הגרמ”ה הירש בהדלקת נר חנוכהצילום: שוקי לרר

הרבי מסאדיגורה בהדלקת נר חנוכהצילום: שוקי לרר
הרבי מסאדיגורה בהדלקת נר חנוכהצילום: שוקי לרר
הרבי מסאדיגורה בהדלקת נר חנוכהצילום: שוקי לרר

Rosh Yeshivas Rashbi, Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman, lit the menorah earlier this evening at the window of his home on Rechov HaAdmor MiGur in Bnei Brak, at the corner of Rechov Chazon Ish.
His lighting time is approximately twenty minutes after sunset, in accordance with the opinion of his rebbi, the Chazon Ish zt’l.
Before lighting, the Rosh Yeshiva recited a short ‘Lesheim Yichud.’ After lighting, he sat for a long time facing the menorah, singing Ma’oz Tzur. Afterwards, he distributed sweets to those present.
The scene was captured by photographer Shuki Lehrer:

Rav Moshe Weinberger is a Mashpia at Yeshiva University and is the founding mara d’asra of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, NY. He related the following story.
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Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Rav Dovid Yosef has expressed that in order to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, Israel should agree to free terrorists responsible for murdering Jews.
“My father (Chacham Ovadiah Yosef) ruled very clearly that it is permitted and you must release terrorists, even many terrorists, even murderers with blood on their hands, in exchange for hostages. I’m not in the negotiations room, I don’t know what the conditions are, and what is being offered for what, so I can’t give my opinion on the negotiations as a whole. However, on this specific matter of releasing terrorists I stand and say clearly: yes, you must release terrorists to free hostages,” Rav Yosef shared in an interview with Kikar Hashabbat.

ניחום אבלים בבית הגאון רבי אשר דויטש זצ”לצילום: באדיבות המצלם
ניחום אבלים בבית הגאון רבי אשר דויטש זצ”לצילום: באדיבות המצלם
ניחום אבלים בבית הגאון רבי אשר דויטש זצ”לצילום: באדיבות המצלם

This year’s annual 21 Kislev celebration of the miraculous Holocaust rescue of Rav Yoel Teitelbaum zt”l (1886-1979), founding Satmar Rebbe and author of Divrei Yoel, was celebrated on Motzoei Shabbos by Satmar Rebbe Rav Aharon Teitelbaum of Satmar’s kehillah in a massive tent on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. The followers of Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe and third son of the Beirach Moshe, marked the event on Sunday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.
On this day in history, December 4, 1944, the Satmar Rebbe zt”l was aboard a train that crossed the border into Switzerland and to freedom. The deliverance was made possible by Dr. Rudolf Kastner, who bribed the Nazis and thus saved 1,685 Jewish souls.

Israel’s State Attorney’s Office has launched an investigation to determine whether statements made by a number of prominent gedolei Torah regarding the prohibition of chareidi young men enlisting in the Israeli Defense Forces could constitute criminal offenses.
According to a report by Yuval Segev on Galei Tzahal, the rabbonim whose names were brought up by Knesset member Efrat Reiten in a letter to the government’s legal advisor, Gali Baharav-Miara, include Rav Dov Landau, rosh yeshiva of the Slabodka Yeshiva of Bnei Brak, Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, rosh yeshiva of the Slabodka Yeshiva of Bnei Brak, and Rav Yitzchok Yosef, former Sephardic Chief Rabbi.

A historic event took place today at Barclays Center in Brooklyn in honor of Chof Alef Kislev, as the kehillah of Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum gathered to mark the 80th anniversary of the miraculous salvation of the Divrei Yoel of Satmar.
The event was graciously sponsored by mega philanthropist R’ Yoel Landau, whose support of Satmar institutions is well know. His generosity and dedication to the growth of Torah institutions in Satmar have made him a beloved figure within the community.

This year’s annual 21 Kislev celebration of the miraculous Holocaust rescue of Rav Yoel Teitelbaum zt”l (1886-1979), founding Satmar Rebbe and author of Divrei Yoel, was celebrated last night by Rav Aharon Teitelbaum of Satmar’s kehillah in a massive tent on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg.
On this day in history, December 4, 1944, the Satmar Rebbe was aboard a train that crossed the border into Switzerland and to freedom. The deliverance was made possible by Dr. Rudolf Kastner, who bribed the Nazis and thus saved 1,685 Jewish souls.
Throughout the years, the 21 Kislev event was always a unifying occasion as Satmar chassidim from around the world sat together and held hands singing and dancing.