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Jewish calendar
25 Cheshvan 5787
- Today: Thu Nov 5 · week of Parashat Chayei Sarah · keep saying mashiv haruach (v’ten tal umatar outside Israel: Fri night Dec 4)
- Shabbat Chayei Sarah: candles Fri Nov 6 4:27 PM ET · Havdalah (50 min) Sat Nov 7 5:35 PM ET · Haftarah Melachim I 1:1–31 · Shabbat Mevarchim Kislev
- Coming up: Molad Kislev Mon Nov 9, 3:06 PM ET · Rosh Chodesh Kislev Tue–Wed Nov 10–11 · Kiddush Levana (Yalkut Yosef) Mon night Nov 16 – Tue Nov 24, 3:06 PM ET · Chanukah in 29 days (Fri night Dec 4)
Today · Bronx
Thu, Nov 5, 2026
- Weather: Mostly cloudy, 30% chance of rain · High near 73°F
- Tonight: Rain and likely thunderstorms, low ~63°F
- On the site: Thursday Daily Wire · Monday Full Brief Issue 014 · Shabbat Vayera edition
Latest
Latest Full Issue
Monday Full Brief · Issue 014
Mon, Nov 2, 2026 — Chayei Sarah Dvar: Your Past Can Get a Glow-Up · Midterms tomorrow · Iran’s 2-day Hormuz offer · Oil under $100 · Apple earnings · Oilers 4–1 Rangers · McDavid 15-game streak · Bucs win with zero completions
Latest Shabbat Edition
Shabbat Vayera
Fri–Sat Oct 30–31 — Be Like Water (Ben Ish Chai) · “I don’t believe you,” Sodom’s bed, the surprise river · guests & bikur cholim halacha · Bronx zmanim + print
Latest Daily Wire
Thu, Nov 5, 2026
Oops, I dropped my tefillin (Chayei Sarah) · Dow’s best day since April 2025 · Oil plunges 8% · Oilers host Ducks tonight
Feature · 🎧 With audio
Moreh Tefilla: the Amidah, decoded
Praise, requests, thanks · Why “eighteen” has 19 berachot · An old-school davening life hack · Listen in about 3 minutes
Past Full Issues
- Monday Full Brief (illustrated) — Chayei Sarah Dvar “Your Past Can Get a Glow-Up” (Ben Ish Chai, Derashot), midterms tomorrow, Iran’s two-day Hormuz offer, Gen Z protests in Europe, Apple earnings + SpaceX eyes Boost Mobile + OpenAI at $1.25T, oil under $100, Oilers 4–1 Rangers, McDavid’s 15-game assist streak, Bucs win with zero completions Nov 2, 2026
- Friday Weekly Wrap (illustrated) — Vayera Dvar “Dairy First, Then the Burgers” (Ben Ish Chai, Derashot), Israel’s final count, Toledo train crash, Hormuz limpet mines, Alphabet’s worst day + $6.3B Binance hack + touchscreen Mac, Fed hold + oil up 14%, McDavid assist record, Brewers win the World Series Oct 30, 2026
- Monday Full Brief (illustrated) — Vayera Dvar “Lost in Translation” (Ben Ish Chai, Halachot 2nd Year + Nedarim 66b), Iran 96-hour window, Lula re-elected, Israel election eve, iPhone Duo teardown + Elvis vs. AI, Fed week, Oilers 8-2-1, Giants OT win, World Series Game 3 Oct 26, 2026
- Friday Weekly Wrap (illustrated) — Lech Lecha Dvar “Speedrun at 75” (Ben Ish Chai, Derashot), Hubbard freed + Ukraine blackouts, Hormuz and $114 oil, AI stock rout, earnings week, Oilers 8-1-1, World Series preview Oct 23, 2026
- Monday Full Brief (illustrated) — Lech Lecha Dvar (Sotah 17a + Ben Ish Chai on tzitzit strings), Ukraine missile warnings restored, CFB Wainwright fire, France protests, OpenCode key leak, Oilers 6-1-1, NBA Opening Night Oct 19, 2026
- Friday Weekly Wrap (illustrated) — Noach Dvar (Rashi + Ben Ish Chai), energy ceasefire collapses, Hormuz sinkings, hot CPI/PPI, Brewers sweep, Oilers 5-1-1 Oct 16, 2026
- Monday Full Brief (illustrated) — Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan / Noach Dvar, Riyadh airport + Hormuz, AI agents unplugged, Oilers 4-0-1 Oct 12, 2026
- Friday Weekly Wrap (illustrated) — Bereshit Dvar / Mevarchim, week in review, Oilers 5–2 ANA Oct 9, 2026
- Monday Full Brief (illustrated) — Isru Chag / Bereshit Dvar, Kyiv bridges + Hormuz, Oilers 3–1 SEA Oct 5, 2026
- Friday Weekly Wrap (illustrated) — Hoshana Rabbah Dvar, week in review, Oilers 1-0-1 Oct 2, 2026
- Monday Full Brief (illustrated) — Chol HaMoed Dvar, Hormuz/oil, OpenAI pause, Oilers 4-0 Sep 28, 2026
- Friday Weekly Wrap (illustrated) — Erev Sukkot Dvar, week in review, Oilers 3-0 Sep 25, 2026
- Friday Weekly Wrap (illustrated) — Shabbat Shuva, week in review, Oilers camp Sep 18, 2026
- Issue 1 — World, tech, money, sports Sep 16, 2026
Past Shabbat Editions
- Shabbat Edition — Vayera (illustrated) · Be Like Water · print Oct 30–31, 2026
- Shabbat Edition — Lech Lecha (illustrated) · The Lion in the Hallway · print Oct 23–24, 2026
- Shabbat Edition — Noach (illustrated) · You don’t pick your generation · print Oct 16–17, 2026
- Shabbat Edition — Bereshit / Mevarchim (illustrated) · Rashi Owner Dvar · print Oct 9–10, 2026
- Shabbat Edition — Shemini Atzeret + Simchat Torah (illustrated) · Ben Ish Chai / YY · print Oct 2–4, 2026
- Shabbat Edition — Shabbat + Sukkot I (illustrated) · Ben Ish Chai · print Sep 25–26, 2026
Past Daily Wires
- Daily Wire — Oops, I dropped my tefillin (Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sarah) · Dow jumps 1,569 · Oil plunges 8% · Oilers host Ducks tonight Thu, Nov 5, 2026
- Daily Wire — The original focus mode (Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sarah) · Democrats win House and Senate · Nasdaq bounces back · Devils 4, Oilers 3 (SO) Wed, Nov 4, 2026
- Daily Wire — Nothing between you and your tefillin (Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sarah) · Election Day · Marvell–Lumentum $115B deal · Oil drops 7% · Oilers 4–1 Rangers, McDavid streak hits 15 · Oilers at Devils tonight Tue, Nov 3, 2026
- Daily Wire — Tefillin only on Shabbat?! (Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sarah), Israel final count, Gen Z protests in Europe, Intel’s worst day since 1974, Nasdaq’s rough October, Oilers 4–0 Islanders, McDavid streak hits 14 Nov 1, 2026
- Daily Wire — No slow-walk on the last lap (Ben Ish Chai Derashot Vayera), Israel count stuck short of 61, Spain train crash, touchscreen MacBook Pro priced, Google sinks, Oilers 4–0 Flames, McDavid assist record, Brewers win World Series Oct 29, 2026
- Daily Wire — Ask before you borrow (Ben Ish Chai Vayera), Israel election deadlock, Iran rejects Qatar ideas, touchscreen MacBook Pro day, Fed decision, Rays walk off in 12, Knicks first win, Oilers vs. Flames Oct 28, 2026
- Daily Wire — Load order matters (Ben Ish Chai Vayera), Israel votes, Lula wins Brazil runoff, Anthropic IPO filing, touchscreen MacBooks expected, Red Wings 4–3 Oilers (SO), Brewers up 3–0 Oct 27, 2026
- Daily Wire — Do Not Disturb mode (Ben Ish Chai Vayera), Trump weighs Iran strike, France protest arrests, iPhone Duo sells out, OpenAI trains offline, oil $116, Leafs 7–2 Oilers, Brewers up 2–0 Oct 25, 2026
- Daily Wire — No knives on the peace stuff (Ben Ish Chai Lech Lecha), Russia eyes November talks, Hormuz tanker strikes, PHP emergency patch, Tesla and Meta earnings, Oilers vs. Canes tonight Oct 22, 2026
- Daily Wire — Tzitzit are a public post (Ben Ish Chai Lech Lecha), Hubbard freed as Witkoff meets Putin, Tesla–SpaceX merger talk, SpaceX +161% revenue, Oilers 4–3 OT vs Wild Oct 21, 2026
- Daily Wire — The tzitzit glow-up (Ben Ish Chai Lech Lecha), Ukraine’s interceptors on hold, MMX to Phobos, oil near $111, Rays win ALCS, Oilers vs Wild tonight Oct 20, 2026
- Daily Wire — Ask first (Ben Ish Chai Lech Lecha), Russia sanctions paused, China AI export curbs, Nasdaq’s worst week since June, McDavid 5 pts as Oilers win 6–2 Oct 18, 2026
- Daily Wire — A circle isn’t a corner (Ben Ish Chai Noach), Starshield slowdown, Hormuz mine, CPI 3.7%, Oilers vs Utah tonight Oct 15, 2026
- Daily Wire — Four corners, not five (Ben Ish Chai Noach), Ukraine power strikes, Gemini 4 Argon, CPI day, Oilers 4–1 LA Oct 14, 2026
- Daily Wire — Mostly white (Ben Ish Chai Noach), energy truce tested, Meta’s Muse Wonder, bank earnings, Oilers @ LA tonight Oct 13, 2026
- Daily Wire — Don’t leave it crumpled (Ben Ish Chai Noach), Riyadh airport strike, Anthropic warning, Oilers 3–1 SJ Oct 11, 2026
- Daily Wire — Ben Ish Chai on standing for brachot, Ukraine strikes, GPT-6 for everyone, 10-year at 2002 high, Oilers 5–2 ANA Oct 8, 2026
- Daily Wire — Ben Ish Chai on tzitzit, Houthis fire at Riyadh, OpenAI math dump, S&P 7,800, Oilers @ ANA tonight Oct 7, 2026
- Daily Wire — Bereshit week, Moscow drone wave, ChatGPT watermarks, Nasdaq record, Oilers @ ANA Wed Oct 6, 2026
- Daily Wire — Chol HaMoed VI, Iran Hormuz reply, Gemini 4, Oilers @ VAN tonight Oct 1, 2026
- Daily Wire — Chol HaMoed V, Iran talks, OpenAI $30B raise, Oilers 6–5 OT Sep 30, 2026
- Daily Wire — Chol HaMoed, Hormuz talks, OpenAI shelves Astra, Oilers opener tonight Sep 29, 2026
- Daily Wire — Pre-Sukkot, Pakistan/Afghanistan, OpenAI agent, Oilers @ VAN tonight Sep 24, 2026
- Daily Wire — Pre-Sukkot, UN Iran talks, GPT-6, Oilers 2–1 OT Sep 23, 2026
- Daily Wire — Post–Yom Kippur, UN, AI malware, Oilers @ Jets Sep 22, 2026
- Daily Wire — Erev Yom Kippur, Moscow drones, Gemini, Oilers Sep 20, 2026
- Daily Wire — World, tech, money, sports Sep 17, 2026
- Daily Wire — World, tech, money, sports Sep 16, 2026
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