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06 September 2026
Who Will Rise Up To Confront These Discriminatory “Hitlerian Protocols”
More than 60 Chareidi bochurim classified by the IDF as draft evaders are expected to spend this coming Shabbos in military prison, marking a dramatic increase in the number of detained Bnei Yeshivos.
According to organizations assisting detained Bnei Yeshivos, the sharp rise comes amid a growing wave of arrests, including numerous detentions at Ben Gurion Airport as authorities step up enforcement against those with outstanding draft orders. Six draft evaders were apprehended at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday alone, while dozens of Breslov chassidim have reportedly been detained in recent weeks while attempting to leave Eretz Yisroel ahead of Rosh Hashanah.
The increase also includes a number of bochurim and avreichim who have turned themselves in to the military authorities. According to the assistance organizations, some have done so in hopes of completing their prison sentences in time to travel to Uman for Rosh Hashanah following their release.
The issue has become particularly acute ahead of the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman, with authorities increasing enforcement at Ben Gurion Airport and other border crossings.
The latest figure represents another significant escalation in the ongoing draft crisis facing the Chareidi tzibbur.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
[this is part of a worlwide effort to eliminate religious communities (i.e. attack on Haredim and their way of life) that won’t conform to “the ruling class (population control and reduction),” and no different to what is happening to the Amish in Pennsylvania, and what was perpetrated against an indigeous minority group in Australia. And included in this effort are the Israel Yishuvim and those they call Settlers”.]
לא תלויים בשום ראש ממשלה!" | מרן הגר"ד לנדו בנאום סוער בפני האלפים בטבריה🔥
A powerful address delivered in Tiberias by the leader of the generation, Maran Rosh HaYeshiva Harav Dov Lando Shlit"a, addressing the severe decrees facing the Torah world in Israel.
Maran Shlit"a emphatically proclaimed: "We are not dependent on any Prime Minister or political leader, but solely on the Creator of Eretz Yisrael05 September 2026
Only 20 of These Birds Were LEFT. Then a Man Did the UNTHINKABLE to Save Them
Fascinating Story, hope you have the patience to read to the end. It testifies that mostly all in the created animal world live in “family structures” like humans.
You may need to watch on youtube if this doest play.
Kedushas haMachaneh
Chief Rabbi Demands: “Revoke Disciplinary Proceedings Against Givati Soldiers”
Israel’s Chief Rabbi, HaRav Kalman Ber, sent a sharply worded letter Wednesday to Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir over the decision to put Givati soldiers on trial following the incident in which they refused to enter an APC with a female paramedic.
In his letter, the Chief Rabbi called for the decision to be reversed, arguing that officials must consider not only the formal aspects of the case but also its broader consequences.
“We have a principle known as the ‘fifth section of the Shulchan Aruch’—matters that do not appear in the rulebook, but that common sense requires,” he wrote. “When considering an issue that has significant public repercussions, in my humble opinion, the potential consequences of such a decision must also be taken into account.”
Rav Bar sharply criticized the manner in which some of the IDF’s codes of conduct were established. He said some of those codes were formulated by people who were not military professionals but rather “academics and intellectuals,” while the Torah also sets clear rules governing the conduct of a Jewish army.
“The fundamental principle is, ‘Your camp shall be holy,’” he wrote. “What has become of the rights of the religious soldier when certain practices conflict with his way of life?”
The Chief Rabbi noted that since the establishment of the IDF, accommodations have been made for Torah-observant soldiers regarding kashrus and Shabbos, and questioned why, in his view, the same consideration is not being extended when it comes to mixed-gender service.
“Why, when it comes to mixed-gender service, does a religious, Torah-observant soldier have no right to a say, when matters of ‘kedushas hamachaneh’ are fundamental to his very way of life?” he asked. “I appeal to you to change the directives in this area so that they accommodate the way of life of the religious soldier.”
Rav Ber then sharpened his criticism further. “How unfortunate it is that those who absorbed their culture from a foreign culture and are distant from Toras Yisrael are the ones who established the codes according to which Israel’s soldiers are expected to carry out their mission,” he wrote.
“I regret that I must protest what has been done. An action such as putting soldiers on trial when their sole concern is preserving kedushas hamachaneh could bring disaster upon the need to integrate everyone into this campaign.”
The Chief Rabbi concluded his letter with a direct appeal to the Chief of Staff and Defense Minister to reverse the decision.
“I write these words with a heavy heart and out of a sense of responsibility for Am Yisrael and the unity of the nation. I implore you in the strongest possible terms to change the decision and keep these words before you,” he concluded.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
04 September 2026
הרב אברהם משה בן עמנואל וולטפרייד זצ"ל
Rav Avrohom Moshe Waltfreid of Pshedburzh/Rushpesha zt"l
הרב אברהם משה בן עמנואל וולטפרייד זצ"ל
Elul 22 , 5678
Rav Avrohom Moshe was born in ת"ר - תר"א (1840-1841) and named Avrohom after his great grandfather, the Chozeh’s father, and Moshe after his great Uncle Rav Avrohom Moshe of Peshevorsk. He was taken as a son-in-law by Rav Gershon Chaim Landa of Kaminsk. The Tiferes Shlomo said of Rav Gershon that he was, “a guardian of the Bris Kodesh (covenant) and his son-in-law described him as having the countenance of a king.
He was widowed in תר"ך and he remarried the daughter of Rav Meir Abramson of Lublin. He remained there, steeped Torah and avodas Hashem.
When his father passed away, some saw him as the natural successor, while others did not. The dispute was sent to the famed Divrei Chaim of Sanz to decide, and he replied that although young in years, Rav Avrohom Moshe should take up the post of his forebearers. The Chozeh explained, “It is fitting that he sit in the rabbinic chair since his face shines with chochmah and yirah (wisdom and fear of Heaven. I am sure he will grow to be a great tree!”
Due to disputes, Rav Avrohom left Pshedburz for Silov near Pietrokov in תרכ"ט. There, in the year תרלב"ת, a vicious blood libel was spread, and he was falsely accused of the ritual murder of a gentile child for using his blood to bake matzos. On Pesach, he was attacked by a vicious mob. A pogrom was narrowly averted against the rav and his family when the child who had been missing was discovered after having been lost in the forest. Still, the mob, in their senseless rage wrecked the rav’s home in the middle of the seder, destroying furniture and even ripping up the floorboards.
In תר"ן, he left Silov for Ruspesha. Even there, he knew no peace. The Rav and Rebbetzin were accused of murder when a Shabbos goy died after he accidentally drank what he thought was liquor and was actually poison. After many efforts, they were released, but not before a mini-pogrom ensued and, again, they nearly lost their lives and their home to a bloodthirsty mob.
With Rav Avrohom at the helm of the chassidus, a great number of shtiebls opened up carrying the Ruspesha name across Poland. The rebbe also became well-known for his power of neginah. He composed many heartfelt chassidic niggunim. Chassidim testified that when the rebbe sang, “Hashem has reigned and clothed Himself in pride – Hashem malach geus lavesh,” they felt the gates of the supernal chamber of music on High open up and that they entered therein!
Even among the gentiles, the rebbe was renowned and respected. The local squire, Poritz Turabowski of Pietrekov, reportedly made no move without first consulting the Rebbe Reb Moshel’eh, as he was fondly known by his thousands of followers. Even after the rebbe’s passing, the poritz continued to visit his kever for brachos and yeshuos.
Towards the end of his life, in תרע"ו, Rav Avrohom returned to Pshedburz and remarked that he wished to be laid to rest among his forebearers. He returned his holy soul to its Creator on the 22nd of Elul, תרע"ח.
His sons were all rebbes: Rav Emanuel of Lodz, Rav Yeshayahu of Kalisch, Rav Yisroel of Radomsk, Rav Shlomo Zalman of Tomashuv, and Rav Chaim Elazar of Peshedbuzh.
His son-in-law was Rav Binyamin Bunim, son of Rav Chaim Meir Epstein of Neistadt.
Rabbi Wein: Nitzavim Vayeilech
WEEKLY PARSHA FROM THE DESTINY ARCHIVES
Nitzavim Vayeilech 2017/5777
Ah! The covenant once more. The basis of the relationship between the Jewish people and their Creator is the covenant that exists between them. The covenant is central to the story of the Jewish people. Our father Avraham entered into and created the terms of this eternal covenant. The covenant was embodied in his flesh itself and sanctified by the sense of sacrifice that the historical narrative of Avraham and Yitzchak reinforced.
Yaakov received the covenant from his father – after contests with Eisav and Lavan and bequeathed it to his sons, the twelve tribes of Israel. His family took the covenant with them down to Egypt and it was miraculously preserved throughout centuries of slavery. Yosef had promised them redemption and belief in the existence and efficacy of the covenant. And that promise of redemption for all ages and future conditions was attached to the overriding theme of the covenant.
To this historical and faith narrative was added the holy spirituality and Divine laws of the Torah granted at Mount Sinai. This combination of holiness, the discipline of behavior, the historical narrative of tradition and family, all combined to form the foundation of the covenant.
This has remained the great backbone of Jewish survival during our long and painful exile and dispersion. It is this covenant that unites Jews the world over as a family, not only as a faith and not only as a nationality.
The continuity and presence of this covenant – alive and well as it assuredly is in our time now – was and is the leitmotif of the rhythms of Jewish life everywhere. The covenant was binding upon all Jews even though many Jews, especially in modern times, were completely unaware of its existence and the grip it exerted on their lives and society.
It is this covenant that governs Jewish history and our current events as well. There is no other rational way to look at our story, past, present and undoubtedly future, in the absence of the overriding influence and presence of the covenant that Moshe and Israel entered into as recorded in this week’s Torah reading.
The demands of the covenant are strong and oftentimes appear to be severe. But an “easy” covenant would be useless considering the challenges and rigors of Jewish history. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein often stated: “People say it is difficult to be a Jew and they are correct in that assessment. But I say that it is even more difficult for a Jew not to be a Jew!”
Such is the nature of God’s covenant with us and it has proven to be eternal and binding for all of the millennia of Jewish existence. That is why this is the final major public act of the career of Moshe as the leader of the Jewish people. As long as the covenant holds, he is assured of the eternity of Israel and his own immortality.
Shabbat shalom
Rabbi Berel Wein
This article is from 5777/2017
HaRav Sternbuch: NItzovim-Vayelech
THE LIVING DEAD
You shall choose life, so that you and your offspring will live. (30:19)
A person should not only feel that the Torah is something positive in his life, but that it is life itself, because without Torah a person is not considered to be alive at all, since his soul is dead. The Torah and mitzvos are the soul’s food and it cannot survive without them. The body may be alive but the person is only living the life of an animal, as Chazal say, “The wicked are called dead even when they are alive”.
In a similar vein, it says in Yechezkel (18:12): “For I do not desire the death of the dead … rather, turn yourselves and live”. The wicked person is termed “dead” because he has died a spiritual death, but teshuva has the power to bring him back to life completely. The Mekubolim explain that on Rosh Hashono a person is judged for his afterlife. Why would a person be judged with regard to his afterlife when he has not yet left this world?
It means that a person’s neshomo undergoes a “diagnosis” to see whether he has a connection to spirituality, to Hashem, or whether he is already spiritually dead. If he has a majority of merits but only stumbles in sin on occasion, he is considered spiritually alive and deemed worthy of being inscribed in the Book of Life, whereas if most of his acts are sins, he is considered spiritually disconnected from Hashem and therefore “dead.” If he is a beinoni, his judgement is not proclaimed until Yom Kippur, so that he may be given a chance to repent and be inscribed in the Book of Life.
The Meiri says that someone who does not repent on Rosh Hashono does not have a portion in the G-d of the Jews. This seems difficult to understand since the time for repentance is on Yom Kippur not Rosh Hashono, whose essence is rather the “coronation” (malchuyos) of Hashem when we internalize that everything stems from Him.
However, the Meiri is not referring to a “punishment” for not doing teshuvah, but rather to a “sign.” If a person does not display any signs whatsoever of repentance on Rosh Hashono — not even during the tekios and the tefillos — he must worry about whether he is not among those who are already spiritually dead, and he must then undergo an intense process of repentance in order to break the walls separating him from the Creator.
“And Hashem said to Moshe: Behold, you are about to lie with your forefathers, and this nation will rise up and stray after the deities of the nations of the land, into which they are coming. And they will forsake Me and violate My covenant which I made with them…. And now, write for yourselves this song.” (31:16-19)
An activist once complained to the Brisker Rov about our dire situation, in which 80% of Jewish children do not know what Shema Yisroel is, some non-religious raise pigs, there is a lot of Shabbos desecration and so on. He concluded by saying, “I’m beginning to despair because the situation seems hopeless and there’s nothing more that can be done”.
The Brisker Rov responded by citing the above possuk. Even when the nation will serve idols, and not keep the Torah, we are still told to write for ourselves this song. The remedy for our terrible situation, said the Brisker Rov, is to learn Torah, because when we delve in it, its illumination makes us repent.
After the Holocaust destroyed so much of Torah Jewry, Hashem left us with several places of Torah learning, and they served as the nucleus for the subsequent global explosion of Torah. Torah has the power to renew itself when it is taught and transmitted in the undiluted manner with which it has been transmitted throughout the generations.
Rav Sternbuch recalls shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War when everyone was frightened about what the future had in store, he heard Rav Elchonon Wasserman saying during his stay in London that although Hashem promised us that the Torah would not be forgotten, it was possible that most of the Jews could be killed, and only a small handful would remain to fulfil this promise. Nevertheless, he added prophetically, that even if this will happen, G-d forbid, we have been promised that this small handful will produce a whole generation of Torah learners.
Rav Yehonoson Eibeshitz zt"l
Rav Yehonoson Eibeshitz zt"l
הרב יהונתן בן נתן נטע אייבשיץ זצ"ל
Elul 21 , 5524
Known As: Yaros DevashFather's Name: Nosson Nota Eibeshitz

Elul 21, 5524 / 1764
Rabbi Yehonoson Eibeshitz (21 Elul 1764) was chief rabbi of many cities, including Posen, Prague and Altuna. He died in Metz at over one hundred years old. He authored many important books on Jewish law, scripture and thought.
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לא יעזור לשמאל: הגאון הגדול רבי שאול אלתר שליט"א בניחום אבלים אצל הרב אליעזר סורצקין מתייחס לגזירות
🔥או בית ה' או גיהנם - אין אמצע: הכנה ליום הדין מרה"י הגאון רבי בונים שרייבר שליט"א בישיבת קרית מלאכי
הגאון הגדול רבי ישראל בונים בן חיה רויזא שרייבר שליט"א מסר שיעור מיוחד במסכת סוכה בישיבת קרית מלאכי, לאחריו נשא דברי הכנה לראש השנה, ועמד בדבריו על מה שנלמד ממזמור הנאמר בחודש הרחמים והסליחות "לדוד ה' אורי וישעי", והביא דברים ששמע ממרן פוסק הדור הגאון רבי יצחק זילברשטיין שליט"א, בתוך דבריו אמר: אומרים "לדוד ה' אורי וישעי אחת שאלתי מאת ה', אותה אבקש: שבתי בבית ה' כל ימי חיי, לחזות בנועם ה' ולבקר בהיכלו." יש שאלה פשוטה, שואלים אותה: "שבתי בבית ה'", "שבתי" זה לשון קביעות. "אין ישיבה אלא לשון עכבא", אומרים חז"ל. "ולבקר בהיכלו" – לבקר זה לא קביעות, לבקר זה ביקור. אז "שבתי בבית ה'" ולבקר בהיכלו, זה תרתי דסתרי. תרתי דסתרי! אז אם היה כתוב לבקר בבית ה' ושבתי בהיכלו, אז אני מבין, יש שתי דרגות: מתחילים מ"לבקר", ממשיכים עם "שבתי". אבל פה זו ירידה בכלל, מתחילים עם "שבתי" ומסיימים עם "לבקר". איך זה עובד? התשובה היא: אגיד דבר שאמר לי פעם מרן הגר"י זילברשטיין שליט"א מרא דאתרא רמת אלחנן. דיברנו על משהו, ובתוך הדברים הוא אמר לי: צריך לשבת וללמוד משני סיבות, א' כי צריך לשבת וללמוד, ב' כדי לא להסתובב ברחובות. להסתובב לא רק פיזית, להסתובב נפשית, שהראש שלך יהיה בבית המדרש ולא ברחוב. חוץ מעצם לשבת ללמוד, צריך גם כן את ההפקעה, "בית ה'" – יש לו שני משמעויות: יש לזה משמעות של סוכה, ויש לזה משמעות של שבת. יש משמעות של בית ה' שהוא מופרד מהרחוב. מופרד מהרחוב. זה המחיצה של שבת, זה הבית ה'. יש בית ה' שהוא המקום לכשעצמו, בלי קשר לרחוב. המקום לכשל עצמו, מקום קדוש. "שבתי בבית ה' ולבקר בהיכלו" – דבר ראשון, אני רוצה שמקום הקביעות שלי יהיה בבית ה'. וזה, דהיינו שפה אני קבוע, לאפוקי מה? שאני לא ברחוב. אם אני לא קבוע פה, אני נמצא ברחוב. אין אמצע. בזה אין כרמלית ואין מקום פטור. יש או בית ה' או הגיהנום, אין באמצע. יש דרגה יותר גבוהה, שלא רק שאתה מופרד, אלא אתה נמצא בהיכל ה'. היכל ה' פירושו שאתה נמצא בתוך הקדושה, לא רק שאתה מופרד מהבחוץ. זה כבר דרגה יותר גבוהה, זה לפעמים רק דרגה של "לבקר". אבל הדרגה הראשונה של "לשבת בבית ה'", זה שפה מקום הקביעות שלי, לא בחוץ. "לא בחוץ" – לא הכוונה היא רק לא להסתובב ברחובות, אלא שהראש שלך לא יהיה בחוץ. חסידים אומרים בשם הבעל שם טוב, שכשאחד נמצא בפנים ומסתכל החוצה – הוא נמצא בחוץ. אולי הרגליים שלו בפנים, אבל הוא נמצא בחוץ, כי הוא מסתכל שמה. בן אדם יכול לשבת בבית המדרש, אבל הראש שלו בחוץ. גם שהוא לומד, הראש שלו בחוץ. אותו מעניין כל השטויות, אני לא מדבר על עבירות אפילו, בלי עבירות, סתם, מה מעניין אותו? מעניין אותו השטויות של החוץ, ככה וככה, שטויות והבלים. אבל לא! "שבתי בבית ה'" פירושו שאני חצוץ מהחוץ. החוץ נמצא אצלי מעבר למחיצה, לא קשור אליי, "ואין בין גן עדן לגיהנום כחוט השערה בלבד", אומרים חז"ל. כלומר, פסיעה אחת – אתה יוצא מהגן עדן ונכנס לגיהנום. פסיעה אחת – אתה נמצא בחוץ. סוכה – כל המצווה של סוכה זה שאתה כל כולך נכנס בבית ה'. זה לא מצווה שעושים, מנענעים לולב, תוקעים בשופר. כולך נכנס ככה, עם המגפיים. נכנס לתוך הסוכה, וכל כולך שרוי בצילא דמהימנותא, שרוי בבית ה'. וזה מה שצריך להיות בבית המדרש. אתה נכנס כל כולך לבית המדרש, על קרבו ועל כרעיו, זה מה שמעניין אותך, זה מה שמדבר אליך, וזה מה שאכפת לך. אמר לי פעם תלמיד חכם גדול ומפורסם, גר בירושלים. היום הוא כבר זקן מופלג. לפני הרבה שנים, דיברתי לפניו בהתפעלות על הידע שלו וכמה שהוא יודע וכו', אמר לי: "לא, מה זה קשור? למה אני יודע כל כך הרבה כי אני אוהב נייעס". אמרתי לו: לא דיברתי איתך על לדעת חדשות, דיברתי על לדעת אביי ורבא." אז הוא אמר: "כן, זה הנייעס שלי. אני קם בבוקר, אני הולך לראות מה רבא ענה לו, רש"י אמר ככה, אתה יודע מה התוספות הגיב על זה, זה הנייעס שלי! ככה הוא אומר לי. ההגדרה היא הגדרה יפה ונכונה. אתה צריך לחיות את זה, זה צריך לעניין אותך. לא סתם... צריך, מצווה. אלא צריך לעניין אותך, צריך לחיות את זה. ולחיות את זה הוא זה רק אם זה הבית שלך. "בית" זה מסמל קביעות. הגמרא בפסחים אומרת (פח ע"א) ואמר ר' אלעזר מאי דכתיב (ישעיהו ב, ג) והלכו עמים רבים ואמרו לכו ונעלה אל הר ה' אל בית אלוקי יעקב וגו' אלוקי יעקב ולא אלוקי אברהם ויצחק, אלא לא כאברהם שכתוב בו הר שנאמר (בראשית כב, יד) אשר יאמר היום בהר ה' יראה, ולא כיצחק שכתוב בו שדה שנאמר (בראשית כד, סג) ויצא יצחק לשוח בשדה, אלא כיעקב שקראו בית שנאמר (בראשית כח, יט) ויקרא את שם המקום ההוא בית אל מה המשמעות? לא קשור לאבות הקדושים, אלא מה שבא ללמד אותנו: יכול להיות שהעבודת ה', הבית המקדש אצלך הוא בבחינת "הר" – צריך לטפס למעלה למעלה, זה לא ארח החיים הטבעי שלך, צריך לטפס למעלה. יכול להיות שזה בבחינת "שדה" – לצאת החוצה, לעזוב את הכל ולצאת, פרישות. הדרגה האמיתית היא שזה יהיה בבחינת "בית" אצלך. הבית זה מקום הקביעות של הבן אדם, שמה הוא חי. שזה יהיה הבית שלך, שזה יהיה מקום הקביעות שלך, שמה אתה חי. מה שמעבר למחיצה – לא מעניין אותי. קרדיט תיעוד: מערכת השיעורים שע"י ישיבת קרית מלאכי
🚨WARNING: What’s Coming Next Is Worse Than You Think
03 September 2026
Shalom Pollack: LOGIC
The Hamas barbarism and butchery on October 7 did not, as might be expected, elicit global empathy for the Jewish victims but triggered an unprecedented wave of Jew hatred.
15 States just declared a Level 1 EMERGENCY...... Prepare NOW!
Sloooowly questionable happenings are taking place in the US and EU.
Our Geulah is proceeding at the same time

