What Are We to Make of the Events From this Week

Following the brutal murder of Eli Kay hy”d on Monday, it became known that at the time of his killing he held a copy of the Rebbe MH”M’s ‘Likkutei Sichos’ in his hand. Dov Ber Weber, a close friend of Eli’s, confirmed this while paying a shiva call at the Kay residence in Modiin • Watch

We regret to inform you of the sudden passing of businessman Rabbi Benyamin Brown from Munich Germany, who passed away in the middle of a 19 Kislev farbrengen Tuesday, 19 Kislev 5782. He was 53 years old • Full Story

P.V. Viswanath recalled how the terrorist he spoke to while himself situated in New York displayed an eerie calm.“[The terrorist] was going to do whatever he was going to do, or had already done… So if the plan was to kill everybody, that was what he was going to do. Our talking to him … I don’t think would have changed events in any way” • Full Story

The funeral of Harav Shimon Raichik, rov of Congregation Levi Yitzchok in Los Angeles, will take place today at 2:00 PM EST/11:00 AM PST in Los Angeles • Live