At a pre-Shavuos gathering in Ra’anana, the noted posek and member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein, delivered powerful words of chizuk to a group of Brazilian olim, expressing wonder and gratitude over the miraculous survival of the Jewish people in Eretz Yisroel despite overwhelming odds.
The remarks were delivered following Rav Zilberstein’s regular Thursday evening shiur for doctors from hospitals across the country, held at Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak.

Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, the Slabodka rosh yeshiva, spoke out sharply about the dangers facing the chareidi community in Eretz Yisroel, warning in unequivocal terms: “The army is a melting pot. A bochur who enters the army as a chareidi will not leave as a chareidi.”
The remarks were delivered during a private gathering with several major philanthropists from abroad ahead of a critical fundraising mission to raise $107 million for the Keren Olam HaTorah, which was established last year in response to severe cuts in government funding for yeshivos and kollelim across Eretz Yisroel.

It was announced today that the Gerer Rebbe will be traveling to the United States to take part in the monumental Keren Olam HaTorah initiative.
The Rebbe is expected to arrive in New York for the week of Parshas Shelach, joining a massive effort to raise over $100 million for yeshivos and kollelim in Eretz Yisroel, which have been deeply impacted by recent government budget slashes.
The Rebbe’s participation in the campaign highlights the unprecedented unity being forged across the Torah world.

A deeply moving tefillah gathering was held on the eve of Rosh Chodesh Sivan at the kever of the Shelah HaKadosh in Tiveria, organized by the Vaad HaRabbanim L’Inyanei Tzedakah B’Eretz HaKodesh. Gedolei Yisroel and roshei yeshiva from across the country came together, reciting the Tefillas HaShelah.
The highlight of the event came during the fiery and emotional address delivered by the renowned mashpia, Rav Elimelech Biderman. With heartfelt words that stirred the crowd, he spoke about the power of the moment and the holiness of the place.

In a wide-ranging interview marking the halfway point of his term, Israeli President Isaac Herzog hosted Kikar HaShabbat at the Presidential Residence for a frank conversation with journalist Yishai Cohen. The discussion covered some of the most urgent and divisive issues in Israeli society today, including the chareidi draft law, judicial reform, the ongoing hostage crisis, and Herzog’s role as a unifying figure in a fractured nation.

In a powerful address delivered this week at the Ponovezh Kollel in Bnei Brak, Rav Tzvi Drebkin, Rosh Yeshiva of Grodno in Be’er Yaakov, offered words of chizuk for Shavuos, focusing on the challenges of our generation, particularly the overwhelming flood of information confronting all of us.
Rav Drebkin spoke about Klal Yisroel’s elevated capacity to receive the Torah, before turning to the modern reality of non-stop news and information flowing from every corner of the globe. He warned that the constant exposure to media, current events, and chatter can dull one’s spiritual senses.

In a firm response to the growing tensions over the draft law and the recent uptick in arrests of yeshiva students who failed to report to IDF recruitment centers, Slabodka rosh yeshiva Rav Dov Landau has issued a clear directive: any yeshiva student who has received a draft notice is forbidden to leave the country without explicit permission.
The instruction, issued through the Vaad HaYeshivos and signed by its nosi, Rav Landau, was revealed Wednesday evening and is set to be published in the Thursday morning editions of major chareidi newspapers.

The heads of Yeshivas Chevron in Givat Mordechai, Yerushalayim, have issued a directive to discourage bochurim in the fifth year shiur from getting engaged during the winter zeman. The decision comes just days after the leadership of the Ponovezh Yeshiva expressed concerns about extended engagement periods between chassanim and kallahs, as previously reported by Matzav.com.

The Toldos Aharon kehillah is mourning the petirah of one of its most revered elder chassidim, Rav Michoel Brizel z”l, at the age of 86.
Just days ago, Rav Michoel had shared joyous news with his fellow chassidim: the birth of a great-great-grandchild, marking the arrival of a fifth generation.
Rav Michoel, known fondly within the community as a dedicated member of “dem Rebbin’s minyan”—the daily Shacharis minyan held at the main Toldos Aharon beis medrash in Meah Shearim—was a fixture in the Tolsod Aharon beis medrash.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Yitzchok Meir Brim z”l, one of the elder and most respected members of the Boyan-Ruzhin chassidus in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Yerushalayim. He was 84 years old.
Born in Eretz Yisroel, Rav Yitzchok Meir was the son of Rav Yehoshua Heschel Brim, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Tiferes Yisroel—Ruzhin-Boyan, and Rebbetzin Rivkah.
Rav Yitzchok Meir was a staunch chossid of Boyan, deeply connected with the Rebbe as well as his brothers-in-law, the Rebbes of Bohush and Vasloi, with whom he shared a close kesher.
After marrying a daughter of Rav Chaim Uri Rosenberg, he built a home firmly rooted in Torah and chassidus.