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Baltimore, MD – March 26, 2026 - Hagalas Keilim 5786/2026 Sunday, March 29, 2026Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion: 8:30AM -11:00AMShearith Israel: 9:00am – 1:00pm Agudah Park Heights: Limited to 10 items or less - 9:30AM -10:30AM Any number of items:1030AM-12NoonSuburban Orthodox:8-10PM in the back hall of the shul, kitchen #2. Please enter from the kitchen area in the back of the building
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Baltimore, MD – March 2026 – There are certain things in life we take for granted, and a shiva house having a minyan is one of them. But in reality, that is not always the case.
Too often, individuals assume someone else will attend — yet at times, a minyan does not materialize, creating added stress for families already navigating aveilus.
In response, Baltimorean Jeff Cohn developed T’Nuchamu, a new global initiative designed to address this issue in a simple and effective way. A designated family representative enters and updates levaya and shiva details, while registered volunteers are notified via email, SMS, or WhatsApp to help ensure a minyan.
Beyond that, T’Nuchamu empowers the broader community with real-time updates — including changes such ...
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Baltimore, MD – Mar. 2026 - Are you nervous about Kashering for Pesach; unsure you will get it done properly? Are you afraid the water will ruin your cabinets and create a mess in your kitchen? Are you moving into a new house and need the kitchen kashered; stress-free? Click here: https://t.ly/UknmP For the last seven years, The Kashering Konnection, has been servicing the Baltimore and DC communities. Coordinated through Star-K Kashrus Administrator Rabbi Sholom Tendler, experienced, professional Mashgichim are available to come to your home and ensure an easy, mess-free and 100% properly-done Kashering of your kitchen and appliances. From ovens to stoves, counters to sinks, The Kashering Konnection can help you prepare for Pesach in an easy and affordable w...
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“Shas Yidden have a lust for Shas.”In the course of his popular daily Daf Yomi shiur on Menachos 71 (Monday, 5 Nissan), Rav Eli Stefansky recalled an incredible anecdote related to this daf, from the time he farhered the gaonim of “Kollel Shas Yidden.”“I was called to give a farher to the yungeleit of Shas Yidden… yungeleit who know Shas cold…” he recalled. ““One of the questions I asked them was, ‘In which species of tree does the male tree produce the fruit?’ Immediately, there was yelling from all sides, but one thin voice towered above the rest: ‘Tosafos, Menachos daf ayin aleph!’ it cried out.“When I asked whether anyone knew the text of the Tosafos, Rav Dovid Menashe cited the Tosafos verbatim...
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Can we sit at the Seder knowing Milka is fighting for her life? 💔
Baby Milka is only 2 months old and needs urgent surgery abroad to survive.
Let's make our Pesach preparations complete with a real act of Chessed.
Please help save a life:
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A Kosher un Freilichen Pesach to all! 🙏✨
Baltimore, MD – Mar. 29, 2026 – BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Mr. Larry Barak, z’l, brother of Mrs. Tammy Hilsenrad.
Shiva will be observed at 3102 W Strathmore Avenue, Baltimore, Md 21215 through erev Pesach, Apr. 1, 2026.
Visiting hours. 10am - 12pm. 2pm - 5pm No evening hours.
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Baltimore, MD – Mar. 27, 2026 – BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Tinok, z'l, ben, yl't Bentzion Avraham Press, son of Avi and Leelee Press, and grandson of Mr. & Mrs. Sam Press.Shiva will be observed at 6300 Fairlane Dr., Baltimore, MD 21209 through Shacharis Wednesday Visiting:10:00AM-12:30PM, 4:00-9:30PMMinyanim:Shacharis: 8:30AMMincha/Maariv: 7:15PMבלע המות לנצח
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threaten to target US universities in the Middle East after saying US and Israeli strikes had destroyed two Iranian universities.
“If the US government wants its universities in the region to be free from retaliation… it must condemn the bombing of the universities in an official statement by 12 noon on Monday, March 30, Tehran time,” said the statement published by Iranian media.
The statement added: “We advise all employees, professors, and students of American universities in the region and residents of their surrounding areas” stay a kilometer away from campuses.
Several US universities have campuses scattered throughout the Gulf region, such as Texas A&M University in Qatar and New York University in the Unite...
An estimated 8 million people in the United States participated in “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump on Saturday, organizers say, as Americans vented their frustrations on his leadership.
“At least 8 million people gathered today at more than 3,300 events across all 50 states,” No Kings says in a press release. US authorities have not provided an official count on the number of participants in Saturday’s events.
According to the organizers, there were about one million more participants and 600 more events compared to the last No Kings demonstrations in October.
The Israel Defense Forces assessed on Saturday that it would finish targeting nearly all of Iran’s key military industry sites in the coming days, as the war hit its one-month anniversary, and Vice President JD Vance suggested that Washington would soon begin winding down its fight against the Islamic Republic.
The remarks came against the backdrop of heavy airstrikes over Iran, which the IDF said had targeted, among other things, the headquarters of the regime’s Marine Industries Organization, tasked with the production of naval weapons and vessels.
IDF spokesman Effie Defrin said at a press conference on Saturday evening that “within a few days” the military would finish targeting all of the “critical” assets of Iran’s military production indus...
Jerusalem, Israel - Mar. 28, 2026 - United Hatzalah Update: Injuries from Missile Impact Summary over Shabbat (March 27–28)During the course of Shabbat, United Hatzalah medics were on the scenes of multiple missile impacts reported. Central Israel: (Friday night): 1 fatality reported, several others injured following a direct impact in a populated area.Beit Shemesh Region: (Saturday): Reports of 10–12 people injured (mostly light to moderate), with damage to homes and a synagogue.Tel Aviv / Gush Dan: Several impact and shrapnel scenes reported, including at least 1 moderate injury and additional light injuries.Negev (southern Israel): Missile impact reported in an open area, no injuries found.Eilat region: Interception and at least one impact in an open area, no injur...
We are a nation of memory. We hold tightly to our past, marking the great turning points of our history. That past is not a relic of culture. It lives within us
No night is more saturated with memory than Pesach. We do not merely recall events. We relive them. The Seder gathers memories across generations and weaves them into identity. “In every generation, a person must see himself as if he left Mitzrayim.” Freedom, faith, and human dignity, first formed when we left Mitzrayim, are not abstract ideas; they are re-experienced each year and settle back into our shared consciousness.
When Rambam cites this halachah, he adds a striking word: a person must see himself leaving Mitzrayim now. We revisit the past and translate it into the present. The story of Yetziat Mitzrayim is n...
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 28, 2026 - A WBAL-TV 11 News crew at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport confirmed seeing ICE officers there.
The Maryland Aviation Administration released a statement saying ICE informed the state that additional Department of Homeland Security personnel, including Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), were being deployed to BWI-Marshall starting Saturday afternoon.
“MAA was advised by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that ICE personnel will be working to assist TSA security checkpoints at BWI-Marshall, similar to their roles during recent deployments at airports across the country,” MAA said in a statement.
The deployment comes as travelers waited multiple hours in secu...
Jeruslaem, Israel - Mar. 27, 2026 - Already exhausted by nearly four weeks of missile fire overnight from Iran and Lebanon, Israelis lost an hour of sleep overnight Thursday-Friday, with clocks jumping forward one hour, from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m., marking the start of daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time will end on October 25, 2026.
Israel made the move nearly three weeks after the US, where most locations changed the clocks on March 8.
In 2013, the Knesset passed legislation extending daylight saving time from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
Before that, standard time would begin the Saturday night before Yom Kippur, so that the day’s fast, which is pegged to nightfall, would end — but also begin — an hour “earlier.”
Because the...
Baltimore, MD – Mar. 26, 2026 – BJL regrets to inform the community of the petira of Mr. Reuvein Englard, z’l, father of Yudi Englard.BALTIMORE:Yudi Englard will be returning to observe Shiva through Wednesday morning beginning with Shacharis on Monday morning at 2909 Chokeberry Ct., Baltimore, MD 21209 Shachris 7:15amMincha/Maariv at 7:15 Break 5:45-6:30No visitors please after 1030 pm
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Washington, D.C. - Mar. 27, 2026 - President Trump signed an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration workers, a White House official said, bypassing a gridlocked Congress after the latest proposal to fund the broader Department of Homeland Security ran aground Friday.
The move, which Trump had previewed a day earlier, came as House Republican leaders rejected a Senate-passed bill that would fund most of DHS, including TSA. A long-running standoff in Congress over immigration enforcement has led to missed paychecks for airport security workers and long lines for travelers.
Early Friday morning, the GOP-led Senate agreed in a voice vote to approve legislation to fund all of DHS through the end of the fiscal year—except for Immigration and Custo...
Life would be quite different with a Navi (prophet). Think about the numerous questions we deal with over the course of our lives. I'm not talking about questions like what type of cereal you should eat in the morning (although, if you are asking me, I'd definitely recommend Honey Bunches of Oats, without a question!), or which hand soap you should use.I'm talking about big questions that come up that require big decisions. Should I do this for a living or that? Is this person my bashert? What parenting method should I implement for this struggling child? What shul is best for me and my family? What is my particular role in the collective framework of Klal Yisroel? And so on.In the times of old, you could call up (ok fine, you probably would have to walk to their home and sp...
The Israeli Air Force, acting on IDF intelligence, on Friday struck the heavy water plant in Arak, central Iran, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed.
The IDF noted that heavy water is a unique material used to operate nuclear reactors, such as the inactive Arak reactor, which was originally designed to have weapons-grade plutonium production capabilities. These materials can also be used as a neutron source for nuclear weapons.
Additionally, the IDF statement said, the plant was a significant economic asset for the terror regime and served as a source of income for the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, generating tens of millions of dollars for the regime each year.
“Despite explicit international commitments, foremost among them the nuclear agreement, the Iranian terror...
Although we were introduced to the various offerings in the Mishkan as outlined in the portion of Vayikra, this week in Tzav many other details are added.
In one striking contrast, in last week's reading it describes all the various sacrifices but omits what should be done to the components of the offerings that were not consumed on the altar. It is only this week that we learn who should eat those leftovers.
Only regarding the Minchah — the meal-offering, does the Torah tells us already in Vayikra that after burning the Kometz — the threefingersful that was scooped from the larger volume of the Minchah, is the remnant of the meal-offering to be eaten by the Kohanim.
Another distinction between the Minchah and the other animal or bird offerings is the fact that only reg...
