Concluding and starting all over again In Simchat Torah.

Elliott Broidy to plead guilty for failing to register as a foreign agent while representing Malaysian national during corruption scandal.

A confrontation broke out in Modi'in Illit when police arrived at a synagogue where hundreds of people were praying, in breach of lockdown guidelines.20 people were arrested.

Speaking with Galei Tzahal this morning, Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen stressed the importance of passing a state budget for 2021."If we don't pass the 2021 budget, we won't continue to operate according to the Hauser compromise," she said, referring to an agreement recently reached regarding an extension to the period of time allotted to pass a budget before the government automatically dissolves.She added that her party (Blue & White) has no intention of continuing to allow demonstrations to be banned beyond the current date (next Tuesday), saying, "Blue & White does not intend to renew the restrictions and extend the state of emergency beyond its expiry date."

Yamina continues to gain seats in latest poll, closing in In the Likud, which falls to 27 seats. Rightist bloc leads with 65 seats.

The Torah's last verse, last message, surprisingly focuses In Moshe Rabeinu's greatness.

The head of a Haifa-area yeshiva, Rabbi Avraham Kirshenbaum, came out strongly against allowing synagogues to remain open during the coronavirus crisis, and accused religious Jews violating government directives of giving fellow Jews a bad name. Kirshenbaum also called In police to step up enforcement of virus guidelines."Police beating up those violating the law should do so ten times harder. From this pulpit, I urge Israeli police to give ten times more beatings. [The haredi protesters' behavior] is a disgrace," he said during a meeting with coronavirus patients at the Hebron Yeshiva. A recording of the speech was posted In Kikkar Hashabbat website.

Police In Thursday night began dispersing a crowd that had gathered contrary to instructions at a synagogue in Modi'in Illit.Police said dozens of worshipers were inside the building and refused to evacuate, adding that there were also hundreds of people crowding around the synagogue.