Balak precedes the Fast of the Fourth Month (that’s what the navi calls Shiv’a Asar b’Tammuz) almost 80% of the time. That includes, in Chutz LaAretz, the years when Shavuot is Friday-Shabbat an ...

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Rabbi Yosef Braun, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights, has released part 1 of a Day to Day Halacha Guide for laws and ...

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A new tax included in the recently signed NJ state budget will impact home sales in the Garden State. Who pays and what you need to know.

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Trump and Netanyahu dine at the White House, a pledge to send Ukraine weapons, no deal necessary for Iran, and Trump nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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