Thousands of participants took part in the levaya of the Kaliver Rebbe on Sunday, who was nifter at the age of 96.
During the levaya, Rav Yitzchak Bronstein, a talmid of the Rebbe, announced that according to the will, the Rebbe’s step-grandson Rav Yisrael Mordechai Yoel Horowitz will continue his path.
The new Rebbe is only 28 years old, but is considered to be a gaon in Torah, and serves as the Rosh Yeshiva of the Kaliver Torah institutions throughout Israel. Over the past year, he has managed to raise huge sums for the Kaliver institutions that were in danger of collapse.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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By Gordon Dale, Ph.D.
On the evening of the 18th of Nissan 5779 (April 22, 2019), the Modzitz community of Brooklyn celebrated Pesach with musical joy befitting the holiday. The annual Pesach kumzitz was held in the home of R’ Aron Orlander, a devoted student of R’ Ben Zion Shenker, zt’l, and was co-led by R’ Dovid Bick, a close friend and student of Rabbi Shenker. Featuring lively singing of Modzitz classics, as well as treats from lesser-known corners of the canon, the event showcased the breadth and depth of the Modzitz repertoire. A highlight of the evening was surely the musical offerings of R’ Andy Statman, whose virtuosic clarinet playing demonstrated his attention to musical nuance and decades of close study of the repertoire.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of the Kaliver Rebbe, Rav Menachem Mendel Taub zt”l. He was 96.
The Rebbe was the seventh in a direct paternal line to the founder of the Kaliver dynasty, Rav Yitzchok Isaac of Kaliv, a disciple of Rav Elimelech of Lizensk.
Seven years ago, at age 89, the rebbe married Mrs. Shaindel Malnick, then 55, from Kiryat Herzog in Bnei Brak.
The Rebbe was a son of the Rozler Rov. His first wife, Rebbetzin Chana Sara Shifra, passed away about eight years ago at the age of 94. She was a daughter of Rav Pinchas Shapiro of Kechnia and was a descendant of Rav Meir Premishlaner.

The condition of HaGaon Rav Nissim Karelitz, who was hospitalized Thursday at Bnei Brak’s Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center, improved over Shabbos.
Earlier this week, Rav Nissim, 92, suffered blood pressure issues and shortness of breath. He spent the last day of Pesach in the hospital’s intensive care unit surrounded by hospital staff, family members, and others close to him.
Sources close to Rabbi Karelitz said they hope he will be released home Sunday.
The public is asked to pray for Rav Shmaryahu Yosef Nissim ben Basya.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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Tonight is known in many circles as “Rumpelnacht,” as the post-Pesach cleanup gets underway. With pots, pans and dishes all over the place and kitchenware being moved from here to there, the name “Rumpelnacht” has been found appropriate by some to describe the hectic atmosphere.
So as you “turn back over” from Pesach to chometz, we at Matzav.com wish you bracha and hatzlacha and all the best to your families and loved ones.
We also wish you the customary Motzoei Pesach blessing of “ah gutten zummer” and pray for only the best for all members of Klal Yisroel across the globe.
Next year in Yerushalayim, be’ezras Hashem.
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