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  May a Yeshiva Force Students to Snitch? August 26, 2024 all credit goes to Rabbi Yair Hoffman & The Yeshiva World News By Rabbi Yair Hoffman This article was printed  l’ilui Nishmas  the author’s mother, Sara bas HaRav Eliyahu a”h, whose 17th yartzeit is today, It was Adar, and some of the kids incorrectly took the notion of Mishenichnas Adar Marbin b’Simcha – to an extreme. One of them had pulled the fire alarm. The bells sounded, the fire department came, and – needless to say, the school got a firm warning about the matter. The reaction from the hanhala was fast and furious. “Any person that knows who did it – must come forward. If not – the entire school will be punished.” The students called parents. Parents went into action, and a local and powerful Rav protested. “How could the school do such a thing? It is lashon Harah. The students may not tell.” BEIS DIN AND LASHON HARAH The Chofetz Chaim in his Be’er Mayim Chaim 31 writes that a Beis Din may ask of people...

  Community All credit goes to Hamodia Sunday, August 11, 2024 3:35  pm  |  ז' אב תשפ"ד   2   Minute  Read By Hamodia Staff Rabbi Avraham Shraga Jungreis,  zt”l . (Photos by AE Gedolim Photos) The Bnei Binyomin Torah Center, lpcated on Avenue O and East 8 th  Street in Flatbush, mourns the  petirah  of Rabbi Avraham Shraga Jungreis,  zt”l , one of the oldest members of the  Kollel  which learns on the premises. Despite ongoing health issues, Rabbi Jungreis, a Holocaust survivor who was a  talmid  of Hagaon Harav Aharon Kotler,  zt”l , would come to the  Kollel  whenever his caregiver would allow him to attend. When ill health prevented him from coming in person, Rabbi Jungreis learned diligently in his home, a house filled with thousands of  sefarim . Yehi zichro baruch .