On Thursday, Bat Yam Mayor Tzvika Brot shared a deeply emotional update: the tefillin belonging to Michael (Miki) Nachum had been discovered by Home Front Command teams amid the ruins of the residential building struck by an Iranian missile earlier this week.

Due to the situation in Eretz Yisroel Yad L’Achim has arranged a special tefillah to daven for all of Klal Yisroel, including you! This is our way of saying thanks for your generous support in helping us rescue Jewish women & children – the mitzvah of Pidyon Shvuyim. The tefillah will take place in: Amuka, at the resting place ofthe holy tanna Yonasan Ben Uziel zt”lon the day of his Yahrtzeit + Meron & Arizal All names will also be submitted to the Vizhnitzer Rebbe Shlit”a.  CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR NAMES Tefillos can be for Shidduchim, health, children, parnassah and all personal requests.

HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef, the Nasi of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, published a halachic letter on Thursday regarding holding chasunos during the three weeks this summer. The letter comes amid Israel’s war with Iran and the resulting missile attacks on Israel. Due to the Home Front Command’s orders banning gatherings, many chasunos have been delayed or canceled. There is a shortage of chasunah halls in Eretz Yisrael, and finding a hall for a later date on short notice is very difficult. In response to many shailos he received, HaRav Yosef paskened that this year, it is permissible and even desirable to hold chasunos during the three weeks.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met earlier today with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy, to discuss the ongoing war between Israel and Iran. Rubio and Lammy agreed that “Iran can never develop or acquire a nuclear weapon.”

NY POST REPORT: President Trump is reportedly hesitant about launching strikes against Iran due to concerns it could lead to a chaotic collapse similar to what occurred in Libya after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. According to three sources close to the administration, Trump has repeatedly referenced Libya’s descent into anarchy following the 2011 U.S.-backed NATO intervention — a cautionary tale he’s now applying to the situation with Iran. “He doesn’t want it to turn into Libya,” one source familiar with the internal discussions said, referring to deliberations over whether the U.S. should join Israel in striking Iran’s nuclear program.

In a dramatic halachic decision prompted by the ongoing war, former Rishon Letzion and nosi of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah of Shas, Rav Yitzchak Yosef, has ruled that weddings may be held during the Bein HaMetzarim period this year due to the extenuating circumstances facing many couples across the country.

Senator Josh Hawley suggests Israel should FINISH THE JOB, not the U.S., on Iran. “It’s a very different thing for [us] to go strike Iran, insert ourselves in the conflict. That’s a whole different matter. I’d be real concerned about that.”

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Israel’s war with Iran is costing the country hundreds of millions of dollars a day, according to early estimates, a price tag that could constrain Israel’s ability to conduct a lengthy war. The biggest single cost are the interceptors needed to blow up incoming Iranian missiles, which alone can amount to between tens of millions to $200 million a day.

In a moving recollection, Ponovezh Rosh Yeshiva Rav Beel Povarsky shared memories of the tumultuous days of Israel’s War of Independence in 1948, describing how the safest place he could think of during air raid sirens was the home of the Chazon Ish zt”l.
Rav Povarsky recounted: “The war had just begun, in 1948, when Ben Gurion declared the establishment of the state. Immediately the Arabs, including Egypt, planned to attack. Egypt sent a plane. There were sirens, and a bomb landed here on the K’vish HaShachor.”