Dear Matzav Inbox,
I can’t believe what I’m seeing these days. All this arguing about whether or not to vote in the WZO elections has completely drowned out what really matters: the bizayon haTorah, the disrespect being shown to certain gedolim. It’s honestly terrifying to watch. It’s like people are treating our gedolim the same way they talk about sports players, lehavdil elef havdalos. It’s like, “Oh, I like this one,” or “I don’t like that one,” but these are our gedolim!

On Thursday, a large asifa of primarily Sefardic bnei Torah was held on Rechov Shmuel Hanavi in Yerushalayim against military conscription for bnei yeshiva.
The event was attended by prominent rabbonim and roshei yeshiva, who delivered impassioned drashos condemning the draft.
“Who went to war against Amalek?” said one speaker. “Moshe Rabbeinu himself did. The great leaders and righteous figures of the generation went out to battle. How do we fight? By refusing to hand over even a single neshamah to spiritual destruction!”
The participants began the event by reciting Tehillim together.

המשגיח רבי בנימין פינקל באפיית מצותצילום: שוקי לרר

The Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Rav Yisroel Hager, has been discharged from the hospital in Los Angeles after being hospitalized since Purim following a successful surgery.
Over the next few days, a decision will be made regarding whether the rebbe will return to Eretz Yisroel in time for Pesach.
In a statement, the Vizhnitzer Chassidus shared: “Chasdei hashem ki lo samnu ki lo cholu rachamov. We trust that Hashem will continue to help, and the rebbe will regain his strength as before and, be”H, return to his home in good health and with great light.”
The Chassidus thanked everyone for their tefillos and asked for ongoing tefillos.

A Sefer Torah, presented by the Derech Emunah kollelim in memory of the Sar HaTorah, Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l, was brought to his home on Rechov Rashbam in Bnei Brak l’illui nishmas the victims of the current war.
The event was marked by a gathering of Gedolei Yisrael, with the participation of Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman and Rav Berel Povarsky.
The following is an essay of photos captured by photographer Shuki Lerner:
הכנסת ספר תורה ברשת הכוללים דרך אמונהצילום: שוקי לרר

The Kaliver Rebbe of Williamsburg, Rav Moshe ben Reizel, has been hospitalized and is suffering from internal bleeding.
The rebbe, who only communicates through his eyes due to his illness, is in need of rachamei Shomayim.
The rebbe was taken to Columbia Hospital in Manhattan after not feeling well. Despite battling a progressive muscle disease for a decade, the rebbe continues his avodas hakodesh, using his eyes to communicate through a specialized computer program.

It has been revealed that during the first part of the meeting of gedolim this week in Bnei Brak, Slabodka rosh yeshiva Rav Dov Landau expressed to the Gerrer Rebbe that his stance is to withdraw from the governing coalition immediately due to the ongoing delay in the recruitment law. However, he clarified that he is also committed to the opinion of Slabodka rosh yeshiva Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, who holds a different view and believes that a decision on leaving should be postponed.
Rav Dov shared these remarks in the early minutes of the meeting, while they were waiting for Rav Hirsch to join.

it is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Yaakov Gershon Weiss zt”l, author of the seforim Middos Umishkalos Shel Torah and Yom V’Laylah Shel Torah. He was 87.
Rav Weiss was born on the first of Adar in 1938 to his father, Rabbi Chaim Weiss, and his mother, Mrs. Leah Weiss.
In his youth, he studied under Rav Yisrael Zev Gustman and under Rav Aharon Kotler  in Lakewood.
He also received semicha from his rebbi, the posek hador, Rav Moshe Feinstein.
Rav Weiss married his wife, Malka, daughter of Rav Shmuel Yehuda Frankel.

MK Ahmad Tibi (Ta’al) stirred controversy in the Knesset after a photo emerged showing him using official Knesset utensils, which are reserved for kosher use, to eat non-kosher food during a pre-dawn Ramadan meal. In his defense, Tibi quoted the Shulchan Aruch to justify his actions.
Amid the backlash, Tibi shared a pointedly sarcastic social media post referencing halachic rulings. “When the food was cold – it does not cause the utensil to be prohibited,” he wrote. He then cited Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah: “Cold – it does not cause and does not absorb.” He ended the post with the tongue-in-cheek sign-off: “Rabbis supporting Tibi.”

[Full kol koreh below.] Moments ago, the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of America issued a kol koreh prohibiting participation in the upcoming elections for the World Zionist Organization (WZO). The statement, issued in Hebrew and English, emphasizes the importance of adhering to Torah principles and distancing oneself from any movements that undermine Judaism.