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Times Square Bomber Plotted 2nd Attack

Prosecutors say the man who admitted trying to bomb Times Square boasted that he thought it would kill at least 40 people and said he planned to detonate a second bomb in New York city two weeks after the first.The government included the details Wednesday in a court filing before Faisal Shahzad is sentenced next week. He faces life in ...

Tiberias uproots trees to make street kosher for cohanim

The Tiberias Municipality has been transplanting trees along Hayarden Street in order to enable cohanim, descendants of ancient Jewish priests, to use the street. According to Jewish tradition, cohanim are not allowed to enter cemeteries. The municipality undertook the project because of the concern that ancient cemeteries are buried under the street. The center of the city, where Hayarden Street ...

Three year old boy arrested as suspected terrorist in France

A three-year-old was arrested as a suspected terrorist and held at a French police station for more than two hours, it emerged today.The child – identified only as Daniel – is the son of an illegal immigrant from the Paris suburb of Juvisy.Read more: @ dailymail.comTags: France terrorist, suspected terrorist, terrorist, Terrorist in FranceYou might also like:Haredi charged with burning Israeli flag on Memorial DayEx-Jerusalem ...

Three people killed in light aircraft crash in Haifa

Three people were killed Thursday when a light aircraft crashed in Haifa’s airport.According to initial reports, the plane’s engine burst into flames when the aircraft was taking off, causing it to crash in the site of the Haifa Airbase Technical School.Magen David Adom rescue services reported that the three people were dead at the site of the crash.Last month, two ...

Thousands Unite in Prayer for Rabbi Yaakov Yosef

Thousands of hareidi-religious and religious-Zionist Jews came together Monday to pray for Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, who is suffering a serious illness.Rabbi Yaakov Yosef is the son of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, and has made his own name as a Torah scholar and religious leader as well.Rabbi Ovadia Yosef called Saturday night for the public to pray for his son. “To my ...

Thousands Streaming to Meron

Thousands of people are making their way to Meron on Friday in advance of Lag B’Omer, which will begin on Saturday night. The holiday marks the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi), who is buried in Meron.Last year an estimated 500,000 people celebrated the day in Meron. Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew-language news service will have live coverage of this year’s events beginning ...

Thousands Pay Last Respects to Vizhnitz Hasidic Dynasty Leader

Tens of thousands of people attended the funeral on Wednesday of the long-time leader of the Vizhnitz Hasidim, whose death is likely to set off a split in Israel’s second-largest Hasidic sect.Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, the admor (rabbinic leader ) of Vizhnitz and head of Agudath Israel’s Council of Torah Sages, was laid to rest in Bnei Brak after 40 ...

Thousands Of Kids Gather For The 18th annual Tehillim Asifah

Yesterday afternoon, tens of thousands of children assembled for a unique gathering that marked their participation in Misaskim’s 18th annual Tehillim Asifah. Misaskim representatives coordinate this poignant event during Aseres Yemei Teshuvah to infuse strength and hope into all those in urgent need of a yeshuah.The main location of the asifah was at the Bobov Shul in Boro Park where ...

Thousands Join London’s Parade of Jewish Unity

Over 2000 people joined the 54th annual Lag B’omer parade in Stamford Hill, organized by Lubavitch UK. Groups from Scotland, Manchester, Nottingham, Cambridge, Watford, Essex, Wimbledon, Southgate, North-West London, joined the many local families and children from Stamford Hill.Shloimy Gertner’s beautiful singing accompanied by three musicians, Marching-bands by the boys’ school, Rabbi Dubov’s encouraging words, Torah pesukim recited by the ...

Thousands Enjoy Jewish Family Festival in Chicago

Although Lag B’omer this year was on a Thursday, the Shluchim in Illinois joined together to capitalize on the success of last year’s event and once again produced the Great Jewish Family Festival.The festival took place at the popular Westfield Old Orchard venue in Skokie and was attended by thousands from throughout the Metropolitan Chicago area, who were treated to ...

Thousands attend funeral of slain kabbalah rabbi

Thousands of people on Friday attended the funeral of Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira who was stabbed to death on Thursday night in Be’er Sheva while he was hosting guests for consultation at a yeshiva near his home.Among the participants in the funeral events were family members and leaders of the Shas movement.Abuhatzeira will be buried next to his father in Jerusalem’s ...

Thousands Answer ‘Amen’ at the Priestly Blessing in Jerusalem

Tens of thousands attended services at the Kotel [Western Wall] on Sunday to receive the annual mass Birkhat Kohanim (priestly blessing) in Jerusalem.Large numbers of Kohanim face the congregation to bless them as they did when the Holy Temple stood and Jews came to Jerusalem for the holiday.What is the “priestly blessing”?Recited silently daily by worshipers towards the end of the Silent prayer (called ...