Rav Chaim Kanievsky, Shlita, asked to say the following pirkei Tehillim for Eretz Yisroel: 91, 83, 144, 130, 121
קכא ,קל ,קמד ,פג ,צא
Talking Aliyah with Nefesh b’Nefesh Advisors, Tuesday, June 6th
Talking Aliyah with Nefesh b’Nefesh Advisors, Tuesday, June 6th
Update: Burial and Shiva Information for Yitzhak Zemelman, ob”m
The burial will be in Israel tomorrow evening at 7:00pm at the Eretz Hachaim cemetery in Beit Shemesh.
The family will start shiva today, after the funeral, at their home 2491 Brentwood Drive and will sit until Monday morning. The visiting hours daily are 9:00 -12:00, 2:00 -5:00, and 7:00 – 9:00. Friday hours are from 9:00 -1:00.
When Naftali and Roni return from Israel there will be the following minyanim:
- Mincha/Maariv on both Thursday and Sunday evenings starting at 7:30 pm.
- Shacharit on Friday, Sunday, and Monday at 8:00 am.
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House Passes Bipartisan Objection to UN Security Council Resolution 2334 and United States’ Failure to Block It
Wall Street Journal ArticleThe House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a measure disavowing a United Nations resolution that condemned Israel’s settlement activities, in a rare show of bipartisan force that doubled as a rebuke to President Barack Obama’s approach to the U.S.-Israel relationship.
Excerpts from Resolution:
(1)(G): the United States Government should oppose and veto future United Nations Security Council resolutions that seek to impose solutions to final status issues, or are one-sided and anti-Israel;…
(2) the House of Representatives opposes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 and will work to strengthen the United States-Israel relationship, and calls for United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 to be repealed or fundamentally altered…
Excerpts from Engel’s speech:
“Mr. Speaker, throughout its entire history, the state of Israel has never gotten a fair shake from the United Nations. Year after year after year, member states manipulate the UN to bully our ally Israel, to pile on with one-sided resolutions placing all of the blame for the ongoing conflict on Israel.
“We saw a resolution like this come before the Security Council a few weeks ago, and today the House of Representatives will go on record saying that that UN resolution is wrong, plain and simple. And frankly we should not have voted for that.
“The Security Council resolution is highly critical of Israel, yet asks nothing directly of the Palestinians. That’s biased, that’s unfair, that’s not balanced and, again, we should have opposed it. We should have vetoed it.
“And the language about Jerusalem is not new, but it remains deeply offensive to Jews whose holiest site lies on the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem. The Kotel, the holy Western Wall, is simply not occupied territory, and it’s offensive to hear that.
Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt to headline event for Israeli soldiers injured in Gaza
(Cleveland.com)(Ed: Also a “Pro-Palestinian” group is planning a protest also covered as a separate story in the Plain Dealer.)
Before leading the Cleveland Cavaliers against his former team, Maccabi Tel Aviv, this Sunday, coach David Blatt will headline a tribute to Israel Defense Forces troops injured in the war in Gaza.
Non-profit group Friends of IDF will host the reception Sunday morning at The Q. The group has teamed with Blatt and his former Israeli basketball club for the event, which will include honoring a dozen IDF soldiers wounded in action, according to a news release from FIDF.
Walmart Peppers Made in Israel
Once again Israeli peppers are being seen for sale at Walmart. This time the orange peppers were a mixture of Mexican and Israeli grown.
The OU has a helpful article explaining how to separate terumos and maaseros.
Day of Tefillah: Yom Kippur Katan Erev Rosh Chodesh Shevat – Out of Concern for Passage of Charedi Draft Law in Israel
In light of the imminent passing of the new chareidi draft laws, tomorrow Erev Rosh Chodesh Shevat, a Yom Tefilla has been declared, and the community is asked to take part in additional learning and tefillos, especially praying Yom Kippur Katan. A copy of the notice in Hebrew is printed below. Yom Kippur Katan at Torah LIFE is 12:55pm 1:55pm Wednesday.
Walmart Peppers Made in Israel
There were some reports on Friday that Walmart shoppers had noticed that the peppers being sold were grown in Israel.These of course cannot be eaten unless terumos and maaseros have been separated. It is not known which varieties or packages, but it is more likely to include the red, orange, and yellow varieties. In previous years, we have seen Israeli Clementines and peppers at many area grocery stores (Israeli peppers are more common in the winter season). Also, look for Israeli Jaffa oranges that are being sold with an O-U indicating trumos and maaseros have already been separated.
The OU has a helpful article explaining how to separate terumos and maaseros.