“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, May 27, 2026

After Massive Uproar Amshiniov Tries to Pasify Yeshivish World ..But here is the conversation


 This is the conversation between the Amshinover Rebbe and his son, verbatim, regarding the issue of ascending the Har Habayis during the current period.

During the conversation, the Rebbe was asked whether it is forbidden today to ascend the Temple Mount, and he replied that there are areas deep in the territory of the mount that are forbidden to enter. However, certain areas, close to the entrance, are permissible after immersing in a ritual bath.

"Can someone who immerses in a regular mikveh (ritual bath) enter the Temple Mount?" his son asked. 

The Rebbe answered:

 "Yes, but again, only the beginning of the Temple Mount." The son pressed further: "Where is the beginning - where today’s Temple Mount is?" The Rebbe replied: "Not deep inside. Deeper inside is already the cheil (the perimeter outside the outer courtyard of the Temple)."

When asked whether the Western Wall is connected to the Temple, the Rebbe answered that "the Western Wall is connected to the wall of the Temple Mount," as brought in Kaftor Vaferach, chapter 6.

 To the question of whether "behind the wall of the Kotel is already the Temple Mount," the Rebbe said, "Apparently, yes. But the Temple Mount is not the Temple courtyard. The Temple Mount is the Camp of the Levites," the Rebbe explained. 

Therefore, it is permitted to enter the area at the beginning of the Temple Mount after proper immersion for purification according to Jewish law.

The conversation also dealt with the issue of waving the Two Loaves on the Temple Mount, as they said was done on the Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) holiday.

 "Seemingly, there is a mitzvah (Torah commandment)," the Rebbe replied. However, he noted that "it must be baked inside," adding, "I do not understand how they take it out" after the waving. Seemingly, he said, "there is a problem that it becomes invalid by being taken out." The Rebbe also raised additional questions such as priestly lineage, various colors mentioned on the subject, and the location of the altar.

The Rebbe’s son asked whether "this is like the Passover sacrifice," and his father responded, "The Passover sacrifice is required of each and every individual; the Two Loaves are a communal meal-offering." He also stressed that "for the Passover sacrifice, an altar is needed."

"Are they carrying an altar with them too?" he asked with a smile, referring to Temple service activists who entered the Mount, 13 of whom were arrested after waving the Two Loaves.

When a woman in hijab passionately challenged Rabbi Meir Kahane:Watch his response

 

 Classic 1980s debate moment. 

A woman in hijab passionately challenges Rabbi Meir Kahane: “How can you have no compassion for the Arab people?” invoking Hitler and Palestinian suffering.

Kahane’s calm, piercing response cuts through:

“You had an opportunity for your own state in 1948. The UN proposed partition plan which would have created a Palestine and an Israel. You went to war. You killed 6,000 of our people. ’56, another war. ’67, another war. ’73, another war. I don’t trust you. I don’t believe you. When I’m attacked and I win and you lose, and you’re the one that started it, learn one thing… you take the consequences of your actions.”

Raw, unfiltered truth about repeated rejection of peace and the cost of starting wars. 

No slogans. Just history. 

Israeli Shekel getting stronger and stronger creating financial pressure for Americans in Israel


 A strengthening Israeli shekel is creating growing financial pressure for Americans living in Israel and for nonprofits that rely heavily on donations from the United States, according to a report by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

The shekel has climbed to near-record highs against the U.S. dollar, trading at less than three shekels to the dollar, its strongest level in decades.

 While the stronger currency has been viewed by some as a sign of resilience in Israel’s economy during wartime, many Americans in Israel say it has sharply increased their cost of living.


Gerer Chasid Rabbi Becomes Viral Symbol of IDF Unity

 




Rav Yehuda Weitzman, a Gerer Chasid and IDF reservist, went viral after being  photographed leaving home after Shabbat carrying a Torah scroll, combat vest, and suitcase. After serving as an officer and battalion rabbi during the war, he chose to give up his rank and rejoin as a combat soldier in the IDF’s Hasmonean Brigade.

Weitzman also helped raise donations from Charedi communities for IDF soldiers. He has brought 19 Torah scrolls into combat zones, saying they help unite religious, secular, and traditional soldiers under “one people, one heart.”


Degel HaTorah Considering Cooperation With Eisenkot who Wants a 2 States In Eretz Yisrael


 Degel HaTorah Considering Cooperation With Eisenkot


The Ultra Orthodox faction Degel HaTorah is reportedly exploring cooperation  with Gadi Eisenkot on a future Haredi draft law, signaling frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the enlistment crisis.

Eisenkot is for Charedim in the Army 

When a Girl in pants gives Mussar to Hundreds of Satmar Chassidim protesting in Support of Hamas

 

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Germany caught funding Hamas-linked network for years

 

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel 

A bombshell confidential audit revealed that German governments under former chancellor Angela Merkel funded an Islamic charity tied to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood for years, despite warnings, Israeli sanctions, and serious security concerns.

According to the explosive report, Germany’s Foreign Office continued to funnel taxpayer money into Islamic Relief while allegedly failing to track where the funds ultimately ended up. Auditors accused officials of operating “blindly,” even as Israel viewed the organization as part of Hamas’s financial network.

One shocking revelation claimed that €240,000 in cash was allegedly flown from Germany to Turkey inside suitcases, fueling fears that European money may have flowed through extremist-linked channels unchecked.

Critics called the scandal a staggering failure by Berlin and a dangerous example of Europe’s repeated blindness toward Islamist networks operating under the cover of humanitarian aid.t networks operating under the cover of humanitarian aid.

Qatar secretly funding Iran, saving it from economic collapse

 

Doha reportedly providing Tehran a financial lifeline, despite Iranian attacks on Qatar.

By World Israel News Staff

Qatar is funneling money to the Iranian regime, according to a report published on Monday by Israel Hayom, providing Tehran with a much-needed financial lifeline.

Doha has become a key venue in the US-Iran talks as Tehran presses for access to billions of dollars in frozen assets and Washington seeks guarantees on the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear program.

However, Israel Hayom reported that Qatar’s role has gone beyond mediation, citing two Gulf diplomatic sources and a Western intelligence official who said Doha has provided financial assistance to Iran in recent weeks as the US naval blockade has intensified pressure on Tehran’s finances.

The report said Iran has struggled to pay public-sector salaries, fund imports and sustain the coffers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The report came as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati traveled to Doha for talks that officials and regional reports said focused on the Strait of Hormuz, highly enriched uranium and frozen Iranian assets.

A source cited by Daily Sabah said Hemmati’s inclusion in the delegation was tied to “the issue of frozen funds, which is addressed in the MoU as part of an eventual final deal.”

  Iran feels squeeze as blockade, failed talks take toll

Iranian state-linked Fars News Agency reported that Hemmati traveled to Qatar “in line with efforts to pursue the unfreezing of Iran’s assets” and as part of the negotiations’ economic commission, IranWire reported.

The central bank chief was expected to discuss blocked Iranian funds and other financial issues with Qatari officials in Doha.

At the center of the dispute is Iran’s demand for access to frozen money held in Qatar.

Tehran is seeking the release of funds, including $12 billion in Qatar, immediately upon the signing of a memorandum of understanding, Iran International recently reported.

The report said the US is prepared to move on the funds only after the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and an Iranian commitment on the nuclear issue.

Israel Hayom said Qatar’s contacts with Iran expanded after the ceasefire more than a month ago, with Doha seeking to avoid renewed Iranian attacks on its territory.

The report said Qatar had remained protected during post-ceasefire incidents in which the UAE and Saudi Arabia were attacked, and that some Iranian payments could be disguised as fees connected to tankers passing through Hormuz.

Mark Bouzyk, chief scientific officer of AllaiHealth, was fired from his company after videos of his wife's rant went viral.

 

 An executive was fired in the US after his wife hurled antisemitic insults and mocked the daughter of their Jewish neighbor, who was killed while serving in Israel's Border Police force.

Mark Bouzyk, co-founder and chief scientific officer of AllaiHealth, was fired from his company after videos of his wife's rant went viral.

Anna Bouzyk was recorded yelling at her neighbor David Lubin.

Sergeant Elisheva Lubin, 20, was stabbed to death by a 16-year-old Muslim while patrolling Jerusalem's Old City in November 2023.

Elisheva, a U.S. citizen, grew up in Georgia, moved to Israel in August 2021, and began her mandatory military service in March 2022.

David Lubin was putting up stickers in her honor in his Dunwoody, Georgia, neighborhood when he was accosted.

Trump's Peace Plan with Iran is Delusionally Dangerous

 

by Scott Kahn

The news is constantly changing, so perhaps by the time you read this, the ceasefire deal will have been signed, or tabled altogether, or some other option we have not even considered. Nevertheless, these are my thoughts as of 4 PM Israel time on May 26, 2026:

President Donald Trump is touting his latest attempt at officially ending the United States and Israel’s war against Iran. While the war could have concluded in many different ways, and may yet continue given Iran’s insistence on negotiating as if it is the absolute victor, the ceasefire Trump is apparently choosing is among the least welcome to Israelis of all political stripes.

Let’s briefly examine some of the reasons that this is true.

Israel is working on a plan to replace Jordan’s custodianship over the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Har Habayis


 The Trump administration and Israel are working on a plan to replace Jordan’s custodianship over the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem with a new arrangement that would expand Jewish prayer rights at the site, according to a report published on Monday.

The Middle East Eye, citing unnamed US, Jordanian, Palestinian, Western and Gulf Arab sources, reported that the proposal would end the authority of the Jordanian-backed Islamic Waqf and create a new body tied to Israel to administer the compound.

After publication, the outlet said a US official called the allegation that Washington was actively working to strip Jordan of its custodianship “totally false.”

The report said the plan was being promoted by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.

According to the report, the proposed arrangement would recast the compound as a “multi-faith center,” allow large-group Jewish prayer and give Israel a role in appointing Muslim religious officials and approving Friday sermon content.

No such proposal has been publicly announced by the White House, Israel or Jordan.

A Jordanian government official told Middle East Eye that Amman’s position on Jerusalem and its holy sites “remains firm,” and said Jordan was coordinating with Palestinian, Arab and international partners to prevent changes to the historical and legal status quo.

The official said Jordan’s custodianship is recognized under treaties and agreements, including the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty.

Article 9 of the Israel-Jordan peace treaty says Israel respects Jordan’s “special role” in Muslim holy shrines in Jerusalem and will give high priority to Jordan’s historic role in permanent-status negotiations.

Under the longstanding status quo, the Jordanian Waqf administers the Temple Mount’s internal religious affairs, while Israel controls access and external security.

Jews and other non-Muslims are allowed to visit during set hours but are not permitted to pray there.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said Israel’s official policy is to preserve that arrangement.

After National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the compound in August 2025 and said he had prayed there, Netanyahu’s office said Israel’s policy of maintaining the status quo “has not changed and will not change.”

The issue has remained a recurring source of friction between Israel and Jordan. Jordan’s King Abdullah warned in a 2024 call with then-President Joe Biden against “unilateral Israeli measures” that he said threatened the historical and legal status quo of Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, according to the Jordanian royal court.

Middle East Eye reported that Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates had been briefed on the alleged US proposal, while Saudi Arabia opposed it.

The outlet said the fate of Jerusalem’s Christian holy sites was unclear under the reported plan. Jordan’s Hashemite monarchy also claims custodial responsibilities over major Christian sites in Jerusalem, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.


Saudi Arabia is leading a new Arab-Islamic regional bloc alongside Pakistan, Turkey, and Qatar, Undermining Abraham Accords

 

Saudi Analyst Claims Riyadh Leading New Regional Bloc Against Israeli Influence

Saudi analyst Mobarak Al-Atty claimed that Saudi Arabia is leading a new  Arab-Islamic regional bloc alongside Pakistan, Turkey, and Qatar.

According to Al-Atty, the alliance has effectively put the Abraham Accords on hold while working to reduce Israeli influence and presence across the region.

Boro-Park Tzaddik Takes MIshpacha Magazines that were Delivered to Grocery Store and Dumps it into a Bin

 Anyone know who this "ganif" is?

Does he work for AMI??

Meet Zev Gruenzweig who makes a living from destroying Neighborhoods

The Skverer Rebbe issued a FATWA to make an entire  mile-radius surrounding his Uganda Type Shettel "JUDENREIN"
 






US launches strikes on mine-laying boats in southern Iran

 

The US military launched “self-defense strikes” against Iranian boats that were reportedly laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz Monday, according to Central Command.

CENTCOM spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins said US military “eliminated” two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats that were seen setting mines in the strait, and also took out a surface-to-air missile site in Bandar Abbas, according to Fox News

The missile site based at Iran’s primary naval station was reportedly targeting US warplanes, Hawkins said. He insisted that the “self-defense strikes” were conducted “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces.”

“U.S. Central Command continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire,” Hawkins said in a statement obtained by the outlet.

The US strikes — and mine-laying efforts by the IRGC — are both violations of a tenuous cease-fire that appears on the cusp of being extended after a framework to end the Iran war surfaced following whirlwind negotiations over the weekend.

The tentative deal between Washington and Tehran, which was brokered by Pakistan, would reopen the strait without tolls, end the fighting for 60 days and begin a short window to negotiate an end to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program

Tehran would also clear the mines it had deployed at the strait’s checkpoint and allow ships to pass freely, according to parameters of the agreement, according to Axios.

In return, the US would lift its blockade on Iranian ports and waive some sanctions against the Iranian regime – allowing Tehran to sell oil again.

Trump issues fresh Strait of Hormuz threat, says there can’t be a deal with Iran unless ‘the rest of their country’ is blown up

Iran releases video purporting to show commandos seizing ships in Strait of Hormuz

Three vessels hit by Iranian fire in Strait of Hormuz hours after Trump extends cease-fire

US Navy destroyer ‘blows a hole’ through Iranian cargo ship that tried to break Hormuz blockade, Trump says

Iran War negotiations will resume this week, Trump tells The Post — despite new attacks on Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’ as Trump celebrates tumbling oil prices, rips into NATO as ‘Paper Tiger’

President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio separately warned that the deal wasn’t finalized though. 

A senior Trump administration official previously told The Post that the president may opt out if Tehran doesn’t commit to his terms, including a hardline on the nuclear program.

Several other explosions were reported close to Sirik and Jask, two coastal cities along the strait and Gulf of Oman, respectively, earlier Monday. 

After four years: Famous personality who refused divorce, gives in to ultimatum

 

The Tel Aviv Rabbinic Court has ordered a get (divorce document) to be given to S. after a long struggle with her husband, a famous personality, who refused to divorce her for four years.

The decision came after the court posed an ultimatum to the husband, that if he did not grant the get, harsh legal and financial sanctions would be considered. Among the sanctions on the table were the termination of his employment with his employer and the publication of his name in public.

The couple married 22 years ago and had children during their time together. Four years ago, they separated, but, according to the wife, the husband refused to grant the halachic divorce and demanded significant monetary concessions in exchange, while using verbal and economic violence.

In recent years, the woman resided overseas, and last summer, she decided to reach out to Or Torah Stone's "Yad La’isha" organization, which represents those whose husbands refuse to grant a get.

Attorney and rabbinic advocate Tehila Cohen, who represents the woman in the process, asked the court to apply direct pressure on the get refuser.

She asked that his place of work fire him and that his identity be cleared for publication to end his refusal. Later in the hearings, the husband's employer appeared before the court to consider the possible steps.

The judge, Rabbi Shlomo Shtessman, notified the husband that he was to issue the get by April 30th. The judge made clear that if he did not do so, he would consider the attorney's request for sanctions positively.

According to sources involved in the case, a short time before the ultimatum expired, the husband announced that he was prepared to grant the get and appointed a messenger to deliver it to his wife.

On Thursday, the wife officially received her get at the Tel Aviv Rabbinic Court after arriving in Israel to complete the process.

Cohen stated: "We are witnesses to another case that proves that only uncompromising and unequivocal action against get refusers is the key to quickly free get refusees."

Antisemitic streamer and commentator's Interview With Arab Christian Living In Israelץץץץ Backfires

 

 Antisemitic streamer and commentator SNEAKO spoke with an Arab Christian living in Israel during a conversation on OmeTV. 

During the exchange, the man said he is able to practice Christianity freely in Israel, has never personally experienced discrimination because of his faith, and believes both Israelis and Palestinians should choose “love over hate” despite the ongoing conflict and tensions in the region.

The Chazon Ish's Promise ...What went wrong!




Bnei-Brak Under Attack 


Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer

Rabbi of "Ohr Chadash" Ramot, Jerusalem; rabbinical judge and legal scholar. Teaches at Yeshivas Chedvas HaTorah and at Hebrew University, heads the Iyun Institute, founder and editor-in-chief of "Tzarich Iyun". 

DIN: My readers already know my position, that the Chazon Ish did in fact make that "havtacha" that Bnei-Brak will never be bombed (though it did get bombed in his lifetime) and he was mistaken. It doesn't make the Chazon Ish less holy or less of a tzaddik. The author of the article concludes that Bnei-Brak is not the city that it was during the lifetime of the Chazon Ish, therefore the promise is no longer valid!  I don't agree, I think that it is even holier! How many people learned Torah during the Chazon Ish's lifetime, and how many now!? I think that the Chazon Ish's promise did not stand the test of time, and neither did the promise of the Gerer Rebbe survive, who foolishly said "that Arad would never be bombed and there was no need to go to shelters!"

 The Chazon Ish’s promise that no missiles would fall on Bnei Brak was far more than a local saying: it expressed a Haredi consciousness of a distinct community, protected by the power of Torah and not subject to the ordinary rules of safety. The evolution of that promise, until it began to crack in the face of reality, represents Haredi society’s own maturation, compelled to ask not only what happened to the promise, but what happened to us.

The Chazon Ish’s promise that no bombs or missiles would fall on Bnei Brak is among the best-known and most consequential statements in the city’s Charedi memory. For decades, it existed not merely as a line cited from time to time, but as a deep layer of local consciousness: an expression of Bnei Brak’s character, its spiritual stature, and the distinct self-understanding of a public that saw itself as living under a different order of protection — one grounded in Torah, sanctity, and the merit of the righteous. In this sense, the promise did not concern only the question of what would fall, and where. It concerned the question of what Bnei Brak is.

That is precisely why the story of the promise matters so much. Not because of the historical details concerning its exact wording or the circumstances in which it was uttered, but because over time it became a fact of consciousness. It was received as a statement of deep public significance, one that shaped the city’s sense of distinction, its self-image, and at times even its residents’ attitudes toward danger, protection, and responsibility. The changing fortunes of the promise thus illuminate not only the promise itself but also the transformations that have occurred in Bnei Brak and in Charedi society as a whole.

The changing fortunes of the promise thus illuminate not only the promise itself but also the transformations that have occurred in Bnei Brak and in Charedi society as a whole.

In this essay, I wish to examine the story of “the Chazon Ish’s promise” not only on its own terms, but also as a parable. 

I will first consider how the promise became fixed in Charedi consciousness, and the different ways it was explained when reality began to unsettle it.

 I will then propose two lines of interpretation:

 the first, internal to the Charedi world, sees the changes that have taken place in Bnei Brak and in Charedi society as the key to understanding the weakening of the promise’s force;

 the second, a Charedi-Israeli reading, sees the entire story as an expression of a deeper historical transition — from a small and separate public to a large and central one, a public that can no longer think of itself in terms of a self-contained community alone. I will then argue that the evolution of the promise casts new light on the evolution of the Charedi public itself.

Israeli Economy Surges: Exports Hit Record $165 Billion

 



Israel’s exports reached a record $165 billion in 2025 despite war and global economic uncertainty, driven largely by booming high-tech and cybersecurity industries.

Services  exports topped $92 billion for the first time, reinforcing Israel’s position as a global innovation powerhouse even during wartime.