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It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Boruch Genuth zt”l, longtime menahel of Yeshivas Tushiyah in Tifrach, who passed away on Motzoei Shabbos at the age of 74 following a serious illness.

Rav Genuth had become ill over the past year and was hospitalized on Wednesday. Tefillos were held in Yeshivas Tifrach for his recovery, but shortly after Shabbos ended, he was niftar.

The levayah was held tonight from the yeshiva campus in Tifrach to the new cemetery in nearby Moshav Gilat, where he was laid to rest.

For decades, Rav Genuth served as the devoted menahel of Yeshivas Tifrach and was considered the trusted right-hand man of the rosh yeshiva, Rav Aviezer Piltz. He was also closely connected to the famed mashgiach, Rav Don Segal.

As a resident of Moshav Tifrach, Rav Genuth was deeply involved in communal affairs on behalf of both individuals and the broader public. He was active in efforts to strengthen kedushas Shabbos throughout southern Israel and was among the veteran representatives of Degel HaTorah in the region. He also served as the southern representative of Asra Kadisha.

Rav Genuth dedicated himself completely to maintaining and sustaining the yeshiva over the course of many years. His commitment to the institution was so intense that at one point he even faced the possibility of imprisonment in matters connected to helping the yeshiva, though he ultimately avoided serving the sentence.

He was widely respected as a tremendous talmid chochom. Those close to him described his tefillos as slow, deliberate and heartfelt. Even during his illness, he would push himself to come to the yeshiva each morning for Shacharis. After davening, he regularly delivered a Mishnayos shiur to a group of bochurim.

Talmidim recalled the extraordinary personal care he showed every bochur, treating each one as though he were his own child. At the beginning of every zeman Elul, he would warmly welcome the incoming first-year bochurim and personally serve them hot chocolate. When boys traveled home for Shabbos breaks, he would send them off with candy to bring back for their younger siblings.

Rav Genuth was known for his constant smile and warm personality, bringing joy to everyone around him. He merited building a distinguished family of talmidei chachomim and marbitzei Torah.

Yehi zichro boruch.

Rudy Giuliani said today that America’s national security weakened significantly after the Obama administration stopped openly referring to threats as “Islamic terrorism,” arguing that the change marked the beginning of a broader decline in counterterrorism efforts.

Speaking on Newsmax’s “Saturday Report,” the former New York City mayor discussed the recent arrest of a suspected Hezbollah and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps operative accused of planning attacks in Europe, Canada and New York.

“Starting with Obama where we decided we’re not going to say Islamic terrorism and we literally put it in the back drawer, we’ve been deteriorating terribly,” Giuliani said while discussing the arrest of an alleged Hezbollah and Islamic Revolutionary Card Corp. operative accused of plotting attacks in Europe, Canada, and New York.

Giuliani said the United States experienced its strongest period of security in the years immediately following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

“There was a period after 9/11 where our security was the best in the world,” he said.

“People were always asking me, ‘Are we safer now since 9/11?’ I said, ‘You have no idea how safe we are,’ because they wouldn’t hear about all the attacks. We were sending them off left and right.”

He also credited President Donald Trump with improving security measures during his administration.

“Trump bolstered it for four years,” Giuliani said.

Despite his criticism of recent years, Giuliani argued that current law enforcement and intelligence efforts show signs of progress and improvement.

“It does show how good we are at catching,” he said.

“We’ve improved immensely and I don’t know if we’re back, we’re almost back to where we were in the post-9/11 [era].”

Giuliani described the recent arrest of the alleged terror suspect as an important success, warning that authorities believe the suspect was tied to a major Iranian-backed operation.

“It was a good thing,” Giuliani said, explaining that the suspect “was planning massive attacks.”

“This was not a small-time shadow,” he said. “This is a big-time Iran network.”

Earlier in the interview, Giuliani also addressed his personal health and said he has made a full recovery.

“I’m [in] really, really good shape,” he said while thanking Newsmax hosts and staff for their support during his recovery.

{Matzav.com}

The USS Gerald R. Ford arrived back in Virginia on Saturday following an 11-month deployment that became the longest for an American aircraft carrier since the Vietnam War era, a mission that included involvement in the U.S. conflict with Iran and the operation that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro while he was serving as Venezuela’s president.

The carrier — regarded as the most advanced warship in the U.S. Navy — returned to Naval Station Norfolk together with two accompanying destroyers. Nearly 5,000 sailors were finally reunited with their families after being away since June. During the deployment, the crew carried out military operations across several regions while also dealing with a serious onboard fire that forced hundreds of sailors from their sleeping quarters and required extensive repairs while docked on the Greek island of Crete.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attended the return ceremony for the strike group, including the destroyer USS Bainbridge.

Hegseth commended the crew of the Bainbridge for a “job well done.”

“You didn’t just accomplish a mission, you made history,” Hegseth said on the destroyer’s deck. “You made a nation proud.”

The Ford spent 326 days deployed at sea, setting the record for the longest aircraft carrier deployment in the post-Vietnam period and the longest in the last half century. Only two deployments during the Vietnam era lasted longer: the USS Midway’s 332-day deployment in 1973 and the USS Coral Sea’s 329-day deployment in 1965.

The unusually lengthy deployment has sparked renewed discussion about the strain placed on sailors who spend extended periods away from home, along with the impact on ships and onboard systems already facing heavy operational demands. Those concerns intensified after the fire aboard the carrier, which began in one of the vessel’s laundry areas.

When the Ford first departed Virginia last June, it was assigned to the Mediterranean Sea before later being redirected to the Caribbean in October as part of one of the largest American naval buildups in that region in decades.

In January, the carrier participated in the military mission tied to Maduro’s capture. It was later redeployed again as tensions with Iran escalated.

The Ford joined operations connected to the Iran conflict while positioned in the Mediterranean before eventually traveling through the Suez Canal and entering the Red Sea in early March.

Although the USS Nimitz technically remained away from home for 341 days during 2020 and 2021, that total included lengthy COVID-era quarantine and isolation periods while still on American soil.

{Matzav.com}