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In yet another decision against Judaism and kedushas Eretz
Yisroel the High Court effectively ruled to allow the
sale of pork inside cities if the majority of a given
neighborhood is in favor, and not allowing a municipal
council to set rules that apply throughout the area.
A large majority of the cabinet approved a bill that will
exempt botei knesses from having to pay to lease the
land from the Israel Lands Authority, rejecting a cabinet
recommendation by a team of government ministers headed by
Tommy Lapid not to pass the bill.
At the end of a long day of marathon meetings the Knesset
Finance Committee decided to include the religious council
employees in new legislation to regulate salary payments for
local authority employees.
El Al Airlines recently notified members of its Frequent
Flyer & Loyal Traveler `club' of changes in its policies. As
of July 1st, as part of a number of changes in its point
system, points more than three years old can no longer be
combined with new points accumulated thereafter.
Jerusalem Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky cancelled a ceremony
scheduled to take place at the Jerusalem City Council hall,
after it was learned the head of the group of Christians who
was slated to receive a certificate for bringing tourists to
Jerusalem, Olaf Hackman, is a missionary figure in the US. Torah Book Week in Jerusalem Torah Book Week (Shovu'a Hasefer Hatorani), sponsored
by the City of Jerusalem's Department of Torah Culture, will
continue until motzei Shabbos parshas Korach. Major Daf Yomi Event in Jerusalem Thousands of Daf Yomi learners, from avreichim to
baalei batim to yeshiva students, are eagerly awaiting
a large gathering on Sunday 1 Tammuz to mark the end of
maseches Chulin (a week after the worldwide Daf Yomi)
and the beginning of maseches Bechoros in the
international Daf Yomi cycle, including a practical
demonstration of the mitzvah of reishis hageiz whose
laws are detailed near the end of maseches Chulin. High Percentage of Orloh in Summer Fruits Kashrus figures are reissuing warnings that fruits sold this
summer will contain a higher percentage of orloh
fruits than in previous years. The increase follows a wave of
tree plantings in 5762 due to the minimal amount of planting
in the previous Shmittah year, largely thanks to battles
waged by the Institute for Torah-Based Agricultural Research.
This year the trees from these orchards that have begun
bearing fruit are orloh. MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni Challenges Firing of Population
Administration Head
"I demand to know whether Herzl Gedj did his job faithfully.
As head of the Population Administration, was his work done
properly according to the Administration? Did he act
according to the policy and the laws in place in the State of
Israel?" asked MK Rabbi Gafni during a plenum on the issue of
Interior Minister Avraham Poraz' dismissal of the director of
the Population Administration from his post. Living in Eretz Yisroel: Cause or Effect?
When you think about the pure concepts, it would seem that it
is quite easy to distinguish a cause from its effect. The
effect is dependent on the cause, but the cause is not
dependent on the effect. The cause will bring about the
effect, but the presence of the effect does not always
indicate the prior presence of the cause unless it is
exclusive.
Hair Today, Gone Today
Hair seems to be a focus point of the Yetzer Hora. We
encounter Eisav -- full of hair. Hair comes into play with
Yosef Hatzaddik, who, the Midrash tells us, curled his hair,
which aroused the evil inclination. Hair is an issue with the
Nozir, as with Shimshon and again, hair comes into play with
Avsholom. It crops up with a fascinating episode concerning
`bald' Eliyohu and with Elisha. Hashem's Torah is Perfect and Complete: The Vilna Gaon's
Monumental Torah Edifice Jewish Bratislava, Vienna and Eisenstadt
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