Amid mounting reports suggesting that chareidi lawmakers have adopted a more aggressive tone toward the government, the Israeli Yated Neeman is now striking a more moderate chord. While easing immediate threats, the newspaper will make clear tomorrow that continued support for the coalition will depend on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s concrete actions, not just promises.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Elazar Pesserman zt”l, one of Bnei Brak’s great talmidei chachamim, who learned in Yeshivas Rashbi for over fifty years and devoted his life to Torah. He was 80 years old.

They each raise thousands of talmidim in Torah and mussar, each in his own way. Ahead of Zman Matan Toraseinu 5785, B’chadrei Chareidim’s Moshe Weisberg offered a special profile in Hebrew of the noble family known as the Kaplans, headed by the elder mashgiach Rav Naftali and his sons, the roshei yeshiva of the “Old” and “New” Kaplan yeshivas. Matzav.com offers a synopsis of Weisberg’s fascinating report.
The Kaplans: Torah Nobility by Merit

Erev Shavuos 5785 in Bnei Brak: Photographer Shuki Lehrer ventured out under the blazing sun into the streets of Bnei Brak, capturing scenes of the Yom Tov preparations.

With Shavuos being celebrated under the shadow of war, Israel’s Chief Rabbis have issued a heartfelt call to the public: bring even the youngest children to shul to hear the reading of Aseres Hadibros on the Yom Tov of Matan Torah.
The Rishon Letzion and Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rav Dovid Yosef, wrote: “Lechu banim shimu li — Come, children, and listen to me. Gather in the batei knessios on the day of Shavuos, the day of the giving of the Torah, as one person with one heart — men, women, and children, even the very youngest.”

In a powerful address delivered just days before Zeman Matan Toraseinu, Rav Shneur Kluft, one of northern Israel’s most respected rabbanim and the Av Beis Din of Adas Yisrael in Haifa, sharply criticized the misplaced priorities surrounding Shavuos observance in some segments of the Torah world.
Rav Kluft, who also serves as Rosh Kollel of Daas Yoel and Rosh Yeshiva of Nachlas Naftali in Tzefas, devoted his derashah to what he described as a troubling trend: “People are making the ikkar the tofel, the main thing secondary, and the secondary thing into the main thing.”

As tens of thousands prepare to walk to the Kosel this Shavuos, a series of hospitality tents have been erected throughout Yerushalayim to serve the crowds en route to the site.
The initiative, now in its third year, is led by the Ministry for Yerushalayim and Jewish Tradition under the direction of Minister Meir Porush.
The tents are strategically positioned across the city, providing pedestrians with a place to pause and refresh as they make their way to and from the Kosel on the night and day of Shavuos. Every year, multitudes from all neighborhoods of Yerushalayim walk to daven and learn at the makom kadosh, and the tents offer support along the way.

Just days before Shavuos, in the midst of the wheat harvest, a meaningful tradition played out once again: Reb Aharon Yosef Kornitzer, a devoted askan and chossid, personally delivered the first of the year’s gleaming wheat stalks to Gedolei Yisroel. The wheat was freshly harvested for matzos mitzvah to be baked for Pesach 5786 and was presented as a symbolic gift to adorn the Yom Tov tables of gedolei Torah.

A flight filled with Breslover chassidim headed to Uman for Shavuos was thrown into chaos after one passenger was caught smoking an electronic cigarette, forcing the plane to return to Tel Aviv and leading to the removal of all passengers, Matzav.com has learned.
The incident occurred on a Wizz Air flight scheduled to depart from Tel Aviv to Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday. Just moments before takeoff, smoke detectors in the cabin were triggered when a passenger began vaping. Flight attendants rushed to the scene, and although there was no immediate danger to the aircraft, security protocols required the involvement of law enforcement.

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