Reports indicate that prominent askan and nagid Reb Shlomo Werdiger went in to the Gerrer Rebbe Shlit"a this morning to request that the Rebbe replace Yitzchak Goldknopf with Motty Babchik, but the Rebbe declined the request.

Today marks the yahrzeit of Harav Hachassid Reb Tzvi Yehuda Weinstock Z"L, the devoted meshamesh of the Satmar Rebbes, who tragically lost his life in an accident.

Today is the 35th yahrzeit of Yankel Rosenbaum HY”D, who was brutally stabbed to death during the infamous Crown Heights riots.

Caught in the middle: The Shas party’s campaign machine is in full swing ahead of the upcoming elections. They recently released a controversial ad depicting a yeshiva bochur sitting at a Shabbos seudah next to his brother, an IDF soldier.

The backlash was swift, coming from both sides of the aisle. The more right-wing factions within Shas, who are already waging a fierce battle against the party's political leadership, strongly condemned the ad. Meanwhile, the secular public—whom the ad was seemingly trying to appease—also reacted with outrage, with secular media channels demanding that Shas stop using the IDF for political gain when the vast majority of their voters do not serve in the military.

Historic moment at BMG in Lakewood: Harav Yosef Chaim Kotler Shlit"a, the only son of the Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Malkiel Kotler Shlit"a, will deliver a shiur in the yeshiva today for the very first time. Many are viewing this as an unofficial crowning of the next generation of the yeshiva's leadership. Interestingly, the topic of the shiur will be "Toldoseihem K'yotzei Bahem."

The bar mitzvah of the eldest grandchild of the Rachmastrivka Rebbe Shlit"a is taking place today in a massive tent erected near the Slonimer Beis Medrash in Yerushalayim.

A chasunah is currently underway in Bnei Brak for a grandchild of the Skverer Rebbe. The Rebbe is not in attendance.

The Zekan Admorei Ruzhin, the Kapishnitzer Rebbe, attended the melave malka of the Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe last night.

Tensions are flaring in Chevron after the local council began paving grounds and placing residential caravans directly adjacent to the historic Chelkas Chabad in the local Beis Hachaim. Tractors have been brazenly desecrating kevarim during the construction. After numerous quiet agreements between the parties to halt the destruction were repeatedly violated, the Beis Din of Chabad Rabbanim has taken the matter to court to secure an emergency stop-work order.

The renowned Mashpia, Hagaon Hatzaddik Rav Elimelech Biderman Shlit"a, seen davening quietly and without fanfare in Meron.

A new sign was hung on the building adjacent to the Satmar (Mahari) Ohel Moshe Beis Medrash on 58th Street in Boro Park, following its purchase to allow for a massive expansion of the shul.

After 56 years, German prosecutors have finally identified the perpetrator behind the horrific 1970 antisemitic arson attack on the Jewish community center in Munich, which claimed the lives of seven Holocaust survivors. Authorities are unable to release the attacker's name, as the murderer died six years ago.

A day camp in Kiryas Tosh came up with a creative activity for the children: offering a free car wash for all vehicles in the shtetl.

In Boyan, a new arrangement has been announced for the Yamim Noraim. To avoid overexerting the Rebbe, chassidim will pass by quickly to hand in their kvittlach following the yahrzeit tish of the Alter Rebbe of Sadigura ZY"A, rather than going in for individual private visits.

HaGaon HaRav Shaul Alter Shlit"a meeting with the Slabodka Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch Shlit"a.