Last night, Monday, the eve of 11 Cheshvan, the Mir Rosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel Zatzal phoned Minister of the Interior Eli Yishai to personally thank him for arranging a reduction in arnona property tax for yeshivos gedolos. The Rav ztl is quoted as telling Yishai that his actions have lifted a major […]
16:00 IL: The levaya of Mir Rosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel Zatzal continues in Yerushalayim as this time. The levaya has arrived at the entrance to the city
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] As the Torah community seeks to digest the bitter news of the petira of the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel Zatzal,
The levaya for the Mir Rosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel Zatzal is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon at the Mir. Leading roshei yeshiva and admorim are expected
[VIDEOS & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] The following is a collection of more than 200 photos of Hagon Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZATZAL. In addition to the large album of photos, there are three albums of photos taken just a few weeks ago on Sukkos by Kuvien Images for YWN. Below the album links arevideos […]
The following are two videos of Hagon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZATZAL, Rosh HaYeshiva Mir Yerushalayim, as he delivered Divrei Chizuk and Hisorerus at the tenth and eleventh Annual Agudath
Mir Rosh Yeshiva HaRav HaGaon Nosson Tzvi Finkels Zatzal petira was sudden, sending a shockwave through the international Torah community. The rosh yeshiva maintained his schedule until his petira. On Monday, 10 Cheshvan, he arrived in Bnei Brak to make a shiva visit to the family of Rav Yosef Aryeh Halperin ZTL on HaRav Hirsch […]
MDA EMT Akiva Pollack was the first on the scene at the home of the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel Zatzal on Tuesday morning, 11 Cheshvan. He spoke of the experience with Kikar Shabbat; explaining what it was like after the Rosh Yeshiva collapsed in his home. The rebitzen called the moked […]
The Levaya of the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel Zatzal will begin at 12:00 noon at the Mir Yeshiva in the Beis Yisrael neighborhood of the Yerushalayim. The levaya will then continue to Har Menuchosfor kvura. (YWN Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
07:03 IL: YWN-Israel has just learned of the petira of the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZTL, the Mir Rosh Yeshiva. The rav ztl was the Mir rosh yeshiva since 1990. Based on the conflicting reports received this morning, the rosh yeshiva went into cardiac arrest and EMS personnel were unsuccessful in […]
06:50 IL: According to preliminary reports, MDA has been summoned to the home of Mir Rosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel Shlita, who reportedly lost consciousness. No additional information is available at this time. YWN-ISRAEL will continue providing updates as confirmed information becomes available. (YWN Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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There can no longer be any doubt as to US President Barak Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozys feelings for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The two world leaders were attending the G20 summit and they were obviously unaware that the microphone at their side was on, and not off as they assumed. Sarkozy initiated the […]
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A top Republican today tried to link the defunct community organizing group ACORN to the Occupy Wall Street movement, demanding that one of Acorns successors be investigated for fraud for allegedly raising money for other causes and giving it to the protesters. But while former leaders of ACORN say they support the Occupy movement and […]
[VIDEOS & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Thousands of people attended the Levayos of Eli Schonbrun (16) and Daniel King (15), the two Bochrim who were R”L killed in a horrific
The Brooklyn man accused of killing Leiby Kletzky will have to face trial in Brooklyn after an appeals court skewered his bid for a change of venue. Levi Aron sought
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] There was a Melava Malka heldthis past Motzei Shabbos Parshas Lech Lecha, in appreciation of the dedicated volunteers of the Chaveirim Organization from Boro Park, Williamsburg, Flatbush and the Catskills. The event was held in Ateres Chaya Hall in Boro Park, and was well attended by many elected officials, […]
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