Three Israelis were wounded this morning in a car-ramming attack in Yerushalayim’s Romema neighborhood.
Magen David Adom emergency paramedics treated the victims at the scene for light injuries. Two of the victims were then evacuated to the city’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
Police released surveillance footage showing a car accelerating into a group of Orthodox men on a sidewalk, sending them flying in the air.
A terrorist then exited the vehicle and tried to open fire on the victims using a makeshift “Carlo-style” submachine gun.
According to police, the weapon jammed and the two terrorists discarded it while fleeing on foot.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with representatives of local Jewish religious groups and interacted with students at a Jewish school in Kyiv ahead of Pesach.
During his visit, Zelenskyy participated in a school lesson and expressed gratitude for the invitation on such a significant Jewish holiday, emblematic of the triumph of liberty over oppression, as per his office’s statement.

Potayto, Potahto: It’s All A Matter Of Perspective
Potatoes. A staple for Pesach in most homes. Let’s listen in to Rabbi Avraham Juravel – Rabbinic Coordinator at the OU, and the chief Rabbi of Idaho Falls, as he talks about potatoes and the kashrus related issues.
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By Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, executive vice president, Agudath Israel of America
Upon the Yahrtzeit of the Novominsker Rebbe zt”l, today

I had the zchus, for over 35 years, to work closely with the Novominsker Rebbe ztvk’l in the vineyards of Agudas Yisroel. Many of those interactions were memorable, and I had frequent occasion to marvel at the brilliance, compassion and vision of this great leader.

But perhaps the project the Rebbe undertook that will remain with me most vividly is the very last one I had the privilege to work with him on: the letter of brocha and chizuk issued by the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah earlier this week, on Monday 12 Nisan, in advance of the upcoming Yom Tov of Pesach.

Lakewood, NJ – Lakewood, an area of 26 square miles, has 217 miles of Township streets. It also has thousands upon thousands of garbage receptacles – bins that, while serving town residents, belong to the Lakewood Public Works Department, which is responsible for the maintenance and repair of Township roads and sewers, Township parks and open space, snowplowing of Township streets, leaf and brush collection, and, of course, garbage and recycling collection.

Please note that most vaping products are not kosher for Pesach. Virtually all disposables, Juul pods, and year round vape juice contain chometzdike ingredients due to the use of alcohol flavorings that contain wheat.
There are a limited number of kosher for Pesach vape juices. Caveat emptor.
Vaping Connection in Lakewood put out a statement that their homemade vape juice contains chometzdike ingredients. They do, however, have a limited number of kosher-for-Pesach vape juices. Contact them at 732.858.1757 for more information.
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From the time that Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg was a young yeshiva bochur learning in Eretz Yisroel through today as a seasoned rov for almost 40 years, he had the merit to do what most of us just dream about. He had developed a close and personal connection to almost all of the gedolei hador of the previous generation and spent a great deal of time with many of them. He would personally ask them hundreds of contemporary shailos in all areas of halacha and hashkafah, and he immediately committed their responses in writing, often reviewing with them what he had written.

Several members of Congress expressed support for Israel on Friday amid reports that the Israel Defense Forces struck a military facility deep inside Iran.
“We stand beside our friend and ally, Israel,” wrote Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kas.). “Israel has a right to defend itself against Iran. Their aggression will not be tolerated. Iran cannot be allowed to bully its neighbors or develop nuclear weapons.”
“Israel has the ability to conduct strikes against targets inside Iran without entering Iranian air space from aircraft over Syrian and Iraqi airspace,” wrote Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

Yerushalayim Affairs and Heritage Minister Meir Porush of United Torah Judaism penned an urgent missive on Thursday to UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Tor Wennesland, pressing for action to deliver matzah and wine to Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip so they can conduct a Pesach Seder on Monday night.
In a somewhat confused appeal, Porush, seemingly mistaking the UN for the International Committee of the Red Cross, implored Wennesland’s assistance in “supplying an ample quantity of matzah and wine for the 133 hostages,” in case they remain in captivity past leil Pesach.
Porush emphasized the plight of 133 individuals held by Hamas since the violent incident on Simchas Torah.

Rav Meir Mazuz, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Kisei Rachamim, shared his thoughts on the Draft Law during a discussion on Wednesday night. He addressed the proposed legislation that would require yeshiva students, previously exempt from military service, to enlist.
Regarding the exemption of Torah learners from enlistment, during an interview with Kol Barama Radio, Rav Mazuz referenced former Prime Minister David Ben Gurion’s decision, noting, “Say that Torah learners are exempted from enlistment and that was Ben Gurion’s idea – he did it so that he would not be worse than Vespasian, who gave us ‘Yavne and her wise men.'”

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