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[Harry Reid, Former Senate Majority Leader, Dies At 82]( LAS VEGAS (AP) — Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died. He was 82. The combative former boxer-turned-lawyer was widely-acknowledged as one of toughest dealmakers in Congress, a conservative Democrat in an increasingly polarized chamber who vexed lawmakers of both parties with a brusque manner and this […] [Read More »]( [One-Sixth of NYPD Out Sick as Covid-Surge Continues]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — As COVID surges through New York City, a large chunk of the NYPD has called out sick, many with flu-like symptoms. According to the New York Post, over 6,000 cops were home sick as of Tuesday. The numbers have been steadily rising in recent weeks. Last Tuesday, about 2,700 officers were […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Devorah Spira ע”ה דבורה]( Family getting up: Mincha: 4:15 pm Mr. David (Chaskel) HalberstamBrother Mrs. Chaya KarmelDaughter Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Spira Son [Read More »]( [Mr. Meyer Weitz ז”ל מאיר בן יהושע]( Family getting up: Ms. Toba Goldberg Daughter Sitting at 2117 Ave 0 on Sunday January 2nd Mr. Gary WeitzSon Ms. Joclyn SternDaughter [Read More »]( [Was Erdoğan’s Meeting With Rabbinic Leaders A ‘Spectacle Of Tolerance’?]( ANKARA (JNS/DAVID ISAAC) – When the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States (ARIS) gathered its members for the first time under one roof in a multiday conference last week in Istanbul, the event became more than a garden-variety gathering when, to the rabbis’ surprise, they found themselves invited to dinner at the presidential palace in […] [Read More »]( [US Warships Stay In Mediterranean Amid Ukraine, Russia Fears]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group to stay in the Mediterranean Sea region rather than move on to the Middle East, amid worries about the buildup of thousands of Russian troops near the Ukraine border. A defense official said Tuesday that the change in the […] [Read More »]( [California Man Gets Second Life Term For Synagogue Attack]( SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 22-year-old white supremacist was sentenced Tuesday to life in federal prison for killing a woman and injuring three others when he burst into a Southern California synagogue in 2019, adding to a life sentence he received three months earlier in state court. John T. Earnest declined to speak in a […] [Read More »]( [Florida Officials Find Car In Hit-and-run That Killed 2 Kids]( WILTON MANORS, Fla. (AP) — Authorities have found the car that plowed into a group of children, killing two and injuring four, but detectives are still searching for the man who was driving. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said two girls who were 5 and 6 died at the scene outside an apartment building in Wilton […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Bernice Wasser ע”ה ×‘×¨×™×™× × סימא בת ישראל]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 1:30 pmMaariv: 8:15 pm Mrs. Sahra SegalDaughter Mrs. Rakel YoffeDaughter Mr. Yechiel WasserSon Friday and Motzai Shabbos will be sitting at 1225 North Lake Drive, Lakewood, NJ. Friday/Sunday Shachris 7:30 AM Friday Mincha 1:00 PM Mr. Yisroel WasserSon Sitting at this address until Friday noon. Motzai Shabbos sitting at […] [Read More »]( [R’ Moshe Handler ז”ל משה]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 4:25 pmMaariv: 4:40 pm Rabbi Mechel Handler Son Rabbi Mechel Handler will be sitting in Brooklyn 1073 east 19th street Brooklyn on Tuesday all day and Weds morning until 10:00 am He will also sit in Brooklyn on Motzei Shabbos jan 1st The other days he will be at […] [Read More »]( [Window Opened? Or Closed?]( The Window Opened or Closed Debate By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com H.M. versus A.M. These are the initials of two young women. They have been arguing since they were in the third grade.   They are now in high school. HM wanted the window opened – even though it was winter. AM wanted the window […] [Read More »]( [TRAGIC: 9-Year-Old Frum Girl Killed In Toms River Car Accident]( TOMS RIVER (VINnews) — Tragedy struck Tuesday morning when a 9-year-old girl was killed in a car accident in Toms River. The incident occurred on North Bay Avenue and Whitty Road at approximately 9 AM. According to reports, the vehicle slid off the road and hit a tree. The girl was transported to Community Medical […] [Read More »]( [US Officials Recommend Shorter COVID Isolation, Quarantine]( NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said the guidance is in keeping with growing evidence that people with the […] [Read More »]( [Omicron Accounts For 59% Of New Cases In US]( NEW YORK – U.S. government figures show that the omicron variant continues to account for a growing proportion of new coronavirus infections in the country. Omicron accounted for 59% of new cases in the U.S. for the week ending Dec. 25, according to updated data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s up […] [Read More »]( [Rav Shmuel Eliyahu: ‘The Moment Walder Died, Dozens of Girls Were Saved’ (AUDIO)]( ISRAEL (VINnews) — Following the death of Chaim Walder, Rav Shmuel Eliyahu, one of the leading dayanim involved in the case, appeared on a radio show with Esti Perez, discussing the many victims that he has worked with, and the immense pain they have suffered. The Rav emphasized that the focus right now should be […] [Read More »]( [Police: 5 Killed, Including Gunman, In Denver Area Shootings]( DENVER (AP) — A gunman killed four people and injured an officer in the Denver area, police said Monday. The suspect also died Monday, Lakewood police said. Officers had exchanged gunfire with the suspect, KDVR reported. The shootings started shortly after 5 p.m. in central Denver, where two women were killed and a man was […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Shlomo Aviner: At Present, Walder’s Books Are Permitted To Be Read]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Hakohen Aviner, a leading Religious Zionist rabbi and rosh yeshiva and the author of more than 200 books on Jewish religious practice, has issued a statement regarding the matter of Chaim Walder’s books. Rabbi Aviner enumerates 10 relevant points: Whatever is written further about Chaim Walder is based on […] [Read More »]( [Finnish Man Blows Up Tesla Car Rather Than Pay $22,000 To Fix Faulty Battery]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — What do you do when faced with a repair bill for a car which comes to more nearly half the cost of the car? Do you go through with the repair, or decide to sell the car to a junkyard for parts? A frustrated Finnish man faced with this predicament decided […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Gershon Edelstein: ‘No Leniency In Lashon Hara Permits People To Spill Blood And Murder A Jew’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) —While Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu took an uncompromising stand against Chaim Walder after his suicide and strengthened the resolve of those who had complained against him, a sharply different approach emerged from the words of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, the rosh yeshiva of Ponovezh and one of the leaders of the Lithuanian yeshiva world. In […] [Read More »]( [LA Police Video Shows Officer Shooting That Killed Bystander]( LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video released Monday showed Los Angeles police firing at a man suspected of assaulting customers last week at a clothing store, a shooting that also killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a dressing room who was struck by a bullet that went through a wall. The Los Angeles Police Department posted […] [Read More »]( [Syria Reports 2nd Israeli Attack On Vital Port In A Month]( DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israeli missiles fired from the Mediterranean struck the Syrian port of Latakia early Tuesday, igniting a fire in the container terminal, Syrian state media reported, in the second such attack on the vital facility this month. It is also a rare targeting of the port handling most imports for Syria, which […] [Read More »]( [Flu Is Making A Comeback In US After An Unusual Year Off]( The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off, with flu hospitalizations rising and two child deaths reported. Last year’s flu season was the lowest on record, likely because COVID-19 measures — school closures, distancing, masks and canceled travel — prevented the spread of influenza, or because the coronavirus somehow pushed […] [Read More »]( [COVID-19 and 100 Brachos a Day]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is one of those things, where the Midrash is more famous than the Gemorah. The Midrash  on Parshas Korach (Bamidbar Rabbah 18:17) tells us that in the time of Dovid HaMelech, 100 people began dying every day due to some sort of epidemic. Dovid HaMelech knew that the […] [Read More »]( [Striving For Substance Over Flash, Former Envoy’s Book Goes Behind The Scenes Of Trump Peace Efforts]( WASHINGTON (JTA) – For former U.S. President Donald Trump’s point man on the negotiations that kickstarted the process leading to the Abraham Accords, there is a lesson to be drawn from going low-key. A book set to come out this June from Jason Greenblatt, titled In the Path of Abraham: How Donald Trump Made Peace in the […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2021 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Vos Is Neias 7939 West Ridgewood Rd.New York, NY 10028 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.