Bibi jabs Obama at UN (no one notices); Ofek 11 Spy Satellite

David Israel
„Given its history of hostility towards Israel, does anyone really believe that Israel will let the UN determine our security and our vital national interests?”

Hana Levi Julian
See the full text and video of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN General Assembly.

Hana Levi Julian
PM Netanyahu invited PA leader Mahmoud Abbas to address the Knesset in Jerusalem, and offered to address the PA parliament in Ramallah.

Jewish Press News Briefs
The full text of the speech to the UN General Assembly by PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, delusions included.

Hana Levi Julian
Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, said the speech by PA leader Abbas will lead to more violence.

Hana Levi Julian
PM Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive at UN General Assembly session with top Israeli officials.

Jewish Press News Briefs
The terrorist was shot as he was hiding behind the hitchhiking post with his knife.

JNi.Media
The launch ten days ago looked like a success, except that, about 90 minutes later, the project engineers realized that not all systems were functioning or responsive as the satellite had entered its orbit.

David Israel
The politics of the left rears its ugly head in several spots along the report, and it is most noticeable in Judge Shapira’s directive to include the numerous NGOs „working for a shared society and prevention of racism.”

Dr. Michael J. Salamon
People resort to drugs, including alcohol, for a variety of reasons, among them a simplistic or reflexive approach to coping with pain, an attempt to hide anxieties, or for random recreational reasons

Rabbi Shmuel Zuckerman
Certainly, even someone in a spiritual coma on Rosh Hashanah can be awakened by the sound of the shofar.

Rabbi Yaakov Klass
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Immanuel Shalev
Ki Tavo is so difficult to read; how could Hashem be so cruel to us? Join us as we grapple with the incredibly difficult curses of this week’s parsha

Rabbi Francis Nataf
Many commentators sense a significance to the placement of the bikkurim declaration, at the beginning of this week’s pasha, right after the injunction to destroy Amalek. What is the connection?

Rabbi Dani Staum
Each mitzvah and each holiday is a guide and a map

Rabbi Simcha Weinberg
The visitor does not hand over his basket of First Fruits; he first shares it with the Temple representative. This is not a ceremony of give and take but of sharing.

Rabbi Raphael Fuchs
It seems from the Vilna Gaon and the Ra’avan that shomei’a k’oneh would not work for reciting the parshah of bikurim. But why not?

Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis
As Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur approach and we appeal to Hashem for a blessed New Year, we also prepare for the awesome moment when we will all stand before Almighty G-d.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
We are what we remember, and the first-fruits declaration was a way of ensuring that Jews would never forget.

Raphael Grunfeld
From this decree on, the two days of Rosh Hashanah – unlike the two days of Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot – were no longer celebrated out of doubt but out of certainty.

Rabbi Meir Orlian
Tosfos writes [Gittin 47a; Pesachim 57a] that hefker (disowning) rooted in error is not hefker, just as a gift or transaction rooted in error is not valid [C.M. 246:1-3].

Chava Dumas
Leah and Benyamin were both so used to being independent that Leah did not consider asking anyone for help.

Rabbi Yaakov Klass
Question: Where does the name Elul come from? Also, how can Elul be both the last month of the year and the prequel to the holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) that occur in the following month, Tishrei, the first month of the new year? Finally, can you please discuss the religious practices of Elul? M. Goldman Miami Beach, FL

Rabbi Yaakov Klass
His Silence Is Deafening ‘One Seized It In Our Presence’ (Bava Metzia 6a)

Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier
Studies show that not only do athletes who use them improve, but so do many other people whose activities require peak performance.