Thursday, May 14, 2026

What is the justification for the Torah saying lashon harah about our deceased ancestors: Rav Yaakov Kaminetsky

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The issue of speaking lashon harah about the deceased comes up over and over again. Recently I was challenged why I publicized the fact t...
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The Truth About Hamas

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  https://www.wsj.com/opinion/hamas-sexual-violence-report-civil-commission-october-7-israel-2e68d781?mod=hp_opin_pos_1 Reading “Silenced No...

Protest NJ Bills S2260/A2218

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  BS"D May 13, '26 NJ Legislative Alert Rabbis, leaders, and all, NJ Bill 2260, seeking to criminalize efforts to stop transing kid...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Resurrection is a Miracle that we must Believe

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  Menoras HaMe’or (04:02:03:01) The matter of the resurrection of the dead is not like the reward of the world to come, which is a natural ...
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Resurrection is Not only for Torah Scholars

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  Maharal (Be’er HaGolah 7:03) In Kesubos it says that the ignorant will not be resurrected. Some find this fact that only Torah scholars wi...
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Resurrection Purpose

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 Sefer HaIkkarim (04:35) Hence Maimonides agrees that the main reward that God bestows upon man is conferred upon the soul and not upon the...
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How the New York Times Laundered Dubious Sexual Abuse Claims Against Israel

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  https://honestreporting.com/how-the-new-york-times-laundered-dubious-sexual-abuse-claims-against-israel/ The New York Times opinion piece ...
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‘Gang rape, forced stripping and humiliation’: New report documents 10,000 findings on Oct. 7 sexual crimes

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  https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hyf00rqljmx Spanning roughly 250 pages, with hundreds of footnotes and references to more than 10,000 doc...

Israel slams NYT opinion article on Palestinian abuse, ignoring Oct. 7 sexual violence

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  https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-895908 The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced the timing of an op-ed published in the New Yor...

US intelligence showing Iran retains substantial missile capabilities

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  https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/426980 Classified US intelligence regarding Iran's current military strength from earlier this...

Donald Trump’s Golden Statue: Critics’ Biblical Comparisons Explained

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  https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-golden-statue-biblical-comparisons-explained-11940790 A 22-foot golden statue of President Donald Tr...

Trump Says His Goal Is to Stop Iran Getting a Nuclear Bomb. But the Result Might Be Lots More Nukes Across the Globe

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  https://time.com/article/2026/03/27/us-iran-war-nuclear-weapons-proliferation-deterrent-trump/ Of all the reasons proffered for the Iran w...
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Iran Nuclear Talks: Three Lessons From the War for Negotiators

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  https://www.cfr.org/articles/better-than-nothing-deals-three-nuclear-security-lessons-from-the-iran-war Lesson one: Military strikes are n...

The Art of the Ceasefire

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  https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-art-of-the-ceasefire Historically, negotiating a ceasefire to end an international conflict of...