This evening, a massive maamad kavod haTorah will be held in the heart of Lakewood in honor of six gedolei Torah visiting the United States from Eretz Yisroel to raise funds for Keren LeMa’an Olam HaTorah, an initiative to raise $107 million for yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel.
The gathering will feature the participation of Rav Dov Landau, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Salbodka; Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Salbodka; the senior mashgiach Rav Don Segal; Rav Yaakov Hillel, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Ahavat Shalom; the Rachmastrivka Rebbe; and Rav Avrohom Salim.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rabbi Avi Oberlander z”l on Waterbury, Connecticut. He was 45.
A talmid of Yeshivas Toras Moshe and Yeshivas Mir-Yerushalayim, Rabbi Oberlander was an outstanding mechanech who devoted himself to the field of chinuch for years.
Rabbi Oberlander served as the principal of Judaic Studies at Yeshiva Heichal Hatorah in Teaneck. He previously served as s’gan menahel of the Waterbury Mesivta and rosh chaburah in the Waterbury Bais Medrash program.
He is survived by his parents, his wife and their five children.
The levayah will take place this morning, at 11 a.m., at Khal Bnai Shalom in Waterbury.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Moshe Wolfson zt”l, mashgiach of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in Kensington, Brooklyn, and rov of Bais Medrash Emunas Yisroel in Boro park. He was 99.
Rav Wolfson collapsed on Motzoei Shabbos and was taken to the hospital, where he passed away.
Rav Wolfson was a close talmid of Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas.
He began his journey in the world of chinuch and harbotzas haTorah in 1943 with Aish Dos, an innovative program devised by Rav Mendlowitz to train mechanchim for yeshivos and day schools across America.

Sephardic Chief Rabbi Rav Yitzchok Yosef was taken to Hadassah Mount Scopus Medical Center in Yerushalayim this morning.

 
Rav Yosef underwent medical tests following his doctor’s recommendation after he experienced discomfort.
After Shabbos ended tonight, he was discharged from the hospital in good condition.
Despite his discharge, Rav Yosef remains weak and will not be delivering his usual Saturday night class at the Hazidim shul.
Hadassah Hospital issued the following statement: “Chief Rabbi Rav Yitzchok Yosef was brought to Hadassah Hospital this morning for tests, as advised by his doctor, after feeling unwell. After Shabbos concluded, he was sent home in good health.”
{Matzav.com Israel}

With summer’s arrival, the grilling season has officially begun. What is the deal with pre-seasoned cast iron pans? Can they be used as is? Do they need to be kashered? If so, how does one kasher? Let’s listen to Rabbi Dovid Cohen, Administrative Rabbinical Coordinator at the cRc, as he navigates us through this sugya.
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It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Avrohom Noach Garbuz zt”l, author of the Minchas Avrohom, rosh kollel of Kollel Har Ephraim, and one of the leading talmidei chachomim in Eretz Yisroel. He passed away at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Yerushalayim during the time of his grandson’s wedding in Bnei Brak. He was 91.

Police in Montreal are currently looking into an incident where what appear to be projectile-induced holes were discovered Wednesday morning in the front windows of a restaurant owned by an Israeli, as reported by The Montreal Gazette.
Yoni Amir, proprietor of Falafel Yoni in Montreal’s Mile End neighborhood, expressed his belief that the targeting of his business was motivated by anti-Semitism, pointing out his Jewish heritage and Israeli origin, describing the attack as deeply unsettling.

Dear Editor@Matzav.com,
I am writing to express my profound admiration for the askanim who have initiated a fund that I read about on Matzav.com to raise an astonishing $107,000,000 for the Olam Hatorah in Eretz Yisroel through the newly formed “Keren Olam HaTorah.” This initiative is nothing short of unbelievable. Klal Yisroel’s capacity for generosity continues to amaze me. Despite the economic hardships many are facing, our community’s commitment to tzedakah remains unwavering and inspiring.

All are asked to daven for a refuah sheleimah for the Kossover Rebbe, Rav Shraga Feivish Hager, of the Borough Park neighborhood in Brooklyn, who has been taken to the hospital and is on a respirator.
The rebbe has been battling serious illness for years and is in need of rachamei Shomayim.
The rebbe is a son-in-law of the gaavad of Zichron Meir, Rav Chaim Meir Halevi Wosner zt”l.
In light of his illness, an atzeres tefillah will be held today at the rebbe’s bais medrash at 13th Avenue and 55th Street in Boro Park.
All are asked to daven for Rav Shraga Feivish ben Malka.
{Matzav.com}

As of April 1, 2024, the government of Israel froze stipends for bochurim and avreichei kollel between the ages of 18-26, totalling 50,546 people. This is an effective cut of NIS 32,770,468 per month across the Olam HaTorah.
These stipends had been a basic part of the funding of yeshivos and kollelim for more than forty years, covering between 20-30% of the Olam HaTorah‘s budget.
The result of these cuts is a new annual deficit of approximately $107,000,000 across the olam hayeshivos in Eretz Yisroel. This is on top of the existing deficit which every yeshiva and kollel had always needed to raise.