It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Reuven Scheiner zt”l, longtime R”M at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in Brooklyn, NY.
A tremendous talmid chochom, with wide-ranging yedios haTorah, Rav Scheiner, in addition to being marbitz Torah at Torah Vodaas, also gave shiurim at Congregation Yismach Yisroel Alexander in Boro Park.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing on Thursday of Rebbetzin Rivkah Schweitzer a”h.
Rebbetzin Schweitzer was most well known for serving as a high school mechaneches par excellence for over five decades at Bais Yaakov of Boro Park. She was an exalted individual, a compassionate educator, and a role model to bnos Yisroel of all ages.
Rebbetzin Schweitzer was a daughter of Rabbi and Mrs. Yosef Kaufman. Rav Yosef was renowned for his askanus, particularly in Chinuch Atzmai.
Rebbetzin Schweitzer is survived by her husband Rav Yaakov Dovid Schweitzer, R”M at Yeshivah Torah Vodaas.
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The Federal Court of Canada was asked this week to reschedule the country’s national elections, scheduled for Oct. 21, the same day as the Yom Tov of Shemini Atzeres.
“Observant Jews are still going to be able to cast their ballots, as there are four days of advanced polls, although not so easily, since one of them falls on a Friday, a second on a Saturday, the third on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, and the fourth on the first day of Sukkot itself. Special ballots generally used by armed forces abroad and prison inmates are also available to religious Jews,” reported The Jerusalem Post.



The Siyum Presents: “‘Why I Sang More Than 11 Minutes’ — Reb Abish Brodt Reflects on Singing at Past Siyumim.

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Friends,

I’m sure you will agree: Over the past 30 years, Catskills Hatzalah has grown to be an integral part of our community’s infrastructure, one that we all rely on implicitly.

When you pack up and head to the mountains, you feel safe, knowing Hatzalah will be there.

And when you send your children to overnight, you’re calm, knowing that if something ח”ו were to happen, Hatzalah will be there.

בעז”ה, you should never need to call on our services. But the simple knowledge that Hatzalah is just a call and a few minutes away brings tremendous Menuchas Hanefesh.

Truthfully, just as our community needs Shuls, Kosher Supermarkets, and Mikvaos, so too, in a community the size of the Catskills, Hatzalah is a basic need.

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