Sunday February 1 News Updates

Weather: 25° Partly cloudy. Cold

Tu BShevat tish tonight at Skuken Lakewood 8:45 pm

- Petirah of Rav Yissachar Dov Biderman, the Lelover Rebbe zt”l. The Rebbe collapsed while immersing in a mikvah on rechov Tzefanya in Yerushalayim. He was 84 years old. LEevaya tonight in Yerushalayim at the B M off Bar Ilan with kevura in Har Hazeisim

- Rav Meilich Biderman cancels Tu Bshvat peiros tish due to levaya of Lelover rebbe.

-  Mesivta farhers begin Wed morning. 

-Galei Israel Radio This Morning: "It's Not If - It's When. And It Will Be Sooner Rather Than Later" Discussed the coming strike on Iran with

this morning.

- Orlando,FL: All of Central Florida is facing what is expected to be a record-cold weekend. Flurries have been spotted in several areas, including Mount Dora and New Smyrna Beach.

Sunday morning lows were in the mid 20s.

 

A Chabad school in Miami canceled classes due to the cold weather.

- An advertising campaign has been targeting the frum community to encourage daily learning of the Rambam, on behalf of an organization called Mifal Kol Hatorah. The campaign began on Tu B’Shvat, but the  campaign doesn't provide any names of the people behind the organization or the rabbinic figures endorsing it.

Snow piled high on street corners along Clifton Ave forcing pedestrians onto the road

- Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned the U.S. that any military action against Iran would escalate into a regional conflict. He dismissed U.S. threats, including the deployment of military assets, as ineffective against Iran. Khamenei also posted a message in Hebrew, likely addressing Israel, reinforcing that any war would have broader regional consequences.

- Giyus: The Attorney General at the hearing on the Charedi draft: All state bodies must intensify criminal, civil, and economic enforcement against draft evaders. The police's avoidance of actions against draft dodgers - is highly troubling and leads to selective enforcement. 

Earlier the police said they will not enforce action against draft dodgers due to a lack of manpower.

- REPORTER: Khamenei said today that a U.S. attack could start a regional war.

TRUMP: Why wouldn’t he say that? of course he is going to say that… We have the biggest, most powerful ships in the world over there, very close… Hopefully we’ll make a deal.

- Mayor Mamdani’s Gracie Mansion noticeably trash-free as Upper East side neighbors drown in 8-foot piles of garbage (nyp)