• Jerusalem shuts down as haredi Jews mass protest IDF draft – in Jerusalem, public transport shut down as large ultra-Orthodox protests erupted over the Israel Defense Forces draft

• Mashiv haruach umorid hageshem in the age of super technologies – despite hi-tech water-management in the Land of Israel, the article argues that natural rain remains halakhically and agriculturally indispensable

• World Zionist Congress coalition deal ‘blows up’ as Likud taps PM’s firebrand son for top WZO post – a coalition deal at the World Zionist Organization collapsed when Likud attempted to appoint the prime minister’s son to a top post

• Rabbi Yaakov Ariel: ‘I believe Rabbi Yosef regrets his words against bereaved father’ – a leading religious Zionist rabbi maintains that the controversial remarks by a senior halachic authority were a regrettable slip of the tongue, not a systemic rejection of his movement

• Beren’s New Eruv: A Behind the Scenes Look – on a modern Jewish campus, students and rabbis collaborate to build and maintain a new eruv, reinforcing communal identity and halachic responsibility in practice

• Which states are worst at protecting freedom of faith groups – a U.S. legal-index highlights wide state-by-state variation in protections for faith-based nonprofits, with some states ranked as significantly hostile and others exemplary

• Archaeologists Discover 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Military Fortress in the Sinai Desert – archaeologists in Sinai uncovered a 3,500-year-old Egyptian fortress with towers, ovens, and a garrison of 400-700 soldiers, illuminating ancient military architecture near Canaan

• RM Taragin – The Gift and the Duty 

• Eruv checker – This NY rabbi’s job is so specialized, he hasn’t vacationed in 26 years. But now, technology can help

• A Judge Just Upheld Religious Liberty in New York

• The war is not over

• Not all yeshivos – Drastic Cutbacks Exposed: Funding for Yeshivos Slashed By Up To 90%

• Marking global centennial, Reform movement aims to build bridges, strengthen Israel ties

• Rabbinate seeks retrial over women’s exam ruling

• What a forgotten synagogue dedication in 1825 Philadelphia can teach us today

• ‘Tragic, sudden loss’: Rabbi Moshe Hauer, OU leader, dies over holiday

• OU’s Rabbi Moshe Hauer leaves ‘countercultural’ legacy of openness, empathy

Amri B’Maarava (Vol. III, Newman Edition) אמרי במערבא [חוברת ג’, מהדורת ניומאן] Chiddushim on Teshuvah and Maseches Bava Metzi’a by YU Kollel LA

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• RM Taragin – Sukkot: Walking with strength – even with human mastery, we remain God-dependent; Sukkot reinforces that truth

• This is a catastrophic failure of rabbinic leadership if this unique opportunity to strengthen faith is going in the other direction – Two years in, some are asking if the war in Gaza is changing Judaism – the Gaza war’s toll and moral strain have triggered a crisis of faith, leading many Jews to question God, Judaism’s ethics, and Israel’s spiritual direction

• Sometimes you have to hold your nose while you vote – Andrew Cuomo apologizes to Orthodox Jews for past handling of COVID-19 restrictions – Cuomo apologizes to Orthodox Jews for his COVID restrictions, sharing video ahead of Yom Kippur

• Neuroscience research finds a great reason to observe Shabbat – neuroscience shows a weekly rest supports sleep, reduces fatigue, enhances mental health—validating Sabbath