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DRAMATIC VIDEO: Miracle in Holon

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A residential apartment building in Holon collapsed on Sunday afternoon, a day after 16 families were evacuated from the building. Israel Fire and Rescue Services evacuated the residents of the building on Shabbos morning after they were called to the site due to the sound of a blast in the building • Full Story, Video
Israeli Police Nab Two of Six Escaped Prisoners

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Captured fugitives identified as Yaquob Qadiri and Mahmoud al-Arida, both of Islamic Jihad. Al-Arida said to be the mastermind of escape; searches continue for remaining escapees fro Gilboa Prison • Full Story
Jerusalem: Terrorist Killed After Stabbing Attempt

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An assailant was shot as he attempted to stab police officers in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday afternoon, and later died of his wounds, police and hospital officials said, amid heightened tension as security forces carry out an intense manhunt for six escaped Palestinian security prisoners • Full Story
Lod Mayor Checks His Tefillin After Injury, Shocked By Results

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The Mayor of Lod, Israel Yair Revivo recently injured himself at home, when after stumbling and falling on a glass railing, a shard of glass penetrated his hand. As soon as he arrived home from the hospital, Revivo sent his tefillin to be checked by a sofer and was shocked by the results • Full Story
Israel Bolsters Security on Gaza Border

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In the wake of the severe incident during the riot on Shabbos, when a Border Police sniper was critically injured after Arabs stormed the fence, the IDF bolstered its forces on the border ahead of the riot, including an armored company and an additional sniper unit • Full Story
Bennett Lands In Washington In 1st Overseas Visit As PM

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland overnight Tuesday ahead of his meeting with US President Joe Biden. Bennett is scheduled on Wednesday to meet with Jewish leaders and senior US government officials and will meet with Biden on Thursday • Full Story
Picture of the Day

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While wildfires rage outside of Yerushalayim, Shliach Rabbi Yisroel Naftalin, Director of “Lev Chabad” in the city’s Hadassah Hospital, took an opportunity today to blow shofar for the brave firemen working tirelessly to stop the blaze. The fires have caused the evacuation of several Jerusalem area neighborhoods, and is rapidly approaching the hospital.
Rocket Launched From Gaza

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The Islamic Jihad terror group headquartered in Gaza has taken responsibility for the rocket launched towards an Israeli town on Monday afternoon. The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted a rocket heading towards the city of Sderot. No one was injured and no damage was caused • Full Story
Israelis Divided Over Possible Tishrei Lockdown

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A plurality of Israelis say the government should impose a fourth lockdown during the upcoming holiday season if the surge in new cases continues – though a majority say such a step would prove the present government has failed in its handling of the crisis, a new poll shows • Full Story
Fire Ravages Chabad Yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel

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A fire broke out this evening on the second floor of the Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva building in the Hadar neighborhood of Haifa. Firefighters and rescue forces were called to the scene of the incident and took control of the fire. The reason for the fire has not yet been determined • Full Story, Video
150 Rabbis Meet at Unprecedented Conference

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About 150 Rabbanim, including municipal Rabbanim and dayanim, gathered on Wednesday with the Moetzet HaRabbanut and Chief Rabbanim HaRav Yitzchak Yosef and HaRav Dovid Lau for an emergency meeting about the kashrus and giyur reforms being formulated by Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana • Full Story, Photos
Israeli Town Copes With Scars from Rocket Fire

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Just three months after Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Jerusalem, spurring Operation Guardian of the Walls, the border town of Sderot appears to be on the road to recovery. The streets are bustling, and the town is filled with well-kept parks and playgrounds. The local real-estate market is booming. But underneath the veneer of normalcy, the scars of years of rocket fire run deep • Full Story
Kfar Placed in ‘Red’, But No Serious Cases

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As of yesterday, over 200 cases of COVID-19 have been verified in the Chassidic enclave of Kfar Chabad in Eretz Yisroel, placing it in the country’s “red” category. According to the Hebrew language website Kikar Hashabbat over 70% of the cases are children and at this time none of the current cases in the village are of a serious nature • Full Story
Israel’s Security in the Hands of Arabs

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Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawi-Zoabi said on Sunday that her party and the Islamist Ra’am party will prevent Prime Minister Naftali Bennett from launching a military operation. Zoabi said: “Prime Minister Naftali Bennett knows that if the government carries out out a military operation, the coalition will fall because Metetz and Ra’am won’t agree to it” • Full Story
Hezbollah Fires Rockets, Israel Hits Back Harder

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The Hezbollah terror group said it fired a barrage of rockets into Northern Israel, calling it retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon a day earlier. The Israel Defense Forces said 10 projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system and six landed in open around Mount Dov. Israel said it was firing back after 19 rockets were launched from Lebanon, and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett swiftly convened a meeting with the country’s top defense officials • Full Story
IDF Strikes on Lebanon Continue

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In the first acknowledged airstrikes since 2014, the IDF carried out airstrikes on Lebanon in the early hours of Thursday morning in response to three rockets launched into Israel on Wednesday. “We absolutely condemn the rocket attacks from armed groups based in Lebanon that were fired into Israel,” US State Department Spokesman Ned Price said. “Israel has the right to defend itself against such attacks” • Full Story
Rockets Land in Northern EY; IDF Responds

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On Wednesday afternoon, just after 12:00p.m., air raid sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona, Tel Hai, and Kfar Giladi, on Israel’s northern border.A short while ago, IDF artillery forces struck in Lebanese territory in response to the rockets fired from Lebanon at Israeli territory, an IDF statement said. The strike is the IDF’s third within two hours • Full Story
Rabbanut Rejects Kashrus Reforms

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The Chief Rabbinate has declared it will not cooperate with the government’s proposed reforms to the kashrut supervision system, describing them as “dangerous” and “the destruction of kashrut and Judaism in Israel.” The decision was signed by council head Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and the 11 other members of the council, while Chief Rabbi David Lau applauded the decision • Full Story
US Travellers to Quarantine in Eretz Yisroel

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Israel on Tuesday added 18 additional countries, including the US, to the list of countries under a severe travel warning, which means that travelers from those locations will have to enter quarantine even if vaccinated or recovered. The quarantine period is 14 days but can be shortened to seven days with two negative PCR tests • Full Story
Jewish Music Stars Entertain Thousands at Siyum

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Thousands gathered in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya to celebrate the completion of the 40^th cycle of learning Rambam, together with Shluchim , Rabbonim, Mashpiim, and public figures from all facets of Israeli life. The crowd was moved by the stunning performance of singers Chaim Israel and Yakov Shwekey. Moments of the beautiful event were captured by Chaim Tuito • Photos
Kashrus Reforms Inspired By Liberal Stance

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Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana admitted on Sunday that the kashrus reforms he formulated are based on the opinions of the rabbanim of Tzohar, a liberal Religious Zionist organization with similarities to the Open Orthodox movement in the States • Full Story
Children’s Torah: 100 Defining Moments

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Thousands celebrated the inauguration of the seventh Sefer Torah for Jewish children this past Thursday in the Old City of Yerushalayim. During the festivities ChabadInfo.com photographer Mendy Kurant set out to capture the 100 most defining moments of the historic event • Photos
Israel Begins Administering COVID Booster Shot

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Israeli health authorities began administering coronavirus booster shots Friday to people over 60 who’ve already received both does of a vaccine, in a bid to combat a recent spike in cases. The decision was announced Thursday by the Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, making Israel the first country to offer a third dose of a Western vaccine to its citizens on a wide scale
CGI – Beitar Illit Storms the Kosel

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The Tzivos Hashem soldiers spending their summer in Camp Gan Yisroel in Beitar Illit, Israel made their way to the holy city of Yerushalayim for a special visit. While they enjoyed fun activities like go-karting, the true purpose for their journey was to tour the Old City and daven at the Kosel. The boys made a huge Kiddush Lubavitch at the Kosel Plaza as they davened strongly for the coming of Moshiach now • Photos
Lieberman Excited About Kashrus Reform

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In an interview with Haaretz last week, Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana said that when he informed Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman about the kashrus reforms he intends on implementing: “he almost fainted from excitement” • Full Story