It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of the Novominsker Rebbe, Hagaon Rav Yaakov Perlow zt”l. He was 89.
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of the Novominsker Rebbe, Hagaon Rav Yaakov Perlow zt”l. He was 89.
The rebbe served as rosh Agudas Yisroel of America, a position he held since 1998. He was also a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudas Yisroel of America

It is with immense sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Shamryahu Yosef Nissim Karelitz zt”l, rosh kollel of Kollel Chazon Ish in Bnei Brak and one of the generation’s senior poskim. He was 94 years old.
Rav Nissim was a member of the Moetzes Gedolei Torah of Degel Hatorah.
He had been suffering various ailments for the last several years and had of late been under the close watch of doctors at the ICU at Maayanei Hayeshua Medican Center in Bnei Brak.
Rav Nissim had been living at the home of his son, R’ Mordechai Karlitz, on Rechov Rashbam in Bnei Brak.

As a result of the unprecedented growth of Lomdei Daf Yomi, Chavrei HaSiyum, Masmidei HaSiyum and Lomdei and Makirei Torah all around the world, seat reservations at The Siyum are moving at the fastest pace ever. Over 70% of the seats at MetLife Stadium are already sold out, and reservations keep coming in at record rates.
 
The Siyum will of course be an unrivaled experience of kavod hatorah and inspiration. An anticipated 300,000+ participants will participate across dozens of cities and countries around the world. It will once again be historic.
 

Shmuel Rabinowitz, a 15-year-old boy bochur who is a talmud at Mesivtas Kerem Menachem in Montreal, has gone missing while hiking near Killington, Vermont, with the yeshiva’s summer program after he got separated from the hiking group last night.

A group of more than 20 members from Rockland Chaveirim are heading to assist the locals police force, who are searching with K-9 units. The Chaverim of Rockland takes special training courses to specialize in mountain and forest rescues.

Numerous organizations from Lakewood, Monsey, Monroe and more have offered to provide aid for the search.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports that the body of Rabbi Reuven Bauman z”l, who was swept out to sea last week in Norfolk, Virginia has been found.
The discovery was made early this afternoon and Rabbi Bauman’s family was notified a short while ago.
The news comes after days of intensive searching that involved volunteers from the local community and far beyond, and the participation of the Coast Guard, police, fire personnel, and others. Organizations including Hatzolah, Misaskim, Shomrim, Chai Lifeline and Achiezer were involved in the effort.

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet made its final maneuver ahead of a planned descent to the moon on Thursday, which, if successful, will propel Israel into an elite group of countries that have mastered the lunar landing.
The unmanned robotic lander dubbed Beresheet – Hebrew for the biblical phrase “in the beginning” – has traveled through space for seven weeks in a series of expanding orbits around Earth before crossing into the moon’s gravity last week.
The final maneuver brought the spacecraft into a tight elliptical orbit around the moon, just 15-17 kilometeres from the surface at its closest. The landing is set to begin late on Thursday, with touchdown expected around 3:30 pm ET, the Israeli space team said.