Major Hasidic Celebrations and Memorials Mark Shabbat Across Israel and Diaspora

This Shabbat, numerous Hasidic communities across Israel and abroad are holding significant celebrations and memorial events. In the Belz community, a grand Kiddush Hashem celebration will mark the birth of the granddaughter of the Belzer Rebbe in Jerusalem's large synagogue. The Skver-Vizhnitz Hasidim will commemorate the yahrzeit of the late Vizhnitz Rebbe, author of 'Chochmat Eliezer,' with a Friday night tish and a memorial tish on Saturday night in Haifa, followed by a pilgrimage to his gravesite in Bnei Brak on Sunday.

Other notable events include a brit milah celebration in the Rachmistrivka community in Monsey, a double granddaughter's Kiddush Hashem in the Salon community in Jerusalem, and a Torah-focused Shabbat in the Shtapnesht community in Bnei Brak marking the yahrzeit of Rabbi Avraham Matityahu of Shtapnesht. The Lelov-Makova community will celebrate a sheva brachot for the son of Rabbi Aharon Kapff, head of the Noam HaTorah yeshiva.

Many other Hasidic leaders are spending Shabbat with their followers or resting in various locations worldwide, including the Vizhnitz Rebbe in Switzerland, the Satmar Rebbe in New Hampshire, and the Skver Rebbe in Malibu. In Jerusalem, the Mir Yeshiva will honor the yahrzeit of Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel with special lessons, while the Torah world will also commemorate Rabbi Ben Zion Aba Shaul on the 28th anniversary of his passing.

Several weddings and engagements are celebrated within the Torah leadership families, including those of the grandchildren of prominent rabbis such as Rabbi Shlomo Kanievsky and Rabbi Binyamin David Elishiv. Prayers continue for the recovery of leading Torah figures, and public figures and community leaders extend congratulations on recent family simchas.

Shabbat times for various cities in Israel and worldwide are provided, with a call to welcome Shabbat early to merit the health and welfare of the Jewish people and those wounded in the ongoing war.