Kosher certified ham? Not so fast says the OU

 https://jewishunpacked.com/kosher-certified-ham-not-so-fast-says-the-ou/

The Internet is buzzing this week with reports of an “OU certified” ham, but despite the iconic hescher the Orthodox Union wants you to know that this hog is still not kosher.

Exposed: Muslim policewoman who was hailed as a hero for confronting anti-lockdown protesters posted a torrent of racist messages and had regular contact with a suspected female jihadi in Syria

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9872649/Muslim-policewoman-hailed-hero-confronting-anti-lockdown-protesters-tweeted-racist-messages.html

 A Muslim police officer hailed as a role model for bravely confronting anti-lockdown protesters was facing an urgent investigation last night after it was revealed she tweeted a torrent of racist messages and was in regular contact with a suspected female jihadi in Syria.

Uncertainty and confusion as 250,000 ultra-Orthodox kids return to school

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/uncertainty-and-confusion-as-250000-ultra-orthodox-kids-return-to-school/

Over 250,000 Israeli children went back to school Monday as the ultra-Orthodox school system returned from its summer break amid uncertainty and confusion over new COVID testing requirements for students.

While most Israeli schools open their year on September 1, educational institutions in the Haredi sector usually begin studies from the start of the Jewish month of Elul, a month before the High Holidays commence.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett gave his approval to a plan prepared by the ministries of education, health and defense and the Prime Minister’s Office for the full reopening of the school year next month in the shadow of the latest coronavirus outbreak.

Disgraced cult leader Eliezer Berland hospitalized with coronavirus

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/311374

 Eliezer Berland, the disgraced leader of the Shuvu Banim community, has contracted coronavirus and has been hospitalized at Hadassah Ein Keren hospital in Jerusalem on oxygen support. Berland is 83 years old.

In June of this year, after a long-drawn-out legal process, Berland was convicted of serious offences and sentenced to 18 months in prison. He was later transferred to an undisclosed location, after his followers persisted in congregating outside the various places where he was being held and causing disturbances in the local community.

Berland was also fined the sum of NIS 2,415,000 ($743,250) and ordered to pay compensation to the victims of his crimes, which included fraud, attempted intimidation, tax offenses, and money laundering.

Why Tucker Carlson went to Hungary

 https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/05/opinions/tucker-carlson-hungary-viktor-orbn-hemmer/index.html

 That same sort of longing threads through conservative praise of Hungary, where immigration restriction and Hungary-first politics have been attained through pseudo-democratic authoritarian rule. But for right-wing activists in the US, who claim to be populists yet remain suspicious of democracy, that authoritarianism is a selling point rather than a flaw. As many on the right work to enact laws in the US to protect elections from voters, pack courts with partisan judges, and construct loyal propaganda outlets, they turn to Hungary as both inspiration and ally.

GOP official who mocked masks and vaccine dies from virus

6/12/21– Shiur 326 – Lace Top Sheitels – Are They permissible?

 bottom line - if you follow Rav Moshe it is nothing new and is permitted as hair covering

In addition Rav Moshe held it is the women's mitzva and since she clearly has halachic justification- husband can't tell her no

  6/12/21– Shiur 326 – Lace Top Sheitels – Are They permissible?

June 11, 2021

What's the difference from these to other Sheitlach? Is there really a difference? Can you see the hair underneath? Is there a problem of Maaris Ayin? Is it going against the Torah's will? 

with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz - Rosh Yeshiva Aish Hatorah – 12:05
with Rabbi Shmuel Felder - Poseik BMG Lakewood – 14:03
with Rabbi Gedaliah Oberlander - Rov, Heichal Menachem, Monsey NY – 17:24
with Hagaon Rav Reuven Feinstein - Rosh Yeshiva Staten Island – 23:48
with Rabbi Daniel Ahron Coren - Rov, Monsey NY – 29:15
with Dini Weinberg - Dinis Wigs – 53:41

Sheitel propoganda continues

 

Sheitel must make woman unattractive?

 There is another campaign against Sheitel apparently by a group of Breslov Baalei tshuva. This full page add appeared in the latest Bina Magazine. It claims a sheitel must lessen attraction. I have not seen such a claim before it certainly is not in Rav Moshe's discussion of sheitel.

Bowing to a tzadik

 Kedushas Levi(Shoftim)

ספר קדושת לוי - פרשת שופטים

לא תקים לך מצבה. נראה לפרש על פי שאמרו רבותינו ז"ל (אבות ד,כא) התקן עצמך בפרוזדור כדי שתכנס לטרקלין, כי העולם הזה הוא הכנה לעולם הבא ומה שאדם אוכל ושותה הוא כדי להיות בריא וחזק לעבודת השם יתברך ולא להנאת עצמו חס ושלום. והנה מה שאדם אוכל ומתהנה בעולם הזה נקרא לך כמאמר חכמינו ז"ל (פסחים סח ע"ב) חציו לכם. וזהו הרמז לא תקים לך, פירוש תענוגי עולם הזה הנקרא לך. מצבה, פירוש מעמד ומצבה לקיום רק הכנה לעולם הבא:

לשמש או לירח אשר לא צויתי. עיין רש"י אשר לא צויתי לעבדם. וכן שינו הע"ב זקנים לתלמי המלך בהעתיקם התורה לו. והנראה, כי מצינו בתורה שהשתחוו לצדיק כגון עובדיה לאליהו, כי הצדיקים יש להם תורת ה' ומצינו שקרא הקדוש ברוך הוא ליעקב אבינו אל (מגילה יח.) רוצה לומר מחמת שקיים כל התורה היה בבחינת אל כמו כן כל הצדיקים מחמת ציווי התורה יש להם בחינה זו ומותר להשתחוות להם. אבל השמש והירח אשר אין להם ציווי תורתו הקדושה אסור להשתחוות להם. וזהו לשמש או לירח אשר לא צויתי, כלומר שאין להם הציווי שלי, היינו התורה שניתנה לישראל:

Anger over synagogue exemptions as cabinet OKs new Green Pass virus restrictions

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-synagogue-exception-row-cabinet-oks-new-green-pass-virus-restrictions/

 Ministers gave the final go-ahead Thursday night to a plan that will significantly expand restrictions on gatherings under the Green Pass system meant to tamp down runaway coronavirus case numbers, despite misgivings over an 11th-hour decision to exempt places of worship.

Starting Sunday, gatherings of any size, indoors and out, will be limited to those who have been vaccinated, recovered from the virus, or who present a negative COVID test, under the Green Pass system, which will also extend to hotels, restaurants and gyms.

While the plan originally included synagogues and other houses of worship, the plan presented to ministers for a vote Thursday night exempted prayer services with fewer than 50 participants, drawing furious criticism from some cabinet members.

Brooks and Dionne on vaccine hesitancy, Capitol Police testimony, infrastructure

You shouldn't miss this massive bombshell in Trump's ongoing election fraud lie

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/05/politics/donald-trump-jeffrey-rosen-election-fraud-cnn/index.html 

 Unless you have been living on another planet for the past six months, you know by now that Donald Trump leaned on state and national officials in the final days of his presidency to force investigations into made-up claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 race.

 But the story keeps getting worse -- as we learn more and more about the extremes that Trump-loyal officials were willing to go to in an attempt to overturn the election, with zero proof or evidence to do so.

The latest bombshell came Wednesday with the revelation that Jeffrey Clark, a top official at the Justice Department, composed a draft letter -- which he urged acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and acting deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue to sign onto -- that said the DOJ had "significant concerns that may have impacted of the outcome of the election in multiple States, including the State of Georgia."

Fact check: Joe Biden has condemned violent protests in the last three months

 https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-biden-condemn-violence-idUSKBN25V2O1

 Tens of thousands of social media users are posting memes that claim that Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, has been silent for over three months on the issues of rioting and violence and has only just denounced them because of a dip in the polls. This claim is false: Joe Biden has denounced riots since protests after the death, just over three months ago, of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was killed after a white police officer knelt on his neck.