It has been two days since the conclusion of Shabbos after Rosh Hashanah, and thousands of Breslov Chasidim are trapped at the Ukraine-Romania border, wishing to return home.
According to sources from the community, many people are forced to wait outside in the inclement weather, without proper shelter.
Per a senior source in United Breslov: “The Ukrainians have created an electronic line and they only accept those who booked an appointment ahead of time. And sometimes there are no open appointments for the border for many hours ahead. It creates insane chaos.”

Rabbi Doron Peretz joins Fox one year after his son Daniel was murdered and his body taken hostage by Hamas.

As tens of thousands of reservists are being called up to the northern front in the battle against Hezbollah in Lebanon, all logistical operations are kicking it up a notch. With the start of the Yamim Noraim and Succos approaching, flying under the radar is the fact that the role of the Israel Defense Forces’ Rabbanut just got tougher as well. It was never going to be easy providing for soldiers’ spiritual needs in the Gaza Strip during the Yomim Tovim, and the recent escalation with Hezbollah to the north has only deepened the challenge.

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It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Chaim Tzvi (Chatzi) Katz z”l. He was 28.
Chatzi was a beloved baal menagein and musician who had graced numerous simchos over the recent years, enhancing it with his unique taam and hartz.
Chatzi had spent Rosh Hashanah in Mountaindale, NY, where he served as chazzan, but he collapsed on the first day of Yom Tov. Resuscitation efforts were unfortunately to no avail and he was niftar.
Chatzi was a son of Rav Elya Nota Katz, rov of Khal Lev Avrohom in the Gudz Road area of Lakewood, NJ.
Chatzi is survived by his father, Rav Elya Nota, his two sisters, extended family and numerous friends and acquaintances grieving this devastating loss.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Blaustein z”l (Moshe Shmuel ben Yitzchak Mayer), who was niftar late last night.
Rabbi Blaustein was a beloved third-grade rebbi at Eitz Chaim in Toronto and the longtime, beloved director of Camp Agudah Toronto, where he left an indelible mark on countless talmidim and campers.
Rabbi Blaustein was a legendary storyteller, cherished for his role as the voice of Shloompy Shapiro from the Marvelous Middos Machine and Borosov on Abie Rotenberg and Rabbi Shmuel Klein’s The Golden Crown.

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HaRav David Yosef was elected on Sunday to succeed his brother HaRav Yitzhak Yosef as Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi. The election for his Ashkenazi counterpart ended in a tie, requiring a second round between Rabbi Micha Halevi and HaRav Kalman Ber of Netanya.
HaRav Yosef, a member of the Council of Torah Sages of the Shas Sephardi movement, was favored to win and enjoyed the backing of Shas, which is widely viewed as the predominant religious political force of Sephardim in Israel.

Rav Aaron Schustal will deliver his first shiur klali today at Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, NJ.
This shiur klali marks the third instance of the next generation of yeshiva leadership, specifically the sons or sons-in-law of the current roshei yeshiva, delivering such a shiur. The first two were when Rav Aharon Olshin delivered a shiur klali last zeman and when Rav Yehoshua Abba Busel delivered a shiur klali a couple of weeks ago.
The shiur klali is scheduled to take place at 12:45 p.m. at the yeshiva’s Bais Shalom Bais Medrash on the topic of Shofar Hagazul.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rabbi Yakov Kopel Brailofsky z”l at the age of 91.
Born in 1935 to Reb Moshe and Miriam Brailofsky, Rabbi Brailofsky was raised in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where his dedication to Torah and avodas Hashem was evident from an early age.
A talmid of Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, he had the zechus to learn under Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l. Over the years, Rabbi Brailofsky developed a deep connection with prominent gedolei Torah v’chassidus, including the previous Skverer Rebbe and the Rachmastrivka Rebbe of Boro Park.