yom Sheini. … Continued
Introduction This was originally posted on the 24th of Elul, 5783. It is especially appropriate to reissue this post in light of the recent imprisonment of anti-illegal immigrant activist, Shefi Paz. To quote from a translated facebook post of Israel’s … Continued
According to Rambam believing that Hashem has a body is an ideological crime, similar to the ideological crime of being an atheist. See the article: Are Chinese Atheists Who Persecute Judaism and Threaten Israel, Bad People? for details. The great … Continued
Source: https://alldaf.org/p/207222 Note by the editor: I personally used a different halachic mechanism than the one described by Rabbi Willig, but the main purpose of presenting this video is to look for ways to avoid strife among siblings or to … Continued