Lipa Schmeltzer with Harav Elyashiv, at his 98th Birthday. There was also a Chossen there at the time, so Lipa sang for him as well.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Narrow Escape For Driver As Truck Smashes Scooter
A driver in China narrowly escaped being crushed by a lorry in Ningbo, in the country's eastern Zhejiang province. State television on Thursday broadcast footage filmed recently by traffic cameras, showing the truck smashing into the driver as he crossed a busy road.
A Visit to the Sofer
Justin, a student at Mount Scopus College, in Melbourne Australia, visits the workshop of communal sofer (scribe) Rabbi Eli Gutnick to see how a Torah is made.
This video was produced by Mount Scopus College and was shown to all the students in honour of a new Torah donated to the school in July, 2012.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Kumzitz In The Pizza Store
From the Uploader: After an inspirational shabbos in Moshav Tzuriel, A group of bochurem staff from camp yeshiva and stolin made a Kumzitz in a Pizza Store in Tzfas till it was cut short by the neighbor.
Tens of Thousands At Rav Elyashiv's Levaya
Some 250,000 people mourned the death of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv at his Jerusalem funeral on Wednesday night, July 18 2012, according to police estimates. Rav Elyashiv, the leading rabbi of the Ashkenazi non-hassidic haredi community, died on Wednesday afternoon, age 102, at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center. The funeral procession set out from the rabbi's residence in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighborhood and made its way to Har Hamenuchot cmetary in Givat Shaul. In accordance with Elyashiv’s wishes, eulogies were not given during the funeral procession and ceremony, but tehillim were recited by the mourners. Click Here For Photos
ZAKA Boards Bombed Bus In Bulgaria
Bulgarian authorities allowed members of Israelis ZAKA voluntary emergency response team that specialize in disaster victim identification, to board the bombed out bus, following the brutal terror attack on Israeli tourists that left 8 dead yesterday July 18 2012.
The ZAKA team will prepare the bodies of the victims for burial in Israel and search the bus for body parts that are to be buried with the dead according to Jewish law. Shimi Grossman, a member of the ZAKA team said,”From the moment we landed in Burgas we have been working at the scene and the hospitals, we have full cooperation with local police.” “We are working to bring all bodies to Israel as soon as possible,” said Matti Goldstein, the leader of the ZAKA team.
The ZAKA team will prepare the bodies of the victims for burial in Israel and search the bus for body parts that are to be buried with the dead according to Jewish law. Shimi Grossman, a member of the ZAKA team said,”From the moment we landed in Burgas we have been working at the scene and the hospitals, we have full cooperation with local police.” “We are working to bring all bodies to Israel as soon as possible,” said Matti Goldstein, the leader of the ZAKA team.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Stop or The Senior Citizen will Shoot!
A 71-year old man thwarted a robbery at a Florida internet cafe on Friday when he shot two would-be assailants and the entire ordeal was captured on security tape. The two robbers burst through the doors of the Palms Internet Cafe in Ocala and ordered everyone to get down as they waved a handgun at dozens of customers. But they didn't expect Samuel Williams to pull out his own weapon and fire, injuring both of the criminals and saving the lives of his fellow Floridians.
A Bar Mitzvah at Six Flags
Talmidim and Staff of YSP Morristown, a Yeshiva Summer Program for 8th grade boys, spent a day at Six Flags Great Adventure where they enjoyed the great weather, roller-coasters and did the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Mivtzoim!
Together they got over 10 people to put on Tefillin some of which had never put on in their lives! In this video some of the staff and Talmidim can be seen dancing with a man who just put on Tefillin for the very first time in his life!
Together they got over 10 people to put on Tefillin some of which had never put on in their lives! In this video some of the staff and Talmidim can be seen dancing with a man who just put on Tefillin for the very first time in his life!
BD"E Rav Elyashiv Zatzal
TheYeshivaWorld - This morning Rav Shalom Yoseph Elyashiv, the Posaik haDor passed away after a weakening of his general health.
Rav Elyashiv was 102 Rav Elyashiv was born according to most records on April 10, 1910, a maternal grandson of Mekubal Rav Shlomo Elyashiv, known as the Leshem. His father was Rav Avraham Elyashiv, chief rabbi of Homel, and his mother was Chaya Musha. The posek hador was an only child, born to his parents after 17 years of marriage.
The scene At Hospital Following Petira.
Interestingly, the shidduch for the rav was arranged by Israel’s first chief rabbi, HaRav Yitzchak HaCohen Kook zt”l, and the rav was married to the daughter of the Tzaddik of Yerushalayim, Sheina Chaya Levine, a daughter of Rav Aryeh Levine zt”l in 1929.
Rav Elyashiv was 102 Rav Elyashiv was born according to most records on April 10, 1910, a maternal grandson of Mekubal Rav Shlomo Elyashiv, known as the Leshem. His father was Rav Avraham Elyashiv, chief rabbi of Homel, and his mother was Chaya Musha. The posek hador was an only child, born to his parents after 17 years of marriage.
The scene At Hospital Following Petira.
Interestingly, the shidduch for the rav was arranged by Israel’s first chief rabbi, HaRav Yitzchak HaCohen Kook zt”l, and the rav was married to the daughter of the Tzaddik of Yerushalayim, Sheina Chaya Levine, a daughter of Rav Aryeh Levine zt”l in 1929.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Blind Basketball - Shooting A Basket
Tommy, who has been blind since birth, learns how to play basketball. George Wasgatt, a friend of Tommy, attempts to show Tommy how to score a basket.
Life in Beis Yisroel and The Mir Yeshiva
From the author: "An average day in the life of a talmid of the Mir living in the Beis Yisroel neighborhood of Yerushalayim. This video was NOT filmed with the consent of anyone, besides Feivy and Zev. A special thank you to SK for his ideas and support.
The "rugelach" scene was the distribution of rugelach in shteebs after the fast was over on Shiva Asar B'tamuz."
Monday, July 16, 2012
Neighbor Saves 7-year-old Girl Falling from Third-stor
A 7-year-old girl who fell from a third-story window in Brooklyn Monday escaped injury when she was caught by a hero neighbor. “I just prayed that I’d catch her,” said the girl’s savior, Steve St. Bernard, 52, an MTA bus driver. “I was right underneath her.”
The girl crawled out through an empty space next to the air conditioner in the window of her family’s apartment in the Coney Island Houses about 2:10 p.m., cops and witnesses said. She created the opening by pulling aside the accordion-style plastic partition attached to the side of the air conditioner, witnesses said. After crawling out, she clowned around, singing and dancing on top of the air conditioner as a crowd of kids looked on from below before losing her balance and falling, witnesses said.
St. Bernard, who lives in the housing complex, was alerted by the cries of onlookers. “I went over there to make sure if she fell I could catch her,” St. Bernard said. “I’m not a hero — anybody would have done it. I did it out of normal instincts.”
One of his own four children is the same age as the child who fell, he said. He said he was just worried he might not manage to catch the child. “I thought to myself, let me get over there and catch her. I just hope I don’t drop her.”
The catch knocked St. Bernard, a father of four, to the ground. “She fell and she put her hands out,” said witness Jesse Padilla, 9. “Her head hit a bush, but Steve caught the rest of her body.” The lucky girl was uninjured but taken to Coney Island Hospital as a precaution, police said. Her mother would not talk to reporters Monday night or give her name. St. Bernard was treated and released from the same hospital for a torn tendon in his left bicep from making the lucky save.
The family was not required to have a window guard installed if there was an air-conditioning unit in the window, a NYCHA spokesman said. Air conditioners are required to have permanent, structurally sound barriers that leave no opening greater than 41/2 inches in homes with children under 10 in New York City. NYCHA is investigating the situation, the spokesman said.
The girl crawled out through an empty space next to the air conditioner in the window of her family’s apartment in the Coney Island Houses about 2:10 p.m., cops and witnesses said. She created the opening by pulling aside the accordion-style plastic partition attached to the side of the air conditioner, witnesses said. After crawling out, she clowned around, singing and dancing on top of the air conditioner as a crowd of kids looked on from below before losing her balance and falling, witnesses said.
St. Bernard, who lives in the housing complex, was alerted by the cries of onlookers. “I went over there to make sure if she fell I could catch her,” St. Bernard said. “I’m not a hero — anybody would have done it. I did it out of normal instincts.”
One of his own four children is the same age as the child who fell, he said. He said he was just worried he might not manage to catch the child. “I thought to myself, let me get over there and catch her. I just hope I don’t drop her.”
The catch knocked St. Bernard, a father of four, to the ground. “She fell and she put her hands out,” said witness Jesse Padilla, 9. “Her head hit a bush, but Steve caught the rest of her body.” The lucky girl was uninjured but taken to Coney Island Hospital as a precaution, police said. Her mother would not talk to reporters Monday night or give her name. St. Bernard was treated and released from the same hospital for a torn tendon in his left bicep from making the lucky save.
The family was not required to have a window guard installed if there was an air-conditioning unit in the window, a NYCHA spokesman said. Air conditioners are required to have permanent, structurally sound barriers that leave no opening greater than 41/2 inches in homes with children under 10 in New York City. NYCHA is investigating the situation, the spokesman said.
"Handcuff Hafgana" Against IDF Draft
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested Monday July 16 2012 in Jerusalem against attempts to draft members of the cloistered community into the Israeli military. The government is trying to find a formula to obligate ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the military before a court-determined Aug. 1 deadline. The current law largely exempts the community from military service. That infuriates many Israelis, since almost all others are required to serve. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled the law must be revised.
In the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, children wearing handcuffs and signs reading “save me” marched the streets Monday. The ultra-Orthodox fear assimilation in the secular military and claim they are serving the state by serving God in prayer and study.
In the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, children wearing handcuffs and signs reading “save me” marched the streets Monday. The ultra-Orthodox fear assimilation in the secular military and claim they are serving the state by serving God in prayer and study.
Man Who Saved Over 600 Kids Gets a Touching Surprise
Sir Nicholas George Winton, MBE (born 19 May 1909) is a British humanitarian who organised the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport. Winton found homes for them and arranged for their safe passage to Britain. The UK press has dubbed him the "British Schindler".
Winton kept his humanitarian exploits under wraps for many years until his wife Grete found a detailed scrapbook in the attic in 1988. The scrapbook contained lists of the children, including their parents' names, and the names and addresses of the families that took them in. After sending letters to these addresses, 80 of "Winton's children" were found in Britain. The world found out about Winton's work 50 years later in 1988 during an episode of the BBC television programme That's Life! when Winton was invited to be an audience member. At one point during the programme Winton's scrapbook was shown, and his achievements explained. The host of the programme, Esther Rantzen, then asked if there was anyone in the audience who owed their lives to Winton, and, if so, to stand – at which point more than two dozen audience members surrounding Winton rose and applauded.
In late December of 1938, Winton was about to travel to Switzerland for a skiing holiday when he decided instead to travel to Prague to help a friend who was involved in Jewish refugee work. There he single-handedly established an organization to aid children from Jewish families in Czechoslovakia at risk from the Nazis. He set up an office at a dining room table in his hotel in Wenceslas Square. In November 1938, shortly after Kristallnacht, the House of Commons had approved a measure that would permit the entry of refugees younger than 17 years old into Britain if they had a place to stay and a warranty of £50 was deposited for a return ticket for their eventual return to their country of origin. Winton found homes for 669 children, many of whose parents perished in Auschwitz. Winton's mother also worked with Winton to place the children in homes, and later hostels. Throughout the summer he placed advertisements seeking families to take them in. The last group of 250, which had left Prague on 1 September 1939, was sent back because the Nazis had invaded Poland, marking the start of World War II.
Winton kept his humanitarian exploits under wraps for many years until his wife Grete found a detailed scrapbook in the attic in 1988. The scrapbook contained lists of the children, including their parents' names, and the names and addresses of the families that took them in. After sending letters to these addresses, 80 of "Winton's children" were found in Britain. The world found out about Winton's work 50 years later in 1988 during an episode of the BBC television programme That's Life! when Winton was invited to be an audience member. At one point during the programme Winton's scrapbook was shown, and his achievements explained. The host of the programme, Esther Rantzen, then asked if there was anyone in the audience who owed their lives to Winton, and, if so, to stand – at which point more than two dozen audience members surrounding Winton rose and applauded.
In late December of 1938, Winton was about to travel to Switzerland for a skiing holiday when he decided instead to travel to Prague to help a friend who was involved in Jewish refugee work. There he single-handedly established an organization to aid children from Jewish families in Czechoslovakia at risk from the Nazis. He set up an office at a dining room table in his hotel in Wenceslas Square. In November 1938, shortly after Kristallnacht, the House of Commons had approved a measure that would permit the entry of refugees younger than 17 years old into Britain if they had a place to stay and a warranty of £50 was deposited for a return ticket for their eventual return to their country of origin. Winton found homes for 669 children, many of whose parents perished in Auschwitz. Winton's mother also worked with Winton to place the children in homes, and later hostels. Throughout the summer he placed advertisements seeking families to take them in. The last group of 250, which had left Prague on 1 September 1939, was sent back because the Nazis had invaded Poland, marking the start of World War II.
Singing In Auschwitz
Moshe Weintraub and Rosh Yeshiva Hagoan R' Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi with a group of bauchurim from his Yeshiva Ateres of Yerushalayim singing at the Auschwitz concentration camp on February, 2012.
Visiting Day At Camp Bonim
A fast-paced recap of Summer 2012 in Camp Bonim up until Visiting Day 1. Photography by Naftoli Goldgrab. Additional footage by Tzvi Ort.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Lightning at 7207 Images Per Second
A downward lightning negative ground flash captured at 7,207 images per second. A negative stepped leader emerges from the cloud and connects with the ground forming a return stroke.
Epic Mudslide
Global National's Francis Silvaggio and crew were at the scene of an incredible mudslide at Johnsons Landing in British Columbia on Friday July 13 2012.
Towers Brought Down In Controlled Explosion
Five cooling towers at a disused power station in the East Midlands of England were demolished in a controlled explosion on Sunday. The towers, at High Marnham Power Station, were brought down after standing for more than 50 years at the site in Retford, Nottinghamshire. The coal-fired power station was closed in 2003.
Bystander Barely Escapes As Trucks Collide
A man in Russia had a brush with death after two trucks collided and went crashing into the gas station where he was standing. Dash cam video shows a truck driving down the highway when another truck cuts it off. The two crashed and went flying into a gas station, as a man who was standing in their path managed to get away with just inches and seconds to spare.
PM Warns Against Overreaching on Charedi Draft
Even as envoys for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Kadima head Shaul Mofaz continue to work on a compromise for a new universal service bill, Netanyahu warned the cabinet Sunday about "overreaching" and advocated a gradual approach to drafting haredim.
Yedidim Choir Sings Hishbati
Menachem Moskowitz and Yedidim Choir singing Hishbati from Belz (Dudi Kalish) at The Bais Lepliates Dinner in Monsey, NY, July 11, 2012.
Kumzitz In Switzerland
The famous Belzer Composer Rabbi Yosef Zvi Brier singing a new song at the end of Shalosh Seudos Motzei Shabbos Pinchas July 14 2012, at a summer retreat in Wengen, Switzerland. in attendance was Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, known as the “Rabbi of the Kotel.
Iran Missile Improvements
The Pentagon released a report that says Iran's missile capabilities may be improving. Chris Lawrence reports.
Performing at Dinner for Yetev Lev of Satmar
Annual dinner for the organisation in Israel Yetev Lev of Satmar . With the participation of the Sarmar Rebbe Rav Ahron Teitelbaum. Brooklyn, NY. May 21, 2012.
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