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Monday, March 2, 2026
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Iran War Updates Sunday March 1
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12:00 am Monday
- N12 reports that missile fire toward Israel is expected to decline in the next 48 hours due to Israel’s expansion of attacks on Iran regime sites.
-The Chief of Staff announces: “We have launched an offensive campaign against Hezbollah – we must prepare for many days of fighting.”
- Turkey announces the closure of its three border crossings with Iran
- Air raid sirens sounded early this morning for incoming rockets across Eretz Yisrael H the all clear was given 15 minutes later
- Muhammad Ra’ad, head of Hezbollah's Parliamentary Council and leading member of the Hezbollah faction in the Lebanese Parliament, assassinated in Beirut — Al-Hadath
- A US F15 fighter plane was either shot down or crashed over Kuwait. The pilot ejected and survived it was a friendly fire accident
-The WSJ is reporting that Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and currently the most powerful man in Iran, has approached Washington through Omani intermediaries requesting the renewal of nuclear talks.
- Washington Post, citing a US official: #Iran is responding with full force. The sheer number of attacks and the variety of targeted locations are cause for concern. US military officials are worried about who is leading these weapons in Iran and who controls them.
- Unconfirmed reports Israel eliminated the head of Hizbollah… again. Naem Qasim. No word issued from IDF
- IDF Spokesperson in Arabic has released evacuation orders for 53 villages in South Lebanon ahead of IDF strikes
- In remarks to the New York Times, Donald Trump said the United States is prepared to continue military strikes against Iran for four to five weeks if necessary. He stated the Pentagon has sufficient forces and ammunition worldwide to sustain the campaign. Trump added that Gulf Arab states do not need to participate in strikes, suggested sanctions could be lifted if Iran’s new leadership proves pragmatic, said Iran has been significantly weakened and is expected to be subdued, and claimed he has three strong options in mind for Iran’s leadership but will not reveal them yet.
- IDF says airstrikes targeted senior Hezbollah figures in the Beirut area. Footage and images from the scene show visible damage along the road leading to Beirut’s airport.
- Israel used its laser air defense system against rockets launched from Lebanon. The “Laser Dome” (Or Eitan) laser system successfully intercepted rockets from Lebanon.
- IDF Commanders notified community leaders in Northern Israel that the attacks in Lebanon will continue for "at least a few days". (Channel 12)
- The IDF is striking Hezbollah targets all over Lebanon including in the Beqaa Valley - these are coming in without warnings or evacuation orders
- IDF officially announces: "We are currently attacking with force targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organization across Lebanon, in response to launches fired towards the State of Israel. The IDF will act against the decision of the Hezbollah terrorist organization to join the campaign."
-Explosions in the Dahieh in Beirut. At least 3 strikes so far by IDF.
- Hezbollah has officially claims responsibility for the rocket and UAV attack tonight south of Haifa in "revenge for the assassination of Khamenei".
- 6 Rockets fired from Lebanon towards Chaifa IDF investigating if Hezbolllah is joining the conflict. No one claimed responsibility yet.
- Sirens for UAV infiltration in the North
- Asifa for women and girls in Lakewood 7:30pm in Bais Faiga
NYT reported US and Israel hit ovet 2000 Iranian targets in 48 hours.
- Due to the situation authorities may limit public gatherings over purim. The Stolin rebbe Purim tish has been canceled for now.
- Israeli frum media reports" The injured person in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood is a driver who was on his way with two Americans to Sinai Egypt to catch a early morning flight to the United States
- Gavriel Revach HYD identified as one of the 9 victims in the Beit Shemesh rocket attack.
- Trump speaks to thenation : The threats from Iran will not continue any longer. I call on the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian police, to lay down their weapons and receive immunity or be ready to die. An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons will be a serious threat to every American. We will not allow this regime to blackmail the world
Trump: We hit hundreds of targets in Iran including the Revolutionary Guards, air defense systems, and nine warships
Trump: I call on all Iranian patriots who want freedom to be brave, seize the moment, and take their country back. America is with you. I promised you something, and I kept it. The rest depends on you but we will be there to he
Iran has struck the Palestinian Al-Makassed Hospital, in E. Jerusalem
- Israel anticipates heavy rocket barrages from Iran as the security cabinet met tonight.
Israel anticipates heavy rocket barrages from Iran as the security cabinet met tonight.
- Yerushalayim fragments fell between Har Chotzvim and Sanhedria areas. Buildings on Shamgar shook from the impact during night seder.
- MDA Spokesperson Update: In the Jerusalem Region, MDA EMTs and Paramedics are providing medical treatment to a man approximately 50 years old in moderate condition, and 5 individuals in mild condition
- President Trump to the Daily Mail on the war with Iran: It's always been a 4-week process. We figured it would be about four weeks. As strong as it is, it's a big country, and it will take 4 weeks, maybe less
- Rocket falls in Yerushalayim Ramat Shlomo neighborhood reports of a fragment hits a car with 7 passengers in Yerushalayim 1 seriously injured
Video from scene in Yerushalayim
Photo: Rocket hit car in Yerushalayim
- Sirens sounding in a central region Yerushalayim and Bet Shemesh area
- The names of three of the victims of the missile attack in Beit Shemesh have been released for publication: Sarah Elimelech HYD her daughter Ronit Elimelech HYD 45 yrs old and Oren Katz hyd.
- Rocket fragments hit building in Tel Aviv with partial collapse no reports of injuries
- IDF did not attempt to assassinate Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian because the Trump administration believes that it remains possible to negotiate with him, according to Israeli Channel 12.
- An Israeli official told Reuters: The main goal of our operations in Iran is to undermine the regime and bring about its downfall. We are acting “in our own ways” to prompt the Iranian people to take to the streets.
- Government extends state of emergency until March, 12,2026. Officials said if the campaign ends before then the emergency status will be lifted, but if fighting continues it will remain in effect.
- Israel says it hit Iranian fighter jets that were prepared for takeoff
- Sen. Adam Schiff says the Iranian regime posed "no imminent threat" to the U.S.
Red alert sirens sounding for incoming Iranian rockets in the South and Central regions
- Authorities are denying reports R"L of an entire family wiped out in the Bet Shemeah attack.
- Sirens in the North rockets fell in open space
All clear given
-IDF again Attacks on the Iranian Broadcasting Authority headquarters
-The Austin, Texas shooter has been identified as 53-year-old immigrant from Senegal, Ndiaga Diagne, according to the New York Post.The alleged shooter had a Quran in his vehicle and was allegedly wearing a shirt that read: “Property of Allah.
- Trump: "I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important. We are going after the rest — They will soon be floating at the bottom of the sea, also! In a different attack, we largely destroyed their Naval Headquarters. Other than that, their Navy is doing very well! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP"
- Tzedek Association is actively exploring secure evacuation routes for Jews urgently seeking to leave Eretz Yisroel.
-The FBI now believes the mass shooting at a bar in Austin, Texas, that killed three and injured 14 was an “act of terrorism.”
-A sefer Torah in Bet Shemesh was hist with shrapnel from the missile attack. Photo shows it damaged the pesukim of parshas Zachor
- Former FBI official warns of Hezbollah, Hamas sleeper cells in US amid ongoing strikes on Iran (Foxnews)
- U.S. proposed an immediate ceasefire to Iran through a mediator after the opening strikes. Iran rejected it.(Ynet)
- The Air Force achieved air superiority over Iran’s capital within 24 hours, after more than 700 sorties by our aircraft against the regime’s strongholds. Now IAF pilots are pounding ballistic missile launchers, headquarters, and Iranian air defense systems (Amit Segal)
- 11 still missing from the scene in Beit Shemesh
- United Airlines: Flights suspended indefinitely.
- In a phone interview with The Atlantic, President Donald Trump said Iran's new leadership wants to talk and that he has agreed to engage in discussions with them. Trump remarked, 'They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them,' adding they should have done so sooner.
- IDF: Mobilization of approximately 100,000 reserve soldiers with focus on the north.
- Iran's FM tells Oman that Tehran is "open to any serious efforts for de-escalation."
- Trump to CNBC: "The regime in Iran is very violent, one of the most violent regimes in history. We are doing our job not only for ourselves but for the world."
- Trump to Fox News: 48 Iranian leaders were taken out in one fell swoop, and things are moving quickly. Iran would have had a nuclear weapon in two weeks without our strikes against its nuclear facilities
- Iranian Foreign Minister: "Maybe in one or two days, the Assembly of Experts will elect a new leader for the country.
- Sirens sound in the north for incoming Iranian rockets
- 3 USA soldiers were killed so far in the war and 5 injured.
- United airlines offering customers to change flights schedules or connection cities free of charge due to war in the Middle East as they are expecting flight disruptions and cancelations
-IDF says warhead of missile that hit Beit Shemesh bomb shelter carried almost 500 kilograms of explosives.
- Rocket attack in Bet Shemesh happened in the original Bet Shemesh Yishuv when the missile hit directly on a public miklat bomb shelter collapsing the building reported as a shul that was on top of it. Sifrei Torah and tefillin were pulled from the rubble.
Names for Tehillim of those trapped:
-IRGC say they fired 4 ballistic missiles at the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier.
- US says 4 B2 planes joined in the attack on Iran last night and returned back to the US.
- Iran confirms that its former president Mahmoud Achmadinejad was killed in yesterday’s Israeli airstrikes
- people still missing in Bet Shemesh following direct hit. 9 killed RL as people were trapped in the rubble. 40 were taken to hospitals in Yerushalayim
Saturday, February 28, 2026
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Friday, February 27, 2026
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Amalek Kugel for Shabbos Zachor
Amalek’s Kugel is an acronym for four kugels which together form the word Amalek. A for apple or epel (the ayin)
M for Mehl, or Flour (the mem)
L for lukshen or noodles (the lamed)
K for kartofel(potatoes) the kuf.
In Europe and in other places Chassidim serve these four kugels on the Shabbos when Parshas Zachor is read and then they eat them thereby symbolically annihilating Amalek by eating him all up.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
The Hidden Depth of the Arba Parshiyos Piyutim
And together with the kriyas haTorah come the piyutim.
Those piyutim.
They are printed in the back of the siddur, and somehow they end up in the back of our minds as well. Said by rote because at some point, somewhere, someone decided “this is the minhag,” without much awareness of what is actually being said. Or skipped entirely, as if they are an optional appendix to the real davening.
And that is the quiet tragedy.
Because these piyutim were not written as decorative poetry. They are densely woven from pesukim, from midrashim, from sugyos in Chazal. Every stanza is layered. Every phrase is deliberate. The paytanim who authored them lived in generations of upheaval and longing. They did not write filler; they wrote from a place of burning awareness of galus and yearning for geulah.
Take Parshas Zachor.
Zachor is not simply about recalling an ancient enemy. It is a mitzvas aseh d’Oraisa to remember Amalek to remember what it means when the world tries to cool off emunah, when mikreh replaces hashgachah, when kedushah is treated as coincidence. The piyutim surrounding Zachor expand that mitzvah into an avodah of consciousness. They speak of the incompleteness of the Kis’ei Hashem so long as Amalek’s presence lingers. They contrast erasure with eternal remembrance. They frame zechirah not as nostalgia, but as loyalty as resistance to spiritual indifference.
Shekalim calls us to achrayus every Jew






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