In reponse to various questions that have arisen before and during Pesach, Matzav.com wishes to inform readers that all unflavored bottled water, seltzer and sparkling water without any additives are kosher l’Pesach, even without any kashrus supervision.
This has been confirmed by Matzav.com with the Orthodox Union and other kashrus agencies.
The above applies only to unflavored varieties, as mentioned.

In addition, whole eggs in their shell may be used without special Pesach certification.
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The Kaliver Rebbe, Rav Menachem Mendel Taub, is in need of rachamei Shomayim, as he is very ill and weak.
The 96-year-old rebbe has not been taken to the hospital, but is at his home.
The Rebbe is the seventh in a direct paternal line to the founder of the Kaliver dynasty, Rav Yitzchok Isaac of Kaliv, a disciple of Rav Elimelech of Lizensk.
Seven years ago, at age 89, the rebbe married Mrs. Shaindel Malnick, then 55, from Kiryat Herzog in Bnei Brak.
The Rebbe is a son of the Rozler Rov. His first wife, Rebbetzin Chana Sara Shifra, passed away about eight years ago at the age of 94. She was a daughter of Rav Pinchas Shapiro of Kechnia and was a descendant of Rav Meir Premishlaner.

Avidgor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party is in secret talks with the Likud as the two parties weigh a full merger, Kan reported Sunday night.
The report cites senior Likud officials, who confirmed that the two parties are discussing the possible merger of Yisrael Beytenu and the Likud.
Last week, the Central Elections Committee announced the final results for the April 9th election, giving the Likud 35 seats and Yisrael Beytenu 5. Yisrael Beytenu, led by former Defense Minister Avidgor Liberman, has recommended Netanyahu for Prime Minister, and the two parties have been in talks for the formation of a new coalition government.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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An 11-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries Sunday night, when he was struck by a car in a suspected hit-and-run in Yerushalayim.
The child, who was not named, was rushed to the city’s Shaare Zedek hospital in critical condition.
Police were searching for the driver of the vehicle. The car was located near the settlement of Givat Ze’ev, adjacent to the capital.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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שולחן הסדר של הרבי מסאטמרצילום: באדיבות המצלם
 
שולחן הסדר של הרבי מסאטמרצילום: באדיבות המצלם
 

ראש ישיבת סלבודקה בשריפת חמץצילום: שוקי לרר
 
ראש ישיבת סלבודקה בשריפת חמץצילום: שוקי לרר
 

The Sri Lankan government blocked access to social media platforms on Sunday in the wake of explosions that killed more than 200 people on the holiest day of the Christian calendar. The blasts, which targeted churches during Easter Sunday services and luxury hotels, also prompted the government to impose an immediate nationwide curfew.

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An arson fire was set at the largest yeshiva in Russia just hours before the onset of Pesach. Swastikas were also sprayed on the Toras Chaim.
Olga Esaulova, a spokeswoman for Moscow’s chief rabbi, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying the fire was set in a storage area for kosher meat and that swastikas were drawn at the yeshiva’s entrance.
There were about 60 students, rabbis and guests in the building at the time, the state news agency RIA-Novosti reported. No one was injured.

Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky swept to victory in Ukraine’s presidential election Sunday, an exit poll showed, as millions of voters weary of war and economic hardship rebuked the ruling elites and ushered in fresh uncertainty for their geopolitically pivotal nation.
Zelensky, a 41-year-old TV star with no political experience, won 73% of the vote in the runoff election, according to national exit poll results broadcast by Ukrainian television. President Petro Poroshenko, who was running for his second five-year term, accepted defeat in a speech soon after the polls closed.
Zelensky walked onstage at his election-night celebration to the theme song from “Servant of the People” – the popular sitcom in which he plays the president of Ukraine..