Back to Basics: Experiencing Matan Torah
Rabbi Tuvia Teldon gets his viewers ready for Shavuos by discussing the experience at Mt. Sinai.
Rabbi Teldon’s Back To Basics series in the 5 Towns Jewish Times and 5TJT.com have earned tremendous acclaim....
FIDF Offers Online Celebration of Yom Hazikaron, Yom Ha’Atzmaut
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) will host virtual celebrations of the birthday of the state of Israel. On Tuesday, April 28 at 2 p.m. EST, there will...
Haredi Soldiers Distributed 2,000 Mishloach Manot To Patients While On Army Leave
While on holiday leave from the army, Haredi soldiers from the Netzach Yehuda Brigade chose to devote their long-awaited vacation day to visiting the sick in hospitals around Israel...
Unanswered Pesach Questions We All Ask, But Not Out Loud
What day of the week does Pesach start, again?
What’s wrong with the vacuum cleaner?
Can I fund my entire Pesach with all the change I find cleaning...
From Island To Israel
This Purim, Congregation Bais Ephraim Yitzchak (the Island Shul), once again partnered with Daniel Meyer of the International Young Israel Movement to send mishloach manot packages to the men...
From Rosh Chodesh Av: The Nine Days
Rosh Chodesh Av begins July 21 at night. The Nine Days lasts from the beginning of Rosh Chodesh Av to halachic noon on July 30.
Eating meat and drinking wine.
The...
Find-A-Seder Thanks To UJA-Federation of New York
UJA-Federation of New York’s Find-a-Seder resource for 2018 is a comprehensive list of Passover Seders open to the community on the first two nights of Passover—Friday, March 30 and...
United Hatzalah Provides Services in Uman for Rosh Hashanah
United Hatzalah provides medical security to the General Tikkun Klali ceremony in Uman, Ukraine. Teams including EMS volunteer EMTs, paramedics, and doctors, will be operating in the city of...
New Scroll Of Esther Honors Terror Victim, Esther Horgen
By Toby Klein Greenwald
It is always amazing to me how there are families who react to unbearable tragedy by creating something deeply meaningful and beautiful for the Jewish people...
How to Get Fresh in the Produce Store
By Mordechai Schmutter
In honor of Tu B’Shevat, we should really talk about eating some fruits and vegetables, because come Purim, we’re going to switch over to junk food for...
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