Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 21, 2023 Two very different cities, Bnei Brak and New York, are currently experiencing a rat crisis: The city of Bnei Brak is facing a distressing predicament as rats infest its…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 14, 2023 The Washington Post reports: Robert Withington thought he hit the lottery when he found a bag of about $5,000 in cash in the parking lot of a Connecticut bank.…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 7, 2023 The Associated Press reports: Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were presumed dead in a plane crash that was widely seen as an assassination…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 31, 2023 Reuters reports: On a recent vacation in Tokyo, Takumi Yamamoto opted for a special lunch of cricket curry and silkworm sashimi, washed down with a water bug cider. The…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 24, 2023 The Associated Press reports: A South Florida jury awarded $800,000 in damages to a little girl who received second-degree burns when a hot Chicken McNugget fell on her leg…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 27, 2023 In last week’s article we cited the position of the Trumas Hadeshen that although the absence of any news of a missing man does not allow his wife to…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 20, 2023 The AP reports: A Texas man who went missing as a teenager in 2015 after last being seen walking his dogs in Houston has been found alive, his family…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 6, 2023 In the previous article, we discussed the question of whether feeding human food to animals is prohibited, either as denigration of food (bizui ochlin) or as wastefulness (“the Torah…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 29, 2023 The New York Jewish Week reports: Dining out in New York City is expensive—especially at a kosher restaurant. But Mocha Burger Lux, a forthcoming Midtown restaurant, is upping the…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 22, 2023 JNS reports: Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s granddaughter celebrated her bat mitzvah over the weekend, her mother announced on Tuesday. Arabella Rose Kushner, the eldest child of Ivanka Trump…