It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Yitzchok Isaac Prag zt”l, who Rosh Yeshiva of Mercaz HaTorah in Yerushalayim for more than three decades and as the rov of the Izby Shul in the Mattersdorf neighborhood. He was 92 years old and had just returned from his granddaughter’s wedding in Yerushalayim when he was niftar.
A true Yerushalmi and a scion of a distinguished rabbinic dynasty, Rav Prag descended from generations of towering Torah personalities, including Rav Moshe Nachum Wallenstein, Av Beis Din of Yerushalayim, the Nesivos, Rav Yaakov M’Lisa Loberbaum, the Chacham Tzvi, and the Shaar Efraim.

The United States Treasury sanctioned six people and seven companies Monday for alleged money laundering for factions of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, underscoring the group’s new designation as a foreign terrorist organization under the Trump administration. The designation aimed at “targeting the financial operations” of the cartel, which has raked in money by trafficking fentanyl to the United States, came as part of an investigation by U.S. and Mexican government agencies. The Treasury said those listed used a “network of front companies and shell corporations” to launder money, often using things like currency exchange businesses along the U.S.-Mexico border and larger bulk cash pickups.

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President Donald Trump has issued a stern message, declaring that American military actions against the Houthi rebels in Yemen will not cease until the group, backed by Iran, halts its threats to global maritime security.
“The Iran-backed Houthi Terrorists have been decimated by the relentless strikes over the past two weeks. Many of their Fighters and Leaders are no longer with us. We hit them every day and night — Harder and harder. Their capabilities that threaten Shipping and the Region are rapidly being destroyed,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

The fresh Kevarim on Har Hamenuchos for Natasha (Sara) Saada A”H, and her precious daughters, Diana (7) A”H and Debra (5) A”H, who were R”L struck and killed by a vehicle on Shabbos on Ocean Parkway in Flatbush.

Hagaon HaRav Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel, the Rosh Yeshiva of South Fallsburg, spent his day on Sunday in the Five Towns, to benefit many families who need assistance with the “Tzarchei HaChag”. The Rosh Yeshiva met with many local Rabbonim, as well as held an event at the home of Reb Dovid Bloom in Far Rockaway, where he delivered Divrei Bracha. VIDEO & PHOTOS FOR YWN BY HOLY SHOTS (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli is in Lakewood today. Here he’s seen trying out a freshly baked matzah straight out of the Lakewood Matzah Bakery oven. FULL STORY ON THE YWN HOMAPAGE LATER TODAY

President Donald Trump has unleashed a fiery response after activists defaced his cherished Trump Turnberry golf resort in Scotland, calling the perpetrators “terrorists” and demanding they be “treated harshly” following the attack. The vandalism, which took place in the early hours of March 8, sent shockwaves through Trump’s inner circle. Activists from a pro-Palestinian group dug into the greens, sprayed “Gaza is not 4 sale” in massive letters, and doused the clubhouse in red paint in what they described as a direct response to Trump’s stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Late Sunday, Trump took to Truth Social, claiming victory in the search for the culprits.