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“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Transgenders are slowly killing us all!

 

Dorgan seen in an undated social media photo.

In what is becoming a regular occurrence, someone trans-identifying is accused of committing a mass murder, this time during a high school hockey game, in suburban Rhode Island.

Robert Dorgan, who preferred to be called Roberta, killed his ex-wife and one of his own children and shot three more people before turning the gun on himself.

In 2020, Dorgan had told police that he was being kicked out of his home, by his father-in-law, after Dorgan had undergone “gender-reassignment surgery.”

His wife, Rhonda Dorgan, wrote “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits” as her grounds for divorce, but those words were crossed out and “irreconcilable differences which have caused the immediate breakdown of the marriage” was written instead.

Dorgan certainly seemed like he was going through a mental-health crisis.

In the days leading up to the slaughter, Dorgan posted on X, “keep bashing us. but do not wonder why we Go BERSERK.”

But no one was bashing him.

Rabbi Yitzchok Pindrus a Bald-Faced Liar


by Harry Maryles

 I can’t help it. I should be used to the myopic, self-centered attitude of Charedi leadership and their Askanim (Charedi Knesset members). But I’m not. Whenever I read an op-ed by one of them on the subject of drafting Charedim into the IDF or their insistence on no secular education, I nearly recoil with disgust.

 It happened again over Shabbos as I read a guest op-ed in Mishpacha by UTJ’s Rabbi Yitzchak Pindrus.

The scary thing is that he probably believes every word he says. In this case, that amounts to a conspiracy theory: a coalition of Israeli institutions whose goal is to destroy the Torah world. Only now, with unprecedented zeal and determination. As though the State of Israel is more anti-Torah than at any other time in its history.

When in fact, it is more than obvious that the opposite is true. There is more Torah study now in Israel than at any other time in Jewish history!

Rosh Kollel in Yerushlayim Rav Shmuel Bezalel Convicted of Raping his Step-Daughter


‎"I can finally breathe a sigh of relief"‎
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‎The Jerusalem District Court convicted Shmuel Bezalel, the Rosh kollel in the city, of serious sexual offenses against his stepdaughter. 
According to the verdict, Bezalel was convicted of all the counts attributed to him, including many offenses of rape and indecent acts committed over a period of about a year and a half, while the minor was under the age of 12 and came to visit his home on Shabbos and Chagim. ‎

‎Bezalel denied the acts during the trial and claimed that nothing had ever happened: however, the court ruled that full trust should be given to the complainant and rejected the claim that it was a repressed false memory. The court also recognized that what was important to T., the victim, was the recognition and assumption of responsibility on the part of the defendant and her appeal to the police was a last resort. ‎

‎The panel of judges ruled that the defendant's confession to the police in two incidents of harm was a true confession and should be preferred to his denial later in his interrogations and in court. ‎

‎Following the conviction, T. said that she felt that justice had been done: "I feel that from all my hard work – standing in front of judges, proving and telling every detail – it turned out well in the end. The journey I've gone through in recent years is very shaky, the whole family cut off contact, no one believed it, everyone said: 'You're imagining and you'll see that he won't be convicted.'" ‎

‎"I fought for justice and I'm glad I did it. Every woman who has gone through something like this and asks herself, 'Who will listen to me?' It is important that you know that there are people who will stand by you, there are people who will see the truth and justice will always come to light," she added.‎



"סוף סוף יכולה לנשום לרווחה"
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בית המשפט המחוזי בירושלים הרשיע את שמואל בצלאל, בעל כולל בעיר, בעבירות מין קשות בנכדתו החורגת. לפי הכרעת הדין, בצלאל הורשע בכל הסעיפים שיוחסו לו, בהם עבירות רבות של אונס ומעשים מגונים שבוצעו במשך כשנה וחצי, בזמן שהקטינה הייתה מתחת לגיל 12 והגיעה לבקר בביתו בשבתות ובחגים.

בצלאל הכחיש את המעשים במהלך המשפט וטען כי לא היו דברים מעולם: עם זאת, בית המשפט קבע כי יש לתת אמון מלא במתלוננת ודחה את הטענה כי מדובר בזיכרון כוזב מודחק. בית המשפט אף הכיר בכך שמה שהיה חשוב לת', הנפגעת, הוא ההכרה ונטילת האחריות מצד הנאשם ופנייתה למשטרה הייתה מוצא אחרון.

הרכב השופטים קבע כי הודאת הנאשם במשטרה בשני אירועים של פגיעה הייתה הודאת אמת ויש להעדיפה על פני הכחשתו בהמשך בחקירותיו ובבית המשפט.

בעקבות ההרשעה סיפרה ת' כי היא מרגישה שנעשה צדק: "אני מרגישה שמכל העבודה הקשה שלי - לעמוד מול שופטים, להוכיח ולספר כל פרט ופרט - יצא טוב בסוף. המסע שעברתי בשנים האחרונות מאוד מטלטל, כל המשפחה ניתקה קשר, אף אחד לא האמין, כולם אמרו: 'את מדמיינת ואת תראי שהוא לא יורשע'".

"נלחמתי על הצדק ואני שמחה שעשיתי את זה. כל אישה שעברה דבר כזה ושואלת את עצמה, 'מי יקשיב לי?', חשוב שתדעי שיש אנשים שיעמדו לצידך, יש אנשים שיראו את האמת והצדק תמיד ייצא לאור", הוסיפה.
 

A Path that Jews Used when they were "Oilei Regel" Made Pilgrimage Unveiled and Open to the Public

 

Chardeie Puts on Tefillin on a Chayelet

 I believe it is his daughter!

Policeman Whose Tefillin was burned by Bnei-Torah Presented with New Tefillin


 Following a violent protest in Bnei Brak where a police motorcycle was torched, Police Commissioner Danny Levy and Tel Aviv District Commander Chaim Sargrof ordered the immediate replacement of the officer's destroyed Tefillin, Siddur, and personal gear.

The fire, set by a small group of protesters two days ago, consumed the officer’s motorcycle along with his Tefillin, Siddur, and personal cell phone.

In a ceremony today, Dan District Commander Elad Klein presented the officer with a new pair of Tefillin and a replacement phone.

Additionally, the Commissioner directed that a replacement vehicle be issued to the officer to replace the destroyed motorcycle.

Israel Police emphasized that they view the arson with extreme severity and are continuing investigations to bring the perpetrators to justice.

What actually happened in Bnei Brak

 by Daas Yochid

It’s high time we acknowledged the real underlying cause behind these riots and stopped falling for the excuses that keep changing. Yesterday it was two female soldiers who dared to enter the nominal no-go zone, a few weeks ago it was autopsies on two babies killed by societal neglect, the week before it was an arrested draft-avoider, and the week before that, it was a phone shop selling unfiltered smartphones in Ramah Dalet.

Who knows what will inspire next week’s hooliganism?

Regardless of the excuse, the reason stays the same, and it is not what most people seem to say out loud.

Secular Israeli media talks about religious extremism, which fundamentally misunderstands the point.

The “moderate” chareidim who feign outrage or try to distance themselves by saying it’s just an extreme sect that takes things too far.

Take what too far? Religion?

If you truly believe in the hashkafah you claim to, then are they wrong?

Or is it just the tactics you object to, but the overall sentiment you agree with? Like the Mishpacha and YWN, and VINnews, who carefully try to tread the line between clear condemnation and tacit support.

Rabbi Hoffman means well here: The Horrifying Chillul Hashem in Bnei Brak

But, by criticizing the IDF, legitimising “peaceful, dignified protest” and implying that violence is the result of righteous indignation gone out of hand, and the only real issue is that it causes a Chillul Hashem, he also shows that he does not understand the real cause.

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Israel's divorce rate plunges by 3.9% in 2025.....Tougher sanctions on get refusals


 The directorate of Israel's rabbinical courts published its 2025 activity summary report, which recorded a 3.9% decrease in Israel's divorce rate.

In 2025, 11,093 couples divorced, compared to 11,542 in 2024.

Alongside the divorce figures, the report also notes the achievements of the special unit of the Rabbinical Courts Administration in resolving cases of women whose husbands have disappeared and who are unable to remarry under Jewish law, which succeeded in obtaining a get (divorce document) for 198 women, compared with 221 the previous year."

Regarding get refusals, over the past year, heavy sanctions were imposed on both men and women who refused divorce. 156 sanctions were imposed on 36 men who refused to give their wives a divorce, while 41 sanctions were imposed on 12 women who refused to accept a divorce. The sanctions included stay of exit orders, closure of bank accounts, credit card suspensions, limiting of check usage, and revocation of driver's licenses, among other things. Following amendments to the law, the new sanctions have proven effective against divorce refusal.

Likewise, the Supreme Court ruled on 69 petitions against the rabbinical courts, of which only six were adopted, while the rest were rejected or erased.

Regarding the verification of Jewish status, in 2025, final rulings were issued in 2,558 cases referred to the rabbinical courts, compared with 2,174 the previous year.

The Director of the Rabbinical Courts, Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan, said: ‘The rabbinical courts continue to improve and become more efficient. At the top of our priorities are service to the public and an uncompromising fight against the phenomenon of refusal to grant a get. This year, the number of husbands refusing to grant a get declined by about 30%. With God’s help, we will continue this trend of improvement and greater efficiency in public service this year as well.’"

Hilarious!!! Spain Cancels Israeli Spike Deal, Later Reorders Through German Branch



In June 2025, Spain canceled a €285 million deal to purchase Spike  anti-tank missiles from the Spanish subsidiary of Israel’s Rafael, citing a need to reduce dependence on Israeli defense suppliers.

Months later, after failing to find alternatives, Madrid reportedly reordered the same Spike missiles through Eurospike, Rafael’s German-based affiliate.

Different logo, same tech. We’re everywhere. Even when you think we’re not.


 The month of Adar is meant to be a time of joy for the Jewish people — a time to dress up, to celebrate, and to remember how we were saved from a threat that once loomed over our entire nation. Yet this year, the threat we must confront feels painfully internal. What happened yesterday was not only dangerous; it was a near‑miss that could have spiraled into tragedy.

Two female IDF officers, simply doing their job and visiting a soldier under their care, were attacked by a mob of thousands — not enemies, not extremists from afar, but fellow Jews. The absurdity of it could be mistaken for a Purim skit, but the reality is sickening.

According to Yeshiva World News:

The usually quiet Chagai Street in Bnei Brak turned into a mob scene on Sunday after two female military police officers arrived in the area and rumors spread that they were distributing draft orders.

A crowd of over a thousand people quickly gathered. Police arrived to rescue the soldiers as the crowd grew. A police vehicle was overturned on HaRav Shach Street, and a police motorbike was set on fire. A burned siddur and tefillin were later found in the storage compartment of the bike, belonging to a frum officer.

Community leaders did condemn the violence. As YWN reported: