The Bobov Rebbe held a tisch this week for the yahrzeit of his grandfather, Rabbi Shlomo of Bobov, combined with a Rosh Chodesh gathering. Later in the week, the family celebrated the brit of the rebbe’s great-grandson, a son born to his grandson Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, the son of his eldest son, Rabbi Chaim Shalom, and son-in-law of the Satmar rabbi of Boro Park.
On the night before the brit, a moving “Kriyas Shema” ceremony was held beside the baby’s cradle, and the next day the brit took place in the Great Beis Medrash in Boro Park. The report highlights the emotional religious atmosphere surrounding the event.
The article also notes other recent Hasidic scenes, including a serious warning from the Toldos Moshe Rebbe in Beit Shemesh against constant news consumption, which he said weakens a person’s spiritual feeling. He urged followers to avoid being distracted by “news” that dulls reverence for God.
Additional items in the digest mention large protests by Gur חסidim near Military Prison 10 over arrests of yeshiva students, a burglary at the Tcharnobyl beis medrash in Bnei Brak, and major pilgrimages and gatherings at the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Horodenka in Tiberias. Other brief reports cover a new uniform policy in Karlin schools, a reported blessing in Vizhnitz Monsey that led to 87 engagements, and several other Hasidic community events.
