Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto was appointed as chief Rabbi of Morocco with the blessing of King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
The ceremony was held in the Bet El Synagogue in Casablanca, attended by hundreds of people, including Moroccan officials who came under the guidance of the King of Morocco to honor the rabbi. In honor of the ceremony, a special prayer was also held in honor of the King of Morocco.
The Moroccan community, made up of thousands of Jews, provides services to about 100,000 Israelis who visit Morocco every year.
Rabbi Pinto will now have a diplomatic and Supreme Court Justice status in Morocco.

Address by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of today’s Cabinet Meeting:
“To the the beginning of my words I would like to relate to the” Bereishit moon landing attempt.
Over the weekend the State of Israel made history. It was one of the seven countries that came to circle around the moon and one of the four countries that landed on the moon, but we landed in an unfavorable way.

According to the latest demographic information, nearly 1 million of the 5.3 million Jews who live in the U.S. observe the Jewish Sabbath. An additional 2 million Jews around the world also observe Shabbos, including those in Israel, Europe, South America, and Australia. Despite the large number of observant households, appliance purchases can be difficult to ensure a stress-free experience.

PROGRAM:
11:35 Adrian Garbacz opens program
14:20 Yechiel Eisenstadt – Dinner Chaiman
21:40 The Rosh Hayshiva Shlita
38:18 Yaakov Young – Young Leadership Award presentation
42:55 Binyomin Greenstein – Alumnus of the Year Award presentation
47:30 Meilich Rubin – Kesser Shem tov Award presentation
50:45 Harav Chaim Boruch Rubin presents award
55:35 Mendy Horowicz – Harav Nosson Tzvi Memorial Award presintation
1:00:30 Mendy Horowicz responds
1:05:08 Yechiel Eisenstadt introduces Ralph Herzka
1:07:04 Ralph Herzka – Campaign Chairman
1:13:54 Jordan Slone – Guest of Honor presentation
1:18:25 Jordan Slone responds
1:23:49 Ralph Herzka thanks Co-chairman Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz

One of Europe’s leading Orthodox rabbis on Friday called on Jewish parents to ensure that their children are properly vaccinated with the Passover holiday approaching, as a measles outbreak among Orthodox Jewish communities in New York showed no signs of abating.
“It is well known how dangerous measles is and the need to ensure all vaccinations are up to date,” Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt — the president of the Conference of European Rabbis — said in a statement.
Goldschmidt noted as the Jewish community prepared “for Pesach … they need to be aware that they may be exposing themselves and their families to the disease and to take the necessary precautions.”

The Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center and Israel’s president both rebuffed Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for comments on the Holocaust on Saturday.
“We can forgive, but we cannot forget. That quote is mine. Those that forget their past are sentenced not to have a future,” Bolsonaro had said on Friday, talking about the Holocaust, according to AP.
The Yad Vashem memorial issued an official statement on Saturday, voicing their disagreement. “It is not in anyone’s position to determine who and if Holocaust crimes can be forgiven,” the statement said.

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It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Mrs. Sarah Grylak a”h over Shabbos. She was 81.
Mrs. Grylak was the wife of Rabbi Moshe Grylak, veteran writer and editor of the Mishpacha Magazine.
Mrs. Grylak was ill the last two years.
Mrs. Grylak was born in Poland on the 28th of Teves in 1938 to her parents, Rabbi Zvi Yosef and Mrs. Esther Grylak. She was a niece of the Ozherover Rebbe, Rav Moshe Yechiel HaLevi Epstein zt“l.
For years, she lived with her husband in Tel Aviv. Thirty years ago, they moved to the Har Nof neighborhood of Yerushalayim.