Rabbi Matisyahu Salomon, longtime rabbinic figure at the renowned yeshiva of Lakewood, Beth Medrash Gevoha, died yesterday at age 86, VIN News reported. 

Salomon was a much beloved figure by the thousands of students he had counseled throughout his three decades as mashgiach, or spiritual counselor, at the Lakewood yehiva.

Lakewood police told the news outlet Patch that tens of thousands were expected to attend Salomon's funeral on Wednesday morning.

Synagogue leaders discovered tunnels underneath the women’s section of the Chabad headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, according to several Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic news outlets.

The synagogue called in an engineer to inspect the building for any structural harm, and the women’s section on Kingston Avenue has been closed off, according to Chabadinfo.com. 

As rumors circulate about who could have dug the tunnels, community leaders told chabadinfo.com that they pose no danger to the building.

New York State Senator Bill Weber and a member of his staff were “honored guests” this week at the wedding of Monsey resident Meira Cohen, the Haredi news outlet Rockland Daily reported. 

Weber and the bride had worked together to bring home New Yorkers stuck in Israel after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.