Mourning struck the community of Beit Shemesh on Wednesday, as news spread of the tragic death of two-year-old Noa Abitbol a”h, the daughter of Rabbi Alexander Elkana Abitbol and his wife Naama. According to reports, Noa was inadvertently left in a hot car on Rechov Rabi Brachya for hours. She was found unresponsive and was […]

This past Motzei Shabbos, at the end of the weekly shiur he delivers at his home to a small group of talmidim, HaGaon HaRav Avigdor Nebenzahl was asked by one of his talmidim to daven for the Iranian Jew Arvin Netanel Ghahremani, who was sentenced to execution, r’l. HaRav Nebenzahl responded: “This isn’t the first […]

HaGaon HaRav Ben-Tzion Mutzafi, one of the leading Sephardi poskim in Eretz Yisrael, spoke at a shiur about the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi,  saying that we have to thank Hashem for punishing him a month after Iran’s attack on Israel. “Exactly 30 days after he fired missiles at us, Hakadosh Baruch Hu took […]

Culture Minister Miki Zohar expressed strong opposition to Israel maintaining military control of the Gaza Strip at the Likud party meeting on Monday evening. “Whoever is pushing for military rule should know that afterward he’ll be going to the homes of bereaved mothers, of probably hundreds if not more soldiers, and explaining why their children […]

The IDF expects the current multi-front war to continue until 2026, estimating that the war with Hezbollah on the northern border will escalate in the next few months. According to senior IDF officials, a full-scale war with Hezbollah will begin by September at the latest. The IDF expects the intense war in Gaza to continue […]

A consensus has been reached among Israeli leaders regarding a military operation in Rafah, which is not expected to face opposition from the US, according to a report by David Ignatius in the Washington Post. The operation will involve a more limited approach, aimed at minimizing civilian casualties, which has garnered support from US officials. […]

In a moment that encapsulates everything you need to know about the United Nations, a moment of silence was observed in its Security Council on Monday to honor former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was blown to pieces in a helicopter crash in eastern Iran on Sunday. The request for the moment of silence was […]

The 98th Division of the Israeli military is currently embroiled in intense combat in the heart of Jabaliya, a densely populated area in the Gaza Strip. The division-level operation is being led by the combat teams of the 7th, 460th, and Paratrooper Brigades, and has thus far resulted in the elimination of over 200 terrorists, […]

Following the helicopter crash in eastern Iran on Sunday when the death of the mass murderer, the Butcher of Tehran, seemed likely but was not confirmed, someone posed an intriguing shaila to HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein. “Should one make a bracha of הטוב והמטיב upon hearing the news of the death of this enemy of […]

Israeli politicians have responded with indifference to the news of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash on Monday. An unnamed Israeli official was quick to deny any involvement in the incident, telling Reuters, “It wasn’t us.” MK Avigdor Liberman, chair of the opposition Yisrael Beytenu party, downplayed the significance of Raisi’s death, […]