On Tuesday, the Binyamin Regional Council announced that Major (Res.) Rabbi Aviram Hariv fell in battle in southern Lebanon.
Rabbi Aviram was a resident of Dolev, a community north of Yerushalayim in the Binyamin region, and a Rav at the Dolev girls’ high school.
He is survived by his wife and six children: Achinoam (18), Ziv (15), Shachar (11), Ori (9), Amit (7), and Avri (4).
Rabbi Aviram, age 43, served as a reserve deputy battalion commander.

Several Israeli Cabinet ministers and lawmakers attended a conference Monday aimed at encouraging the resettlement of Gaza with Jewish Israelis.
The event, organized by the Nachala nonprofit, was held near Kibbutz Be’eri, roughly two miles from the border with the Gaza Strip. It was attended by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, along with 10 other Cabinet ministers, Channel 11 reported.
Reestablishing Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip is necessary because “firstly it’s part of the land of Israel, and secondly, without settlement, there will be no security,” Smotrich wrote in a long statement on X about the event.

On Monday, Construction and Housing Minister Yitzchok Goldknopf addressed the ongoing debates surrounding the Draft Law, expressing his belief that young charedi men should be granted an exemption from military service.
While visiting the sukkah of Religious Affairs Minister Michael Malkieli (Shas), where Kol Chai Radio was broadcasting, Goldknopf remarked, “They do not like it when I say what we have done, what we have given, and that we want the Draft Law and the minimum that is written [in the coalition agreements].”

Yigal Calek, the famed composer and director of the London School of Jewish Song, has passed away, leaving behind a lasting legacy in the Jewish musical world.
Born in Israel, Yigal’s exceptional ear for music and flamboyant style led him to prominence during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, as he guided the London School of Jewish Song to international fame.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Aviezer Shimon Yosef Wolfson zt”l, former marbitz Torah at Yeshivas Toras Chaim in Moscow and father of Rav Daniel Wolfson, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Nesivos Chochmah. He was 87.
Rav Wolfson, who lived in Yerushalayim, was a man of great stature who left behind a noble mishpacha. He spent most of his years teaching Torah in Eretz Yisroel and abroad. He was known for his integrity and purity of heart.
Rav Wolfson gave tzedakah quietly and supported many Torah mosdos and talmidei chachomim. He raised an outstanding mishpacha of talmidei chachomim.

Chaim Treitel, a chareidi soldier from Bnei Brak serving in the Givati Brigade, was injured on Sunday after being hit by sniper fire from Hamas in Gaza. He was airlifted to Soroka Medical Center, remaining conscious but suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg. Upon his arrival, he was taken into surgery to address the injury.
Moshe, Chaim’s father, shared with Arutz Sheva that his son had been hit by a sniper: “A sniper shot at him and missed. A friend made him a tourniquet immediately.”
He added that his son was able to speak with him before the operation, saying, “He was conscious, he was okay, I hope that the operation will go smoothly and he will start rehab.”

Photo: IDF commanding officer Shmulik Drillman receiving a brocha from the Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Rav Mendel Hager, at the Vizhnitzer Simchas Bais Hashoeivah before heading back into Lebanon.

Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein, speaking at his beis midrash in Ramat Elchanan, Bnei Brak, mentioned the great miracles that took place over the past year, when tens of thousands of rockets were fired from all directions, yet they did not cause many casualties.
At the same time, the rav referenced the words of the Bartenura in Maseches Megillah, who wrote: “It is a tradition passed down to us that the resurrection of the dead will occur on Pesach, and the War of Gog and Magog on Sukkos.”

A visibly Jewish teenager was attacked on Sunday evening in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, according to French media reports.
Around 7 p.m. local time, the kippah-wearing 15-year-old was exiting a metro station in Levallois-Perret, a residential area in the Hauts-de-Seine department, when two youths approached him.
“They quickly remove his kippah, but the two individuals turn around and start telling him: ‘And you, the Jew, wait for us, wait for us,’” recounted the victim’s mother to CNews TV. “My son stopped and turned around to look at who these people were who were calling out to him. He then continued to move forward, but one of them managed to grab him by the hood.”

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