Life in Israel: 2026

Jul 8, 2026

saving our enemies

By now you surely have heard the bombshell dropped last night by the Spokesman of Ichilov Hospital. It is all over the news.

The Spokesman of Ichilov Hospital revealed last night in an interview that Erdogan, the President of Turkey, had some bad cancer and Israel sent, with PM Netanyashu's approval, via the Mossad a specialist doctor to turkey to treat him and the team saved his life.

The specific doctor's name has not been revealed.

Erdogan has for years been threatening Israel and speaking militantly about Israel. And PM Netanyahu has considered Erdogan an enemy and a dangerous threat for years. And specifically now over the past few days with Erdogan trying to buy F35s from Trump, Netanyahu has been speaking very harshly against Erdogan.

So, why does Israel keep saving our worst enemies? Erdogan (unknown when this happened), Sinwar (2006ish) and Mahmoud Abbas (in 2018) all saved by Israeli doctors sent by Israel (were there others we don't yet know about? but this revelation makes me wonder...)... It makes me wonder if the harsh talk, maybe on both sides, is just for show

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The Pickle of the Shawarma

Doritos in Israel has come out with a couple new flavors in "limited edition"... the two flavors are Shawarma flavor and Pickles of the Shawarma flavor.

I had the Shawarma flavor chips last week to try. It tasted fine and similar enough to shawarma flavor, but honestly I was not impressed. That is not what I am looking for when I eat chips - it was not satisfying in the way chips normally are.

I now got hold of the Pickles of the Shawarma flavor..

This was a little better than the Shawarma flavor chips but actually pretty similar, though not as heavy a flavor. It was not so easy to identify pickle though - more shawarmey and not so much pickle.

I was wondering why call it the pickle of the shawarma rather than pickle of the hamburger or pickle of the cornbeef on rye or dill pickle or kosher pickle or any other type of pickle... and why/ how come up with that specific pickle of shawarma flavor at all... I guess once making a shawarma flavor, pickle of the shawarma was just needing a minor adjustment and you get the cuteness of the name for marketing...

if you buy it, enjoy

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Real Wives of Sullivan County (video)

I dont know how realistic or exaggerated this clip posted by CBN about summer in the Bungalow Colony is, but from what I can tell from the chatter online, many think it is pretty realistic...

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Jul 7, 2026

Quote of the Day

If one of my grandchildren would say "we will die rather than conscript", I will tell my son to send him to therapy....

-- MK Yaakov Asher (UTJ)

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JUST IN: Netanyahu SHUTS DOWN reports of alleged Trump rift (video)

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The Famous 8.9-Rated Brooklyn Square Pizza by Dave Portnoy Is Finally Avail. Kosher in Oakhurst NJ (video)

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Mahane Yehuda Market!! What could be better for a stroll on a Friday? (video)

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Im Eshkachech Yerushalaim - Shai Abramson (video)

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Jul 6, 2026

Interesting Psak: Tiveria or Tiveriah?

Names are very important in halacha. Not just what the name is but also how the name is spelled. And not just names of people but also names of places.

I always found the specificty of how names of places or even names when being transliterated from a foreign (ie a language other than Hebrew) language to be somewhat inane as the entire spelling is really made up so as long as it sounds accurate, does it really matter halachically if it is spelled with an aleph here or there, an aleph or a hei or an ayin, a tet or a tav, etc? is one really more right than the other? I am not talking about names that are Hebrew names that have sources for the spelling (though someone might create a name that is a derivative of a name like that and spell the new name slightly differently...), but names that are really foreign names being spelled in Hebrew.

Despite my feeling that being specific regarding the spelling of names that are not originally Hebrew is inane, halacha and batei din place great importance on the "correct" spelling of names, including the spelling of non-Hebrew names being written in Hebrew. This is important in beis din for all sorts of contracts and ketubas, and even treated with greater importance regarding the writing of a gett, the divorce document.

Tiberias has been an inhabited city for over 2000 years. It is a question or debate if Tiberias has the status of a walled city from the time of Yehoshua, Joshua, when the Jewish nation entered the land of Israel (though it might have existed under a different name back in those days, with the more modern city of Tiberias been built later on the ruins of those more ancient towns, whatever - point being, it is a very old city and has been around since biblical times in some form or another).

The Eida Hachareidis is, reportedly, now debating and coming to a conclusion as to the proper spelling of the name of the city Tiberias. According to Bechadrei, they began debating if the properlys pelling in Hebrew has the word ending in an aleph or hei - טבריה or טבריא... how has it been spelled until now? how were gittin and kesubas written in Tiberias until now? I don't know but suddenly it became a question for the Eida.

To cut to the chase, Rav Avraham Yizchak Ulman, a dayan of the Eida, concluded after much research that it should be spelled with a hei, טבריה.

According to the article, with the recent expansion of the Haredi community in Tiberias the discussion of the proper spelling has been renewed and discussed, with Rav Ulman now coming to the above conclusion.

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NAS: I went to an Israeli hospital. (video)

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Only in Jerusalem can you experience such an atmosphere. Mahane Yehuda Market and the city center (video)

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Leviim Choir | "Im Eshkahech Yerushalim" | TETA Prod. (video)

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Jul 5, 2026

Halacha Headlines: 6/27/26 – Shiur 566 – Stock Market Investing: How Much Risk Is Too Much? (audio)

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'Beacon of liberty': Herzog salutes America, thanks Trump (video)

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American Burger vs Israeli Burger | This recipe will shock you! Independence Day Together (video)

sorry but that Israeli burger is more of a kebab than a burger

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Shmulik Sukkot - HKB"H Iti (video)

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Jul 1, 2026

Iranian Shabbos Goy

The Iranian matriculation exams schedule lands on a Saturday this year. While I am surprised this can happen because in the Western world Saturday is not a school day, I guess in Iran it happens. Behadrei is reporting that the matriculation exams on Saturday presents a serious problem for Jewish students. There may not be that many, but they need to be able to sit their exams as well... The Tehran Jewish Committee has worked with the Iranian Ministry of Education to find a solution, and they did!. the solution is basically to use a "Shabbos Goy".

The announcement made by the committee says that all Jewish students in all the cities of our beloved homeland Iran are able to request assistance from the secretary during the exams on Shabbos. There will be people available appointed by the schools to assist the Jewish students on writing the exams. There will be no cost involved and no authorization letter will be needed - just request it and a goy will be provided. Any Jewish students who might wish to avail themselves of this service should request it in advance from the school administration so the appropriate number of goys available can be arranged.

Obviously they will not help with supplying the answers but to accomplish the writing task, the schools will have shabbos goys available for any Jewish students that need one.

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Quote of the Day

For once be flexible and finally understand the gravity of the moment and the tragedy that is approaching... what would you like to happen? people killing each other? murder in the streets? it is time that you get over yourselves and look at what is happenign out in the field. Where have we gotten? We have gotten to a point where a yeshiva bochur learning Torah in the State of Israel. the Jewish State, is afraid to go out into the streets and needs to dress up in a different way out of concern fort being arrested...

-- MK Yinon Azulai (Shas), directing his ire at the team of the Attorney General and went on to say that the aggressive arrests and enforcement are not achieving their goals but are creating the opposite effect of locking the Haredi community down even more as they circle the wagons to oppose it and it raises the antagonism in the Haredi community towards the State and the IDF...

He is right, but it takes two to tango. The reps of the Haredi community have also not been flexible. They also need to look at what is happening, recognize the gravity of the moment, and be flexible. Maybe if both sides show a little bit of flexibility perhaps we can come to a reasonable resolution.

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Jun 30, 2026

Facebook Status of the Day

My translation:

I just heard about the new shameful incident of a rav that say "yimach shemo" - his name should be blotted out - about the IDF Chief of Staff.

I heard from my father many times about a gathering of rabbomnnim in the home of the Chazon Ish in which the name of a government Minister was mentioned and one of the rabbis muttered from under his moustache "yemach shemo"...

The Chazon Ish asked: if that minister would die without having had any children, would his wife be obligated in yibum, marrying the brother of the deceased?

The rabbi responded, definitely, as even a mumar (an apostate) is obligated in yibum!

So why is his wife obligated in yibum? Because the Torah says "so that his name should not be wiped out from Israel".. the Torah is concerned that the name of each Jew should not be blotted out, even an apostate, so how can you say "yemach shemo" about any Jew?!

Wow, what a story!

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Jun 29, 2026

The Relationship Crisis Nobody Is Talking About | Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky | Behind the Bima #205 (video)

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Moving to Israel: Fear vs. Reality (video)

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Exploring Jerusalem Today! Experience Every Step: A Virtual Pilgrimage to the Old City. (video)

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Abundance Ariella Zeitlin (video)

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Jun 28, 2026

Halacha Headlines: 6/27/26 – Shiur 565 – The New Gambling Epidemic: Sports Betting, Kalshi, Day Trading, and Halacha (audio)

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INSIDE JERUSALEM'S ABANDONED AIRPORT (video)

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24 June. The famous Mahane Yehuda Market and an atmospheric walk through the city center (video)

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Shmulik Sukkot - Aba Tov (video)

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Jun 25, 2026

NEW: Mossab Hasan Yousef “I Told You Something Is Coming & Now It’s Here…” (video)

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Rav Mota Frank on Davening for the @IDF . (video)

Thank you @motafrank1 and @Chusidel!

So sad that this is such a חידוש and not blatantly obvious.

Baby steps... https://t.co/z5WUwyvT1j pic.twitter.com/Pd9bsXnAz0
— Kovi Fleischmann (@KoviFl) June 24, 2026

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Jerusalem, June 23. Peace and quiet in the city center on the way to Zion Gate. (video)

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David Berg - Ze Letova (Official Music Video)

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Jun 24, 2026

Quote of the Day

the day will come when we'll turn the country upside down, but that's at a later stage. The entire land like a bonfire. Do you think they'll make slaves and servants out of us? The moment will come when everyone will go out to protests across the entire country. We'll take the prisons and turn them into yeshivas

-- MK Ytzchak Goldknopf, in advance of the Haredi car protest

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like Kaplan

The Haredi community in Israel will be holding another protest against the draft this afternoon. This protest will be a car protest, meaning convoys of cars will be leaving the various Haredi cities and communities and driving slowly on the roads around Israel causing bad traffic for a while.

I am in favor of their right to protest. They have the same right to protest as everyone else in Israel, even if their subject of protest is one other people do not like or agree with. That should not need to be said.

Their right to protest does not include violence or civil disobedience (even if it is an effective means of protest) just like nobody else has the right to protest like that, and protests are supposed to be coordinated with the police for permits, especially if disrupting the flow of traffic is involved. This too should not need to be said.

Unlike many of the other Haredi protests we have seen recently, from what I understand the protest scheduled for this afternoon has been somewhat coordinated with the police and they have a permit for it (though I think not for shutting down roads, maybe I am wrong). Like the Gur protest the other day near the army prison, which was coordinated with permits, I would expect today's protest to be a bother and nuisance to the general public but relatively peaceful and uneventful.

All that being said, every time I see someone criticizing any of the Haredi protests or any aspect of them, supporters of the protests start screaming "but Kaplan!..." - Kaplan blocked roads, Kaplan got violent, police didnt touch the Kaplan protestors.... whether true or not, whether accurate or not, immediately they run to compare their protests to Kaplan.

I am not sure that is a great strategy. The Kaplan protestors have become among the most (excluding by their supporters obviously) divisive and hated groups around Israel - completely on the Right but also well into the center and into the light Left.

The Haredim are not so well liked right now either out in the general public, but I am not sure they want to be compared to Kaplan and make themselves really hated by so many by demanding to be treated like Kaplan...

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Jun 23, 2026

Interesting Psak: Shabbos Kipa

Rav Bentzion Hakohen Kook, a rav in Petach Tikva and dayan in Jerusalem, recently discussed a halacha during his weekly shiur that it is recommended to not wear clothing on Shabbos that you wear during the week.

One of the attendees asked if practically one must have a unique clothing item designated for Shabos or can one wear clothes, such as a shirt, that he also wears during the week as long as it is laundered for Shabbos?

Rav Kook responded paskening that clothing that gets laundered regularly, such as shirts for example, can be worn on Shabbos after having be en laundered. There is no need to have unique shirts designated for Shabbos, just launder them for Shabbos. Clothing items that are not normally laundered regularly, such as tallis katan and a kipa, should be designated and unique for Shabbos.

Rav Kook mentioned that he himself saw this by Rev Elyashiv, his rebbi, and has been doing it himself since; Rav Elyashiv had a hanger with his Shabbos clothes prepared in the closet that held his Shabbos pants, tallis katan, kipa and a vest, all specifically designated for Shabbos. Rav Elyashiv did not have a shirt designated for Shabbos, but would change to a freshly laundered shirt before Shabbos.

According to Behadrei, since this psak was recently publicized there has been a run on kipas and tallis katan in the stiores as many people are running to get themsels new kipas and tallis katan that they would designate just for Shabbos use... When Rav Kook heard about this he gave his approval and said anyone who does thhings for the glory, the honor, of Shabbos will definitely receive the merit of the Shabbos providing protection for him and it will be a segula for protection, and will be given unlimited bounty (as promised in the gemara)....

Personally I have had a designated tallis katan for Shabbos for many years as an adult, for as long as I can remember. When I get a new tallis katan, I generally will rotate it in making the new one my "Shabbos tzitzis" and move my previous Shabbos tzitzis into my weekday lineup... I never had a special SHabbos kipa - maybe it is time to get one... back when I used to regularly wear a black hat, I did have a hat designated for Shabbos..

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Netanyahu responds to Trump: 'What would the US do?' (video)

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We Love Israel - AKA: Aliyah Snob Syndrome (video)

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The magical atmosphere of Jerusalem! The Mahane Yehuda Market draws everyone in! (video)

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AARON RAZEL Ft. Adi Ran - Hasimcha Ha'Amitit (video)

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Jun 22, 2026

Dovi Neuburger Wants Us to Laugh at Ourselves | Behind the Bima #204 (video)

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'Checked if he fired me': Huckabee takes jab at Trump, assures US commitment to Israel (video)

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Jerusalem! What’s Going on in the Streets Right Now? (video)

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Hashem's Army | TYH Boys (video)

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Jun 21, 2026

The Land of Milk and Honey

Ben and Jerry's of Israel, a strong Zionist company that is no longer related to the anti-Israel American global company Ben & Jerry's, has produced a new flavor that just recently hit the shelves of our retail stores. The new flavor is called Chalav uDvash - Milk and Honey.

I have seen some people describe the flavor as basically vanilla, maybe vanilla chocolate chip, but I think it is better than that. We really like it in our house. It is at minimum a super enhanced vanilla chocolate chip. The honey makes a big difference in it not just being a shade of vanilla.

What makes this flavor unique is that it is produced from ingredients all locally sourced in southern Israel from the communities in the Gaza envelope. The milk comes from a dairy farm in the area, the honey is produced from bees in Yad Mordechai, the magen dovid, the six pointed Jewish star, shaped chunks of chocolate are made by a chocolatier in the area and the artwork on the container is from a local artist in the area. And it tastes great as well. And is also a mehadrin flavor, for those that only eat their mehadrin flavors. And profits (I do not know what percentage) from the sales of this flavor are donated to an organization that is involved in helping with the rebuilding of the affected communities...

the following videos are taken from the Ben and Jerry's website (again, the Israeli company, not the American global company)... and you can get more details about the production of this flavor there...

enjoy the new flavor, and feel good about eating ice cream knowing you are also supporting a good cause in the support of our southenr Gaza envelope communities.

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Halacha Headlines: 6/20/26 – Shiur 564 – Should You Move to Israel? What about trying it for a year? (audio)

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The Real Jerusalem 17 June. From Mahane Yehuda Market to the International Convention Center (video)

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Sruli hosts Amiran Dvir and Mendy Twersky: Heilig (Official Music Video)

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Jun 18, 2026

Picture of the Day

as seen in Monsey

we have gone from Trump being possibly mashiach and davening for Donald ben Fred to Trump being a fehrd (a horse, colloquially in Yiddish, a fool)....

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Eichler's absurdity

Deputy Minister Yisrael Eichler has been part of a weird situation for the last several months....

Because of a dispute between Degel Hatorah and Agudat Israel, the two factions (not including the sub-factions) making up the political party Yahadut Hatorah regarding a rotation agreement that was supposed to be implemented moving Yitzchak Pindrus back into the Knesset for Degel, the beis din ajudicating the case came up with a solution ro resolve the issue. The solution was to have Yisrael Eichler be appointed as a Deputy Minister which would allow him to resign from the Knesset and open a spot for Yitzchak Pindrus under the "Norwegian Law".

Eichler became Deputy Minister in the government Ministry of Communications despite Yahadut Hatorah, United Torah Judaism, his party, having had left the coalition back in July 2025. This was an absurd situation in which UTJ was not part of the coalition due to their protesting the government's handling (or actually, not handling) of the draft law they wanted/needed but one of their members took and held a government position as Deputy Minister.

It now gets even more absurd.

Deputy Minister Eichler gives an interview to Mishpacha Magazine for this week's edition of the publication. The purpose of the interview is to talk politics and Eichler's work and the Day Care Law he is trying to get passed, among other things.

During the interview Eichler makes an interesting and absurd statement. He says, "I am not a partner in this government and I have not participated in any government meetings. [Being a Deputy Minister] is purely a technical matter."

I remember back in 2015 Yaakov Litzman took the position of Minister. That was the first time a UTJ representative took a ministerial position. Until 2015 the approach of UTJ was to not take ministerial positions in government saying this basically absolves them of any government decisions that might be against halacha such as chilul shabbos and the like. Since Litzman broke the ice, UTJ reps have regularly taken more and increasingly more ministerial positions.

So they used to avoid being a partner in the government by refusing to take ministerial positions, and now they take ministerial positions but still deny membership and responsiblity for government decisions. Absurd.

Further, taking a position as Deputy Minister is an expensive matter and it comes with great responsibility. There is important work to do both in the ministry and in the government. It comes with offices, advisors, car and driver, pension and all sorts of discretionary funds and budgets. Yet Eichler takes all that and is obviously, by his own admission, not doing his job. he does not participate in government meetings. It is just a technical appointment to satisfy the dispute between Degel and Agudah and get Pindrus back into Knesset.

Cynically, it is all just a matter of jobs to them to help themselves to a parnassa and not actually do anything they are supposed to be doing as a matter of representing their voters and the people of Israel (in ministerial positions especially, more so than just as Knesset members, they are supposed to be representing all of Israel not just their voters).

Absurd. Eichler is a Deputy Minister when his party is not a member of the government coalition and then claims even as Deputy Minister he is not part of the government that is doing things he does not agree with. It makes sense and fits very nicely with a government that does not take repsonsiblity for anything and blames everything on everyone else.

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Torah vs. Zionism: Can Israel Be Both? (video)

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Har HaBayis: Everything You Don’t Want To Hear | Special Episode With Rabbi Yehuda Levi (video)

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Western Wall and walk to the Damascus Gate. Jerusalem's Old City (video)

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Moshe Tischler - Yogati (Official Music Video)

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Jun 17, 2026

Picture of the Day

Police literally rip the pants off a protester and then drag him away...

this morning's anti-haredi-draft protests got very violent very quickly with police having no patience for it and using stun grenades and their heavy batons to beat protestors bloody...

as I have said before, the Israel Police have always been too violent... if anyone deserves to be at the other end of that violent baton it is people, any people, who shut down the country by blocking roads (the blocking of roads is violence against innocent bystanders), especially during rush hour traffic but any other time as well, but I am not sure anyone really deserves to be at the end of that violent baton... (note: I am using "violent baton" as a noun - the baton is not violent, but the policeman wielding it is)

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Jun 15, 2026

Picture of the Day

Some people from the more extreme (regarding the draft) Haredi groups (eg Peleg) hung the above sign at the entrance to Modiin Ilit. The sign bars entry to police and military police...

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Why Jewish Music is Hitting Different | Chaim Ghoori | Behind the Bima #203 (video)

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Jerusalem 4 June. A walk from Davidka Square. Mahane Yehuda Market, Nachlaot and Saker Park (video)

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Meshulam zusha - Le’yshuatcha Kivinu (video)

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Jun 14, 2026

why arrest them?

On Friday afternoon a news blurb went out about a Chassidishe avreich coming in via the airport with his young daughter having been arrested/detained and handed over to the Military Police for being a deserter. The Eida Hachareidis put out an announcement with a threat that if he is not released immediately the airport would be completely shut down in the coming days.

Shortly after that notice, another notice hit the news that the avreich was released.

This was after another arrest attempt Friday morning that was thwarted by the Peleg system for dealing with these arrests by sending mobs out.

I don't get it. If they are just going to let these guys go anyway once the Peleg or Eida make their threats or send out their crowds, why are they arresting these people at all? They look extremely weak in light of how frequently they are backing down to threats. if they are just going to release them anyway, don't even bother arresting them.

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Quote of the Day

We have to put out a clear statement and tell everyone - we have to dismantle this concept called the "Gush Emuni" (the faith bloc). I, as a Likudnik, do not want my vote going to Shas and I do not want to bring Goldknopf into the Knesset and government. Ergo, I am calling upon the Prime Minister to dismantle this bloc now, not to succumb to their threats. We need to be the ones who dismantle it.

-- MK Dan ilouz (Likud)

not sure how he expects the Likud to be able to form a coalition if he thinks the Likud should work against some of its national partners. Whatever you might think about those partners, the Likud needs them at this point... Netanyahu created this fiction of blocs back when we were in a series of re-elections and it has worked well for him, and he should be the one to dismantle it rather than be dragged around by others, but right now he cannot as he has no other options... maybe that is something he should deal with, but util he does, his bloc is his only option...

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Halacha Headlines: 6/13/26 – Shiur 563 –“Dati Leumi” and Charedi: Are the Differences Halachic or Hashkafic? (audio)

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The Man Who Can Sing Anything | Shulem Lemmer | Backstage with Benny (video)

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Jerusalem. Friday walk from Mahane Yehuda to Zion Square. Incredible atmosphere! (video)

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YONI Z & CHANANYA ROTENBERG – THROUGH IT ALL [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

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Jun 12, 2026

Shay Viner & Avremi Rot - Shema Beni (video)

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Jun 11, 2026

doing away with primaries

Amit Segal of Channel 12 is reporting that PM Netanyahu, in his role as head the Likud party, is working to cancel the upcoming Likud primaries and have the candidates for Knesset in the upcoming elections selected by a committee.

The issue has been ongoing for a little while, with Netanyahu both demanding a large number of designated slots into which he can personally choose someone for that slot, and also Netanyahu seemingly thinking that certain MKs who would benefit from the primaries and get into realistic slots might harm the Likud list in the upcoming national elections and cost the Likud some seats. That concern is based on advanced polling Netanyahu relies on.

In the end I think this is just posturing and Netanyahu won't go ahead with this. He will use this for some sort of compromise, perhaps to get more "shiryunim", reserved slots, than what others are willing to give but fewer than what he is demanding, or maybe something else. I just cannot see him canceling the primaries.

The Likud, and Netanyahu, has always been very proud of the primaries and uses them to attack many of the other parties. the Likud is one of just a few parties that hold real primaries to choose its candidates, and they regularly claim they are the only democratic party that holds primaruies while other parties have their candidates selected by the chairman or a committee. I have a hard time believing they are really going to give that up and make the Likud just like most of the other parties in that regard. I can see the attacks on the Likud for this if it happens, King Bibi canceling primaries and selecting the candidates that work for him. I don't think he will give anyone that opportunity.

And perhaps a bigger reason is that if there are no primaries, why should anyone be a member of the Likud? If they were to cancel the primaries I would assume there would be mass cancelations of membership, which would be a big financial hit to the Likud.

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getting a shiur on hilchos shabbos on WFAN... was that on your bingo card?

though I am surprised they didn't know the term shabbos goy...

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Jun 3, 2026

We Don't Need No Education

This morning at the Israeli Democracy Institute conference Naftali Bennett took an interesting campaign stance.

Bennett said, "If I will be elected Prime Minister, I will shut down all the Haredi parties' school chains - (Personally (me, not Bennett) I think it is a problem that political parties are running schoool systems, but that's the way it is, now back to Bennett) Under our noses an independent Haredi anti-Zionist state has been established within Israel and we are funding it from our pockets. In the next government we will move to fix an historical error that allowed for the creation of seperate states. This is the rule: not stately (there is no great definition for mamlachti) - not on our dime...."

I dont know if he is serious or not about this. Maybe it is just trying to differentiate himself from others and bring in votes. Even if Bennett was serious about this, I doubt he would be able to do this, even if today's Opposition wins and he figures out a way to get the other parties (Eisenkot and Lieberman specifically) to support him for PM ... 60 or 70 years ago the Haredi school systems were tiny. Today they are massive.

Even if he wins, nobody is forecasting a landslide that would give him a powerful government. Even if you trust the polls that forecast victory for the Opposition and defeat for today's Coalition parties, it will be another weak government (because it will be narrow) that will probably not last long and will not get anything major done. This is something major that will be a big fight and garner massive opposition and won't be so easy to accomplish.

I think this can be taken with a grain of salt

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Jun 2, 2026

Tweet of the Day

"It will all work out well in the end - It always does!" pic.twitter.com/2XZLa5rARG
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 1, 2026

1. he's driving everyone crazy with his back and forth but from his mouth to God's ears, hopefully it will work out well in the end

2. he sounds like a rebbi in yeshiva teaching the bochurim about emuna

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Jun 1, 2026

Fascinated by the protests

Last night there were protests and riots in and outside of Bet Shemesh. Peleg Yerushalmi people found out or heard that a yeshiva bochur in the area had been arrested, or maybe detained, for being a "deserter" from the IDF. They quickly mobilized and wreaked havoc in the area, including breaking into the police station where the detainee was supposedly being held, until they were eventually pushed out.

I'm honestly fascinated by the protests that happen when a yeshiva bochur is arrested/detained, and specifically by their level of organization..

They seem to have enough people all over the place to get a crowd quickly at the site of the arrest. They get the word out quickly and people show up immediately.

They don't have weapons but the police usually have no control and can't defend themselves against these protesters with the protesters often creating so much havoc that the police often releases the detainee or just gives up and leaves the area if they have not already gotten their guy. And like last night, they at times even break into the police station and physically free them from the clutches of the police.

No consequences, nobody really gets into any trouble, anyone arrested for this behavior seems to be released fairly quickly.

I'm amazed and fascinated.

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