HaRav Moshe Chaim Schneider, a close talmid of HaTzaddik HaRav Dov Kook, went to his home in Tiveria on Sunday and showed him a photocopy from the ancient sefer ‘Kli Paz’ written by the Mekubal HaRav Shmuel Shmuel Laniado, z’tl, who lived about 500 years ago and was known as ‘Baal HaKeilim’—after his seferim: ‘Kli Paz,’ ‘Kli Chemdah,’ ‘Kli Yakar,’ and others. HaRav Shmuel Laniado, who lived in Aram Tzova—Aleppo, Syria, wrote a comprehensive commentary on Sefer Yeshayahu. The original manuscript was printed after his passing, about 400 years ago, and became known as ‘Kli Paz.’ The passage presented to HaRav Kook aroused tremendous excitement, as it remarkably predicts events currently splashed across international headlines.

HaRav Arie Kovalevcki, the Rosh Yeshivah of Hadras Melech, a yeshivah in Bnei Brak for bochurim from Spanish-speaking countries, went this week to the kollel of HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein together with his talmidim. The kollel, normally in Holon, is being temporarily housed in the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood of Bnei Brak. After Mincha, the Rosh Yeshivah and his talmidim gathered around HaRav Zilberstein, who was wrapped in a tallis and tefillin, since his minhag since the war began is to learn all day with tefillin on his head, and for Mincha, he donned a tallis. The Rosh Yeshivah told HaRav Zilberstein that the parents of the bochurim are nervous because of the war, and some of them want their sons to return home as soon as possible.

A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to restart swift removals of migrants to countries other than their homelands, lifting for now a court order requiring they get a chance to challenge the deportations. The high court majority did not detail its reasoning in the brief order, as is typical on its emergency docket. All three liberal justices joined a scathing dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin suggested third-country deportations could restart soon.

A federal jury on Monday awarded $500,000 to the widow and estate of a police officer who killed himself nine days after he helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of rioters, including a man who scuffled with the officer during the attack. The eight-member jury ordered that man, 69-year-old chiropractor David Walls-Kaufman, to pay $380,000 in punitive damages and $60,000 in compensatory damages to Erin Smith for assaulting her husband, Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. They awarded an additional $60,000 to compensate Jeffrey Smith’s estate for his pain and suffering. The judge presiding over the civil trial dismissed Erin Smith’s wrongful-death claim against Walls-Kaufman before jurors began deliberating last week. U.S.

MEANWHILE IN TEHRAN: Initial reports of an IAF targeted assassination airstrike against a senior official.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in an interview Monday that Israel is “very close to achieving its two goals” in its campaign against Iran, emphasizing the dismantling of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities and telling Israel’s Channel 14: “We are completing what we need to complete.” Netanyahu added that he remains in constant evaluation of whether the conditions are right to end the ongoing conflict, but stopped short of setting a timeline. The prime minister also noted close coordination with the United States, saying that both he and President Donald Trump were fully briefed on each other’s military actions in Iran. “I didn’t surprise him. He was fully updated on our action. And he didn’t surprise me,” Netanyahu said.

Governor Kathy Hochul issued a state of emergency on Monday for New York City and large portions of the state in response to a dangerous heat wave expected to break records dating back more than a century.
Over the weekend, violent storms swept through upstate New York, triggering deadly flash floods and intense thunderstorms. Meteorologists warned that a prolonged heat wave gripping the Northeast could push thermometers past 100 degrees on at least one day this week, with oppressive humidity making it feel even hotter.
Temperatures in the five boroughs nearly reached triple digits on Monday, and Tuesday’s forecast predicted a high of 102 degrees. If that holds, it would surpass the previous record highs of 96 degrees recorded in Central Park in 1888.

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