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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night held consultations with members of the coalition, following the mass demonstrations that broke out throughout Israel against the judicial reform. While officials in the Likud Party said there is a possibility that Netanyahu may announce a pause of the legislation, Justice Minister Yariv Levin expressed his opposition to stopping the judicial reform. Shas and United Torah Judaism would reportedly support a pause, but Netanyahu has not yet made a final decision. The Otzma Yehudit Party said, "We are strengthening the hands of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin in not stopping the legislation. The right has no mandate to give up the judicial reform and surrender to violence. The majority of the peopl...
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Q: There is a brocha which is recited once a year upon seeing a newly flowering tree.  I have a number of questions regarding Birchas Hailonos:  (i) When is the optimal time to say this brocha?  Does the brocha have to be said during the month of Nissan?  (ii) What rules apply concerning the location of the person when saying the brocha?  How far away can you be from the tree when saying the brocha?  Can you be inside a house or other structure?  Can you be in a car?  Is it necessary to be at a site where there is more than one tree?  (iii) What limitations are there regarding the type of tree over which this brocha may be recited?  Does the tree need to be fruit bearing?  How o...
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Baltimore, MD - Mar. 21, 2023 - See below for a comprehensive list of resources prepared and compiled by STAR-K to get you Pesach-ready! The STAR-K 2023 Pesach Guide, including Passover Medicines & Cosmetics prepared by Rav Gershon Bess, is available in your local Judaica store, or you can purchase it online here.  To view or download a complimentary PDF of the abridged version of the STAR-K Pesach Guide, click here. To access our fully updated Passover page to view relevant articles, charts and lists for 2023, click here For the 2023 Quick Pick Medicine List: Click Here  For the 2023 Quick Pick Personal Care List: Click Here For the "Ben Yomo" How to Kasher Video Series: Click here to watch To access the STAR-K 2023 P...
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_Hadran Alach Mesechta Nazir_ Suburban Orthodox Invites all Men of the Community to a Siyum & Seudah Kumzitz with guest musician Eli Beer on Thursday, Mar. 30, 2023 Reserve here: https://t.ly/0Zsx Sponsorships Available
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In Jerusalem, protestors gathered outside Netanyahu's residence broke through police barricades Thousands of Israelis in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beersheba and other cities turned out to protest late Sunday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to sack his defense minister over opposition to a controversial judicial reform. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, a lawmaker from Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party, broke ranks on Saturday by publicly urging Netanyahu to suspend the legislation.  In Jerusalem, protesters gathered under the prime minister's residence on Gaza Street, breaking past barriers and barricades set up to prevent them from reaching his home. The major Ayalon traffic artery in Tel Aviv was blocked to traffic by a thousands-strong crowd, ...
Senior official speaking anonymously says attacks are being planned against Israel on the assumption of its weakness An unnamed senior Israeli defense official said on Sunday that Israel’s military deterrence is regarded by enemies as weakened by the ongoing rifts and crises over the government’s judicial overhaul. This comes as Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over controversial judicial reform, after a movement among Israeli reservists to threaten not to serve if the overhaul of Israel's Supreme Court is passed.  “Our enemies have come to see Israel as weak and limited in its deterrence in light of the weakening of international support,” the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told local ...
Israel's Consul General in New York, Asaf Zamir, announced on Sunday evening that he is resigning from his post, following the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
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Today, 2 Nissan, is the 17th yahrtzeit of my Bubbie. This week's shtikle is dedicated le'iluy nishmasah, Yehudis bas Reuven Pinchas.


Also, I must mention the loss of a great man and master mechaneich – Rabbi Moshe Juravel z”l – who passed away this past week after battling illness for a number of months. He was my son's 5th Grade rebbe, introducing him to gemara. I developed a relationship with him as well as he was a formidable dikduk expert and we had numerous long discussions on various topics. He was one of Baltimore's "irreplaceable gems" and will indeed be sorely missed. This week's shtikle is dedicated le'iluy nishmaso, Moshe Shlomo ben Yosef Eliezer.


In this week's parsha, we are taught the procedures involved in the various sacrifices. The kohanim, the ones performing most of the duties, are almost always referred to as "b'nei Aharon hakohanim."  In one instance, however, with regards to the placing of the fire on the mizbei'ach, (1:7) the term "b'nei Aharon hakohein," is used. The singular form is used instead of the plural. Initially, I understood that the reference to the kohanim was simply reconstructed. Instead of being referred to as "the sons of Aharon," COMMA, "the kohanim," here they were simply referred to as "The sons of Aharon HaKohein." The sudden change was quite puzzling.



However, a number of commentaries comment on this anomalous structure. The sefer Moshav Zekeinim suggests that the placing of the fire took special skill and thus, a specially appointed kohein was needed. R' Chaim Kanievsky writes that the other procedures were in fact performed by numerous kohanim whereas this particular one was performed only by one. Clearly, they are understanding that this term is merely a singular version of the common term used to refer to the kohanim. "HaKohein" refers to the kohein himself, not to Aharon as I had suspected.



Have a good Shabbos.


Mishenichnas Adar Marbim beSimchah (see Rashi, bottom of Taanis 29a)

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An Alabama school has introduced a bulletproof classroom to better protect students and teachers in the case of an active shooter emergency. Cullman City Schools’ West Elementary in Alabama has installed Rapid-Deploy Safe Room Systems in two of its classrooms according to Unilad. KT Security Solutions came up with the design in response to the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas last year. Nineteen students and two teachers died, while seventeen others were injured. The design incorporates a fold-out room that extends from a whiteboard featuring bulletproof walls. One door is locked from the inside and only unlocked with a key. The safe room can be pulled out and assembled within 10 seconds. After coming up with the design, founder...
Teen overdose deaths have doubled in three years, an alarming trend amid a historic decline in drug and alcohol use among high school students.   The main reason is fentanyl. Teens consume the powerful opioid unwittingly, packaged in counterfeit pills tailored to resemble less potent prescription medications. Drug traffickers lace pills with fentanyl to boost the black-market high. Dangerously addictive, fentanyl can be lethal, especially to children experimenting with drugs.   “Fentanyl, it’s just a different beast,” said Dr. Hoover Adger Jr., professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “And it’s so deadly. You have a milligram of fentanyl being equivalent to 50 milligrams of heroin, being equivalent to 10...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is recalibrating his strategy and messaging amid signs that his presidential ambitions may be faltering before his campaign even gets off the ground.  DeSantis began the year with clear momentum in the nascent GOP presidential primary, topping former President Trump in head-to-head polling and drawing unparalleled interest from Republican voters and operatives eager to see a fresh face at the helm of the party.  But there are signs that his momentum may be stalling: he’s faced weeks of relentless attacks from Trump and his allies, fellow Republicans have criticized him for dubbing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “a territorial dispute” and some recent polls have shown his support in a hypothetical GOP primary slipping...
Parents cannot be required to pull their children from private schools in New York that fail to meet state-designated standards, a judge decided, striking down a key provision of rules recently passed to strengthen oversight of such schools, including those specializing in religious education. The ruling in a state trial court in Albany came in response to a lawsuit brought by  yeshivos, and related advocacy groups over education rules enacted last fall. Under the rules, the state’s 1,800 private and religious schools must provide an education that is “substantially equivalent” to that of a public school. Opponents in the ultra-Orthodox community say the rules improperly target yeshivos, some of which focus intently on religious instruction with far less ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (Likud) Sunday, after Gallant publicly demanded the government freeze its judicial overhaul. The Prime Minister's Office announced that Netanyahu made the decision Sunday evening, a day after Gallant's public address regarding the judicial reform plan. "We need a change in the legal system, but such changes are made through negotiation and discourse," Gallant said. "A victory for one of the parties will be a loss of the State of Israel. We must lead a participatory and unifying process." "For the sake of Israel's security, the legislative process should be stopped, and negotiations should be held." Gallant had spoken with Netanyahu on Thursday, ahead of his planned address, which was ...
Jerusalem, ISrael - Mar. 26, 2023 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant following his opposition to the judicial reform, it was announced on Sunday evening.
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Baltimore, MD - Mar. 24, 2023 - The State of Maryland has announced a program where you can submit a claim to recover a portion of the funds that were stolen from an EBT card. Please see link below, and please note that there is a deadline to file the claim. https://dhs.maryland.gov/ebt-reimbursement/
Jerusalem, Israel - Mar. 26, 2023 – The National Library of Israel (NLI) currently located in Jerusalem's Hebrew University Givat Ram Campus, received a copy of a diary logged during space missions by Astronaut Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman, the first Jewish male NASA astronaut to fly into space. The unique gift, along with other impressive items, such as patches from his five Space Shuttle flight uniforms, were presented to the NLI in a ceremony on Thursday evening, March 23, 2023. The event opened with a short introductory film about Space Torah Project, the 25-minute documentary about how, in 1996, Hoffman brought a small Torah scroll on board Space Shuttle Columbia. On Shabbat, while orbiting Earth, he read from Bereshis, “In the beginning, G-d cre...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja, today (Sunday, 26 March 2023), in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, signed a customs agreement between Israel and the UAE.The signing will make it possible for the free trade agreement between the two countries, which was signed in May 2022, to take effect.Prime Minister Netanyahu:"This historic agreement that has been signed with the UAE continues to bear fruit for the benefit of the people of both countries. The customs agreement that was signed today will lead to the implementation of the free trade agreement between Israel and the UAE, which will reduce customs duties, lower the cost-of-living and inject energy into business between Israel and the UAE. I am certa...
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