Translated and Annotated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
This article first appeared at Arutz Sheva.
This past Thursday, Hamas murderers opened fire at a Givat Shaul bus stop, injuring eleven and murdering three people in cold-blood. Among them was a remarkable Torah scholar who was a dayan in Ashdod – Rav Elimelech Wasserman zt”l and HY”D.

As part of his tish for the talmidim of Yeshivat Har Etzion, whose friends are fighting in Gaza, the Belzer Rebbe expressed his sorrow over the murder of the esteemed dayan Rav Elimelech Wasserman Hy”d.
On leil Shabbos, hundreds of talmidim from Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion participated in the tish led by the Rebbe, held annually on the Shabbos of Parashas Vayishlach. After the tish, the Rebbe gave the talmidim fruits from the tish in his residence and they sang niggunim.

Rav Boruch Weisbecker, a member of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of Degel Hatorah and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Beis Matisyahu in Bnei Brak, has been released from the hospital, where he was hospitalized in recent weeks after a severe infection and weakness.
The rosh yeshiva is now staying at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Rav and Mrs. Yisrael Meir Man in Modi’in Illit.
Over Shabbos, alumni of the yeshiva residing in Kiryat Sefer went to the Man home to receive brachos from the rosh yeshiva.
He will remain there in the coming days until his return to his residence in Givat HaYeshiva in Bnei Brak.

Rav Yitzchok Yosef, Sefardic chief rabbi of the State of Israel, has ruled to declare a number of Israeli captives, both male and female, as casualties who were murdered by Hamas terrorists in the attack on Simchas Torah.
The ruling by the Chief Rabbi followed a dramatic discussion held in his office, attended by senior members of the military and security establishment, representatives from the healthcare system, Chief Military Rabbi Eyal Karim, Chief Justice of the Rabbinical Court Rabbi Ido Shachar, and the director-general of the Ministry of Religious Services, Yehuda Avidan.

In light of the current matzav, Rav Dov Landau, Slabodka rosh yeshiva, wrote a chizuk letter to Klal Yisroel.
In the letter, released last night, he encouraged improvement in bein adam lachaveiro and in particular in being mevater to others, as well as making a commitment to study and observe hilchos Shabbos. 
Read the letter in full below.

With Eretz Yisroel in the midst of crisis, how does the Torah world in the United States move forward? Speakers at this year’s Agudah Convention in the Armon Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut, addressed questions pertaining to the situation in Eretz Yisroel, its effects on American Jewry, and what our response should be.
The convention, ‘Call to Action,’ began Thursday, and emphasized the need for American Jews to take action in response to the current situation. With presentations from leading Rabbanim and askanim, participants are already receiving tangible direction from our Gedolim and committing to put practical solutions into effect.

Rav Elimelech Wasserman Hy”d, who was killed in the shooting attack in Yerushalayim this morning, was laid to rest in the city this afternoon.
The levayah commenced from the Belzer Bais Medrash, ultimately reaching Har Hamenuchos.
Chief Rabbi Rav Yitzchok Yosef, nosi of the Rabbinical Court System, delivered a heartfelt hesped, lamenting the loss of a significant dayan and talmid chochom in the rabbinical court system.
He reflected on Rav Wasserman’s role as a source of hadracha for young dayanim and poskim, praising his knowledge and unwavering commitment to halacha.
Rav Yosef extended nechamah to the grieving Wasserman family.

An Israeli army officer who was in Yerushalayim was sent by his commander to go to a very large yeshiva and deliver a message to the rosh yeshiva. The rosh yeshiva was giving shiur when the fellow arrived, so he left the following voice message for him.
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On Sunday, the family and talmidim of Rav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi zt”l visited his kever on Har Hazeisim in Yerushalayim for his shloshim.
At the kever, a matzeivah was erected with the following inscription:
פ”נ אדוננו מורינו ורבינו הגדול, עטרת תפארת ישראל, עמוד התורה מרן ראש הישיבה רבי ברוך מרדכי אזרחי בן רבי ישראל זצוקללה”ה
בעל ה”ברכת מרדכי” על הש”ס, תורה מועדים ומוסר
ראש ישיבות “עטרת ישראל” כולל “יד מאיר”, ומייסד תנועת “בני תורה”
ובהן העמיד תלמידים לאלפים ורבבות בכל קצוות תבל
כתרה של תורה רכש בלילות כבימים, בהתמדה, בעמלה ובעומק עיונה