Five key takeaways from Donald Trump’s financial fraud case ruling

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/26/donald-trump-new-york-financial-fraud-key-takeaways

A New York judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed financial fraud by overstating the value of his assets to broker deals and obtain financing.

Judge Arthur Engoron ruled Tuesday that the former president and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals and securing financing.

The ruling is an acceleration of the case the New York attorney general Letitia James has been building against Trump since 2019, that the former president fudged financial statements and inflated his net worth up to $2.2bn more than the actual figure.

In a dramatic step just days before the trial is set to start, New York supreme court justice Arthur Engoron issued a partial ruling largely agreeing with James. He also ordered the cancellation of New York business certificates of all companies related to Trump and his two sons, Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, making it difficult for Trump to continue running his real estate business in the state.

New York judge rules Trump committed fraud while building real estate empire

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-judge-rules-trump-judge-rules-trump-committed-fraud-while-building-real-estate-empire

A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump and his company committed fraud while building his real estate empire after New York Attorney General Letitia James accused the former president of overvaluing his assets.

Minyan with a child as 1oth man

 Igros Moshe OC2 18 says a child can be counted as the tenth man in an emergency situation

This heter seems to contradict the majority of poskim as found in Mishna Berura 55 4

There is no claim that this is Daas Totah. 

BEWARE OF ASKANIM THAT ASK FOR MONEY TO HELP

RavYakov Hillel warns against mekubalim who ask for money for their services

Similarly I have been told horror stories regarding askanim who target vulnerable people involved in divorce, or custody issues, conversion or medical issues.

Before giving money ask a second opinion

Often these askanim are charging for services that are free or are impervious to monetary influence or they simply take money and do nothing.

Turn the other cheek is a Jewish principle?

 Eicha (3:30)

יִתֵּ֧ן לְמַכֵּ֛הוּ לֶ֖חִי יִשְׂבַּ֥ע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃ {ס}  

Let him offer his cheek to the smiter;

Let him be surfeited with mockery.

Ben Yehoyada on Sanhedrin 91a:2

אָמַר לֵיהּ: אִם אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה כֵּן, רוֹפֵא אֻמָּן תִּקָּרֵא, וְשָׂכָר הַרְבֵּה תִּטֹּל. נראה לי בס"ד על דרך מה שאמר הכתוב יִתֵּן לְמַכֵּהוּ לֶחִי יִשְׂבַּע בְּחֶרְפָּה (איכה ג, ל) וכתבו המפרשים ז"ל הכונה שלפעמים ימצא פוגע עכו"ם בישראל וסוטרו על לחייו, הנה כל זה נעשה לטובת ישראל והיינו שהיה באותו ישראל חלק רע הראוי לאותו עכו"ם והיה באותו עכו"ם חלק טוב שהוא ראוי לאותו ישראל ובאותה הכאה שסוטרו על לחייו יוצא אותו חלק הרע מישראל ונכנס בעכו"ם ויוצא חלק הטוב מן עכו"ם ונכנס באותו ישראל. וזהו שנאמר יִתֵּן הישראל לְמַכֵּהוּ זה העכו"ם לֶחִי לסוטרו אז אותו העכו"ם יִשְׂבַּע בְּחֶרְפָּה שיקבל חלק הרע מישראל ויוצא ממנו חלק טוב ונמצא הוא שבע בחרפה הוא הרע וכנזכר בגורי האר"י ז"ל.

וכן כאן אותו המין אמר דברים להלעיג ואך גְבִיהָה השיא דברי המין לענין אחר שהוא דבר טוב והגון ונכון והוא אחר שאמר לו 'בָּעִיטְנָא בָּךְ וּפַשִׁיטְנָא לְעַקְמוּתָךְ' אמר לו גביהה אם זאת הבעיטה תועיל שתפשיט בה עקמימותי שהם הסיגים של הנפש על דרך שאמר הכתוב 'יִתֵּן לְמַכֵּהוּ לֶחִי יִשְׂבַּע בְּחֶרְפָּה' הנה בודאי 'רוֹפֵא אֻמָּן תִּקָּרֵא' כי דרך הרופאים להסיר החולי מן האדם במשך כמה ימים לאט לאט ואם יזדמן רופא שיסיר החולי בשעה אחת לזה קורין אותו 'רוֹפֵא אֻמָּן' וכן האדם מסיר חולי הנפש מתיכו לאט לאט על ידי מצות ומעשים טובים במשך ימים רבים ואתה אם תסיר על ידי הבעיטה עקמימות הנפש בשעה אחת קלה תקרא 'רוֹפֵא אֻמָּן' ולכן אף על פי שאתה בועט בי ומצער אותי 'שָׂכָר הַרְבֵּה תִּטֹּל' ממני.

Rosh Hashanna Significance?

 Why is there no section about Rosh Hashanna in the Mishna Torah and why doesn't the Torah mention the obligation of repentance  but only  mentions the mitzvah of shofar?

why doesn't the Rambam count Tshuva as a mitzva?

why is there a debate about the significance of Rosh Hashanna in the gemora 17b

Gemar Chasima Tova!

Computer problems

I have a been posting less because my computer refuses to connect to internet so I have been using a tablet which is more difficult.Probably need new computer

Divorce in Jewish law Rav Zimmerman

 https://youtu.be/8Q84Au11CoM?si=llEiSU1JWFVg2nfw

Rosh HaShanna

https://www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Torah,_Repentance.3.3nyone who changes his mind about the mitzvot he has performed and regrets the merits [he has earned], saying in his heart: "What value was there in doing them? I wish I hadn't performed them" - loses them all and no merit is preserved for him at all as [Ezekiel 33:12] states "The righteousness of the upright will not save him on the day of his transgression." This only applies to one who regrets his previous [deeds].Just as a person's merits and sins are weighed at the time of his death, so, too, the sins of every inhabitant of the world together with his merits are weighed on the festival of Rosh HaShanah. If one is found righteous, his [verdict] is sealed for life. If one is found wicked, his [verdict] is sealed for death. A Beinoni's verdict remains tentative until Yom Kippur. If he repents, his [verdict] is sealed for life. If not, his [verdict] is sealed for death.

https://www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Torah,_Repentance.3.3

Scientists discover how brain cells die in Alzheimer’s

 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66816268

Tangles of tau appear and the brain cells start producing a specific molecule (it's called MEG3) that triggers death by necroptosis. Necroptosis is one of the methods our bodies normally use to purge unwanted cells as fresh ones are made.

'Absolutely Shocking': Impeachment Experts Say Biden Inquiry May Be Weakest in U.S. History

 https://time.com/6313452/impeachment-experts-biden-inquiry-weakest-us-history/

“This is supposed to be the most extreme sanction in American politics, and if you reach for it every time you think it'll help you in the polls, I fear it will become degraded,” Bobbitt says. “It just becomes one more very divisive, poisonous event in a Congress that is already deeply divided and alienated."

FactChecking McCarthy’s Impeachment Inquiry Claims

 https://www.factcheck.org/2023/09/factchecking-mccarthys-impeachment-inquiry-claims/

“The time for impeachment is the time when there’s evidence linking President Biden, if there’s evidence linking President Biden, to a high crime or misdemeanor,” Republican Rep. Ken Buck said on MSNBC on Sept. 10. “That doesn’t exist right now.”

Nearly 10 million living in Israel on eve of Rosh Hashanah

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s100zdfjkp

 In just over a year, Israel's population is expected to reach 10 million residents. On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Israel's population is estimated at  9,795,000 people and, according to the report from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), published on Tuesday, the population is projected to reach 10 million residents by the end of 2024. 

Shanna Tova!

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