MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) had some interesting criticism of the budget that is seemingly being passed - or actually of the people passing the budget. 

There is a difference between supporting them and between requesting things we need for our community. If they would be received in our cities with royal honors, so you would have a complaint, but if they think the fruit put out on the table is some big honor and maybe it is a sign we will joint eh coalition, so maybe we should only put out water next time..

I am not mu of a stats guys so I don't really know - Is this the most Jewish players (3) ever playing in one World Series or have there been more?

With the clocks being rolled back this Saturday night (Sunday morning) in Israel with the end of Daylight Savings Time, MKs Ali Salaha and Michal Rozin (both from Meretz) have proposed a law that would put an end to DST - if the law passes, there will be no more moving of the clock, not back and not forward.

They explain that this would put Israel in line with many countries, especially Asian , African, and South American countries that do not "change the clock" at all and this would increase savings in electricity and energy consumption, decrease the number of traffic accidents, etc. They say a sunlit country like Israel has no need for moving the clock around and not moving the clock will give us extra sunlight later in the day, leaving more time for recreation at the end of the day and will also be better for our mental health.
source: Maariv

I don't know which way is better, but I was sure happy we were done with the bi-annual fighting over DST. Ever since the actual date "algorithm" was set in law rather than fighting over the date each year, it has been a non-issue. Proposing this law means we are going to start fighting about it again - even if not when but if.









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the jokes just write themselves..

I dont know what exactly this is for but it seems the new budget being passed is giving 12 million shekels to the street cats.

We need to allow the light rail to operate every day of the week. The light rail should be treated like a Shabbat elevator that stops at every station.

and he knows it because he is a bus driver for Satmar!

This is everything pic.twitter.com/aIeKHlK0Hv

— jewboy media (@simmy_cohen) October 25, 2021

created, granted and dubbed by a dedicated reader...

This looks like an interesting initiative to keeps kids on the derech...

this is insane...

The fact that the vast majority think the Kotel is a Haredi shul - that is a breakdown and we must fix it. One day we will need to liberate the Kotel

Behadrei is reporting on a question posed to Rav Bentzion Kook, a posek in Yerushalayim, by an injured IDF soldier.

Someone died of Corona, and the family had the chutzpa to mark on her tombstone that she was murdered by Beilinson Hospital in the Corona ward. Unless someone held a pillow over her face, this is a tremendous chutzpa.

I don't determine for them whether or not they can meet with Abu Mazen - they shouldn't determine for me where there should be a building freeze in Judea and Samaria.

Behadrei is reporting on an interesting psak issued by Rav Yitzchak Zilbershtein, rav of Ramat Elchonon neighborhood of Bnei Braq.

Hamechadesh is reporting on a strange but interesting question posed to rav Yitzchak Zilbershtein, rav of Ramat Elchonon neighborhood of Bnei Braq.

Prime Minister Bennett was better than the previous government for our community - during the recent holidays he let us go to daven and go to shul, he let us travel... the government is fine and it has the ability to mend the tears in society but there are some people that will never allow it to be mended.

that guy who said the pizza is horrible - he should have asked that guy if it is horrible why is he there...

Last night cholent was on @Jeopardy (yay) but I am I the only one that found the clue misleading and bothersome. Yes that pasuk prohibits lighting a fire but the separate prohibition of cooking is what directly necessitated cholent @missmayim

(🎥 elan kornblum on FB) pic.twitter.com/w9UWK9eeH2

— jewboy media (@simmy_cohen) October 14, 2021

this answer is right but was very controversial in the Jewish world...

גזירות ליברמן תשפ"ב: בישיבת אור ישראל נערכים להעלאת מחירי החד פעמי ומקדימים תרופה למכה. היום הגיע כמות ראשונה של 11 משטחים של חד פעמי לחצי שנה ובימים הקרובים יגיעו עוד pic.twitter.com/C0YUbEwBca

— משה ויסברג (@moshe_nayes) October 20, 2021

Translation:

I stand here as the representative of the Haredi community and beseech of you, the members of the Coalition, to integrate us into the workforce, support this important law!

I stopped to drink some water from a public water fountain in the streets of RBS and noticed something written on the frame of the fountain just beside the dispenser, the perfect spot for a person to see it when he bends over to drink:

The little Jewish child in the United Kingdom, Alta Fixler, was taken off life support yesterday and died. Her parents battle to save her and leave her on life support, even by moving to another country, failed and the courts ruled against their efforts and challenge and ordered life support to be stopped.

FYI - Amazon dropped their minimum order for free shipping to Israel (for qualifying items) from $65 back down to the original $49.

ההסתה מצד העסקנים החרדים ממשיכה לחצות את גבולות הביקורת הלגיטימית. לא ייאמן שעיתון נותן במה לאמירה כזו במדינת ישראל. בושה! https://t.co/Xyn7kZZsCU

— ישראל ביתנו (@Beytenu) October 16, 2021

Translation:

Mayor of Ramat Gan Carmel Shama Cohen reportedly responded to an incident of a billboard in Ramat Gan being defaced and ripped down due to the image of a woman being on it saying that for every sign vandalized and defaced or removed, two more will be put up free of charge. The hooligans will achieve exactly the opposite of what they wanted.

The Haredi politicians of UTJ and Shas have been complaining a lot about policies put forth by the government that go against what the Haredim would want to see happen. To that end, there is no cooperation (at least not officially) between the Haredi MKs and the government as the Haredi MKs officially refuse to speak with the government (though a couple of them seem to be doing so unofficially, at least a bit). The sensitivities and preferences of the Haredi community are largely not being taken into account because of this.

According to reports, the Lev Tahor group (aka cult) of weirdos and crazies and extremists is trying to evade the law again and leave Guatemala for Iran. They figure they will be left alone to their own crazy behavior in Iran, some of which might be similar enough to parts of local society there. They just want the authorities to leave them alone, to leave them be, to live in peace and quiet the way they want according to their own ideology and beliefs. Sounds almost idyllic. 

There is some weird story happening in Berlin. 

When you dont want to hear the answer, don't ask the question. There is supposedly a well known rule among lawyers in court to never ask a question you don't already know the answer to. I think they also use this rule in the Knesset, even if they act like they don't know the answer. And if they really don't know the answers to their questions in advance, they need to stop asking questions they really don't want the answers for.

There is a well known old question, one of those conundrums of the universe, wondering if 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, why do they have locks on their doors?