It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Yechiel Yitzchok Perr zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Derech Ayson of Far Rockaway. He was 89.
Rav Perr grew up in South Ozone Park, Queens, where his father, Rav Menachem Mendel Perr, served as rov for over 50 years. He was a son of Rav Menachem Mendel and Rebbetzin Leah Perr.
He attended high school at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin and then learned at Yeshiva of Philadelphia, under Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky and Rav Elya Svei.
He subsequently joined Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, where he learned under the rosh yeshiva, Rav Aharon Kotler, from 1954 to 1962.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rabbi Avrohom Stefansky zt”l.
Rabbi Stefansky was a talmid of Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood during the early days of the yeshiva, drawing close to the rosh yeshiva, Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l, whom he would drive and accompany on a regular basis. Rabbi Stefansky was an indispensable meshameish to Rav Aharon, who was forever grateful to his talmid for his support and assistance during those years.

All are asked to daven for a refuah for Rav Yitzchok Abadi.
Rav Abadi was transported to the hospital this past Shabbos with pneumonia. His health has since been deteriorating.
The 91-year-old rov and posek, born in Venezuela, moved to Tiveriah as a child and learned in Haifa, then in the Yishuv Hachadash in Tel Aviv, and then at Yeshivas Chevron in Yerushalayim. At age 19, he was sent by the Chazon Ish to learn in Montreux, Switzerland, and a year later he was sent by the Chazon Ish to learn in Lakewood under Rav Aharon Kotler.

The Israeli government submitted an affidavit to the High Court of Justice on Wednesday informing the court that it has begun formulating “action plans to realize the conscription of chareidi men in the immediate time frame.”
The state added that the Ministry of Defense and the IDF were working on a plan with a longer-term view that would involve the gradual enlistment of chareidi men.
The state also requested an extension of several weeks to give the staff developing the plan enough time to complete it, after which the plan will be presented to the court.

A large crowd gathered on Isru Chag on Techeiles Mordechai Street in the Romema neighborhood of Yerushalayim to express gratitude for the nissim that were experienced in the terror attack on Erev Yom Tov.
Seated on the dais were the four survivors who miraculously sustained only minor injuries and were released from the hospital to their homes before Yom Tov.
Also present were the neighborhood rabbonim and the rosh yeshiva of the Ohr Yerushalayim Yeshiva, Rav Dovid Shapira.

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Amid mounting security concerns in northern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces have proposed the abandonment of this year’s customary Lag Ba’omer celerbations in Meron.
This proposal, first reported by Yediot Acharonot, comes three weeks ahead of Lag Ba’omer and follows a series of consultations held by the IDF’s Northern Command and Home Front Command.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Yisroel Moshe Fried zt”l, who was niftar on Acharon Shel Pesach.
Rav Fried was the rov of the Neustadt Bais Medrash on County Line Road in Lakewood. He had battled illness recently.
Rav Fried was an outstanding talmid chochom and posek who was supremely dedicated to his mispallelim and those who sought his counsel and psakim.
The levayah was held today at the Neustadt Bais Medrash in Lakewood. Kevurah took place in Monsey.
Yehi zichro boruch.
{Matzav.com Israel}

Rav Asher Halevi Soloveitchik zt”l, youngest son of Rav Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik zt”l, Rosh Yeshivas Brisk, and a grandson of the Brisker Rov, was niftar on Isru Chag in Yerushalayim.
On Chol Hamoed, Rav Asher collapsed in his home on Rechov Nechemiah in Yerushalayim, and after prolonged resuscitation efforts, he was transferred to Shaarei Tzedek Medical center, where it was determined that he suffered a severe stroke.
Rav Asher was 54 and was niftar this morning at the hospital. He was an outstanding talmid chochom and boki who was known at Yeshivas Brisk for his hasmadah, learning at Brisk since his younger years.