Second day Chanukah 5786
Weather: 34° Sunny to partly cloudy.
Thursday night heavy rain, up to 50 mph gusts in forecast along the Jersey shore
- Trump hosted two Chanukah parties today at the Whitehouse attended by Jewish staff and guests. Video Here
Miriam Adelson at the WH Chanuka party said says she spoke to Alan Dershowitz in Israel about the legality of Trump serving a third 4-year term: "We can do it!.. Think about it. I will give you another $250 million."
- Trump orders full blockade on sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela
- Levaya of Rabbi Eli Schlanger HYD Chabad shliach killed in Sydney massacre. Liveatream of Levaya now wed morning in Australia Here
- Heavy traffic this afternoon due to early dismissal and no transportation
Shkiah 4:33 pm
Zman Hadlaka al pi minhag Hayeshiva in Lakewood first night chanuka is 4:56 pm candles should burn until 6:15 pm
- Powerball jackpot now at $1.25 Billion with next drawing Wednesday night
- An older Jewish couple tussled with Sydney terrorist before killing spree began and were slain Boris and Sofia Gurman seen in dashcam footage fighting with Sajid Akram before both were shot dead; Reuven Morrison HYD seen hurling objects at gunman before he too was killed
- Another name of a murder victim in the attack in Australia was published, Edith Brotman HYD
- NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani visited the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Queens last night to pay his respects to the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack
- Sesame bakery extended Chanukah hours open from 7am - 9 pm
- The New Jersey state Assembly State and Local Government Committee voted unanimously to approve a bill designating the hazelnut as the official State nut.
- Last night in Toms River, the Chabad Jewish Center of Toms River hosted a Chanukkah celebration that included a menorah parade with cars decorated with menorahs and a public menorah lighting at Toms River Town Hall
- Giyus: Chairman of the 'United Torah Judaism' faction, MK Yitzhak Goldknopf, sharply attacked the conscription law being formulated in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, claiming that it severely harms Torah students. According to him, "it turns them into third-class citizens, worse than terrorists," and he warned that the law would lead to immediate harm to tens of thousands of Torah students.
- Elon Musk has begun funding Republicans in the 2026 midterms, to help President Trump secure the second half of his term - Axios
- BDE: Petira of Rav Shraga Bressler ZTL of Monsey sin in law by the Manchester RY ZTL Levaya in Monsey today at Bais Medrash Elyon
-Fox: The FBI warned the Biden Admin that there was NOT probable cause to raid Mar a Lago.They raided President Trump anyway.
- Last night antisemitic attack involving a group of Jews from Canada returning from a Chanukkah event in Manhattan were attacked by two the young men on the subway, beat them, and cursed them for being Jewish
- Susie Wiles trump Chief of staff responds to an article about the WH: The article published this morning is a misleading hit piece that omits critical context to push a false narrative of chaos. The truth is the Trump White House has accomplished more in eleven months than most administrations do in eight years, thanks to President Trump’s unmatched leadership. Nothing will distract us from continuing to Make America Great Again.
- In the interview, Susie Wiles offered unusually blunt assessments of key figures around Trump. She described Donald Trump as having “an alcoholic’s personality,” saying her ability to manage him comes from growing up with an alcoholic father. She portrayed Vice President JD Vance as a long-time conspiracy theorist whose shift from Trump critic to ally was politically motivated, not principled. Wiles was sharply critical of Elon Musk, calling him an “avowed ketamine user,” an “odd duck,” and often irrational. She labeled budget director Russell T. Vought a right-wing zealot, defended USAID as effective and valuable, and faulted Attorney General Pam Bondi for mishandling the Epstein files, saying she “completely whiffed” it.
- Israel Due to the steep rise in flu cases over the past few weeks, the Health Ministry says it recommends that at-risk people, medical staff and visitors to geriatric institutions wear protective face masks. The ministry says that as of December 7, there have been 513 new cases of influenza A and one positive case of Influenza B, based on reports from 14 hospitals.
- The executive director of Garden State Equality, an LGBTQ rights organization in Monmouth County, is facing charges of child endangerment and assault following an incident last month at his Neptune City home. Court documents state he is charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child by a caretaker and two counts of simple assault.
-Nvidia is set to build Israel’s largest tech campus in the country’s north, with the deal expected to be signed within days, according to Yaakov Kvint, director of the Israel Land Authority. The campus will span roughly 160,000 square meters, accommodate around 8,000 workers, and be about 30% larger than Nvidia’s Silicon Valley campus described as “the likes of which have never been seen before in Israel.”
World Insurance Associates, a Top 50 Insurance Brokerage, announced today that it acquired the business of The Fidella Agency of Lakewood, NJ on September 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Fidella was founded in 2011 The agency specializes in commercial property/real estate insurance.
- New Jersey officials have boosted security at synagogues and Jewish events statewide following a deadly Hanukkah terrorist attack in Sydney that killed at least 15 people, with Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew Platkin stressing the move is precautionary and that there are no known threats to New Jersey.
- In the aftermath of a deadly terror attack in Sydney that killed 15 people, Rabbi Yehoram Ulman delivered an emotional and powerful message during Shacharis, calling for chizuk and achdus rather than despair. Overcome0 with grief, he recited Baruch Dayan HaEmes as he mourned his own son-in-law, Rabbi Eli Schlanger Hy”d, who was among the victims
Zmanei Hadlaka at the homes of the Roshei Yeshiva in EY.
I heard that chief richard taylor has directed the police to investigate this subway attack with outmost seriousness.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that last week Satmar embraced the new mayor and now Chabad, it was all a Zionist lie to imply hes an anti-Semite after all do anti Semites go to kuf alef celebrations and the ohel? The Zionists are the ones imprisoning bochurim and banning mechitzas.
ReplyDeleteThis zmanim for roshei yehsiva in EY is super weird. If they want to be rebbes put up parentches and have their talmidim jump up and down.
ReplyDeleteKabarnit Olam Hatorah? What's next? No disrespect to RMHH himself of course, but this game of the askanim making up longer and longer titles is just as unbecoming as the stupid two foot shtreimels growing higher and higher.
ReplyDeleteWe’ve come full circle and are hasidim :)
DeleteHere's a list of the things Wiles revealed:
ReplyDelete- Wiles said she has read the Epstein documents and acknowledged that Trump’s name is in them.
- Wiles said she urged Trump NOT to pardon the most violent January 6 rioters. He ignored her advice.
- She admitted Trump is looking for retribution...“when there’s an opportunity, he will go for it.”
- She tried to convince Trump to stop “score-settling” against political enemies after 90 days in office. That effort failed because Trump’s desire for retribution never stopped.
- Wiles directly contradicted Trump’s claims about Bill Clinton, stating there is “no evidence” Clinton ever visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.
- She described Trump as having “an alcoholic’s personality.” Wiles said her ability to work with him comes from growing up with an alcoholic father, the sportscaster Pat Summerall.
- On Vice President JD Vance, Wiles said he has “been a conspiracy theorist for a decade,” and that his conversion from Trump critic to loyalist was political, driven by his Senate ambitions rather than principle.
- She described Elon Musk as “an avowed ketamine user,” “an odd, odd duck,” whose actions were often not “rational” and left her “aghast.”
- She called budget director Russell T. Vought a “right-wing absolute zealot.”
- Wiles defended USAID, saying that “anyone who has paid attention to government knows they do very good work.”
- She said Attorney General Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the handling of the Epstein files, explaining:
“First she gave binders full of nothingness. Then she claimed the witness list or client list was on her desk. There is no client list — and it sure as hell wasn’t on her desk.”
- She said the administration needed to “look harder” at deportations to avoid mistakes.
- Referring to two mothers who were arrested and deported with their children after voluntarily attending routine immigration meetings, Wiles said:
“I can’t understand how you make that mistake — but somebody did.”
- She tried unsuccessfully to get Trump to delay major tariffs, citing a “huge disagreement” among his advisers.
- Wiles summed up Trump’s governing mindset this way:
He operates with a belief that there is nothing he can’t do. Nothing. Zero. Nothing.
Note - her reaction does not deny ONE THING that was reported.
Still beats the alternatives
DeleteFirst BMG makes Purim " tish" with parenches, now EY RY are also jealous of Rebbes and need some attention too
ReplyDeleteRebbe is a more lucrative profession than RY, by far
DeleteIn in Israel or here.