By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com
The president misspoke.  He stated that they were going to build a wall in Colorado which borders on New Mexico, but not Mexico. 
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Once again, aveilus in the Torah world following the petira of HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Zalman Ulman ZT”L, Av Beis Din Modi’in Illit. The rav was 73.
HaGaon Rav Ulman served as the Av Beis Din in the chareidi city since its inception.
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by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times
“Tatty, can you take out the dessert from the freezer now so it will thaw for the seudah tonight?
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The goats play a central, yet little understood, role in the avodah of Yom Kippur (no longer performed, but part of the Tefilos).  The chicken plays a role in the Ashkenazic practice of Kapparos immediately before Yom Kippur– also a little understood ritual.
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Following the slew of media reports regarding the cancellation of the Motty Steinmetz and Mordechai Ben David concert in Haifa and the recent fiasco with Teveria mayor Ron Kobi at a concert in his city last week, another concert was canceled on Monday evening in Teveria.

Police and other agencies on Tuesday morning were summoned during the predawn hours to assist in locating missing talmidei yeshiva in Nachal Yarden. The missing talmidim were last seen in a kayak near Yaakov Bridge on Monday evening and have not been seen since.

According to Magen David Adom, one person has been killed and others injured in a bombing attack near Ein Bibim in Shomron, in the Binyamin Regional Council near Yishuv Dolev.
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Police in Dayton, Ohio are reporting there is an active shooter situation, as confirmed by a police twitter message.
We are actively investigating an active shooter incident in the #OregonDistrict.
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It is unclear yet the number of people who were killed in a shooting that took place in a Mall in El Paso, Texas on Shabbos. According to local police, numerous people were killed and more injured.
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Fires are being reported around Israel, the result of the extreme hot and dry climate accompanying the sharav heatwave around Israel today, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Large fires are reported in both the Haifa and Shomron districts.