A recent study found that eating an egg a day reduces the danger of developing Type 2 diabetes (adult onset) as compared to those who only consume an egg a week.

In this week's parsha which deals with Mattan Torah, we are told that Moshe Rabbenu was commanded to tell the Jews upon their arrival at the Sinai desert of their exalted mission, "And now, if you indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you shall be for Me select from all the nations since the entire world belongs to Me."

In light of the terrible breaches and the foreign ideas alien to Jewish spirit which are infiltrating through news sites which style themselves as chareidi on the Internet and on phone lines, and in light of the moral decline of those who seek to change the very character of the chareidi public, also through chinuch, our Torah leaders of Torah and Halacha have come out with an incisive letter in which they warn against the danger of said sites. They call upon the public to block their computers from access to them, inclusive of the blockage which is halachically required in any case to forbidden sites.

The 88th Anniversary of the first Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi

Tu BeShevat marked the 88th anniversary of the very first, Global Siyum HaShas of Daf Yomi, which took place in Lublin, Poland, on Tu BeShevat 5691- February 2, 1931.

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The start of Agudath Israel of America's 19th Annual Yarchei Kallah had hundreds of people from all over the world participating in events on Sunday, a prelude to the four day intense learning program that has significantly grown with every passing year.