Ahead of Purim, the city’s Rabbanim issued an unprecedented p’sak calling on residents to combine the simcha of the Yom Tov with heightened caution due to the war. HaGaon HaRav Chaim Yitzchak Isaac Landau, HaGaon HaRav Shevach Tzvi Rosenblatt, and HaGaon HaRav Masoud Ben Shimon published a special letter to city residents entitled “להקהל ולעמוד […]
A fourth U.S. service members has been killed in Iran’s initial attacks. He was critically wounded and has died of injuries. Major combat operations continue. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
A ballistic missile scored a direct hit in the city of Be’er Sheva after Iran fired a barrage at Israel shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday. Thirteen people were injured, one moderately and the others lightly. Paramedics are treating the victims at the scene. There is extensive damage and destruction at the scene, and rescue […]
Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings Sunday that U.S. intelligence did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch a preemptive strike against the U.S., three people familiar with the briefings said. The administration officials instead acknowledged there was a more general threat in the region from Iran’s missiles and proxy forces, two of […]
In another phone call this evening, President Trump told ABC this about the death of Ayatollah Khamenei: “I got him before he got me. They tried twice. Well I got him first.” That’s a reference to what US intelligence believes was a plot to kill Trump in 2024.
Iraqi Shiite militant group Saraya Awliya al-Dam has claimed responsibility and released footage showing the drafting and launch of missiles that struck a U.S. base in Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
This year, more than ever before, with the current difficult matzav for acheinu b’nei yisroel in general and B’nei Torah in particular, there is just so much negativity worldwide. We now have a unique opportunity to portray a beautiful and positive message about our simchas Purim. The zechus of the special simcha emanating from torah […]
משלוח מנות איש לרעהו אלע מיינע מצוות שענק איך אוועק פאר אידןבמתנה גמורה וחלוטה!טאמער האב איך עולם הבא, זאלן זיי האבן מיין עולם הבאאיך שענק זיי דאס אויך אוועק! מתוך דברות קודש שושן פורים תשל”טמאת הרה”ק מצאנז קלויזענבורג זי”ע – קטע ווידיאו מצורף בסוף – צו הערן און זעהןקליקט דא צו הערן דורכ’ן […]
Israel Police on Sunday revealed that an Iranian missile warhead fell in an open area in the Old City in Jerusalem, just a few hundred meters from the Kosel and Har HaBayis at the beginning of Operation Roaring Lion on Shabbos morning. Jerusalem police officers and bomb sappers were called to the scene after residents […]
Shortly after the first explosions began rocking Iran on Shabbos morning, millions of Iranians began receiving a cascade of push notifications. They did not come from state authorities urging calm or caution. Instead, they appeared to originate from BadeSaba Calendar, a widely used prayer-timing app downloaded more than five million times from Google Play. The […]
Iranian state media announced on Sunday that Ahmad Vahidi, a former defense and interior minister, has been appointed commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The appointment came just hours after Iran confirmed the deaths of several top officials in Saturday’s strikes, including IRGC commander-in-chief Mohammad Pakpour. Also killed were Chief of Staff of the […]
