Tuesday, August 5, 2025

How UN delays, Hamas theft, and black market greed caused Gaza's hunger

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  https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-862878 Central to the international pressure on Israel for a ceasefire with Hamas are claims of ...

UN figures show almost all aid trucks entering Gaza since mid-May looted or commandeered

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  https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-05-2025

Wife must follow husband’s minhag

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Igros Moshe (O.C. I #158): Question If a man and his wife have different customs from different countries and they married in New York whic...
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Translating Seforim?

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Igros Moshe (YD IV #38.2) Question: What is the significance of a sefer of collected rulings without explanation? Answer It would seem that...
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Psak is mainly reasoning

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 Igros Moshe (YD IV #38.2) Question: What is the significance of a sefer of collected rulings without explanation? Answer It would seem tha...

If Lashon Harah is a Character issue- not Issur - then Motivation is paramount not Actions

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[update - finished translations] There are a number of critical differences whether lashon harah is primarily a moral issue or prima...
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Lashon Harah and preventing Harm

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Vayikra (19:16): Don't spread gossip amongst your people. Don't stand idly by the blood of your fellow. I am G‑d Chazon Ish(2:133) :...

Hatzaloh and use of goyim to avoid violating Shabbos

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 When I lived in Brooklyn I davened on Shabbos at the shul of Rav Dovid Cohen who served as the posek of Hatzaloh. He would always ask Rav M...

Luck of the Irish

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 There was once an Irish cop who served as a volunteer for the Williamsburg hatzaloh. One Saturday he had a heart attack. So he called hatza...

Trump Sparks MAGA Backlash Over Earlier Warning to States About Israel

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  https://www.newsweek.com/israel-boycotts-donald-trump-maga-response-fema-2108785 The Trump administration drew the fury of some of the pre...
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Monday, August 4, 2025

‘No president’s ever read it this way’: Trump faces major legal challenge over tariff justification

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From a souring economy to Epstein, Trump 'isn't fixing anything. This is gaslighting.

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Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz: Trump firing BLS head ‘like driving a car with no odometer'

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Trump Admin Broke Rules to Move Ghislaine to Club Fed Camp

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  https://www.thedailybeast.com/snitch-ghislaines-prison-move-was-due-to-death-threats/ Convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell sec...