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The cabinet approved the 2005 state budget of NIS 266.9
billion by a 17-3 vote. Industry and Trade Minister Ehud
Olmert (Likud), Interior Minister Avraham Poraz (Shinui) and
Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) voted against the
budget.
"There is no need to explain the value of Chinuch Atzmai,
which was founded by gedolei Yisroel of the previous
generation. Thousands of children receive a Torah education
there. Now hovering over [the system] is a definite danger
that it will be unable to continue and they will have to
close Chinuch Atzmai schools.
Certain officials at the Chief Rabbinate are providing
assistance to an operation slated to bring approximately
6,000 immigrants from India, based on claims they are
descendants from the Tribe of Menashe. These officials are
asking the Interior Ministry to recognize them as Jews
according to the Law of Return.
The upcoming US elections could be just as close as the
previous elections. As in the 2000 elections, the election
could be decided by just a few voters in key states. Yet
instead of American citizens in Israel sitting back in their
armchairs and waiting for the outcome of the elections, they
can sit back in their armchairs while actively taking part in
the elections.
An antismoking organization called Chaim Bri'im Kehalachoh
started by Rabbi Yechezkel Escheiyik, rabbonim and public
figures, has launched a broad campaign aimed at the chareidi
public -- and yeshiva students in particular -- through
advertisements, activities and the distribution of a special
edition of Chaim Lelo Ishun Al Pi HaTorah ("Life
Without Smoking According to the Torah"), which was
written and edited by Rabbi Escheiyik.
Special Prayers Held Around Eretz Yisroel on Erev Rosh
Chodesh Elul Following calls by maranan verabonon gedolei Yisroel
thousands of Jews of all backgrounds held tefilloh and
his'orerus gatherings to rouse rachamei
Shomayim in light of the tragedies befalling Am
Yisroel, as Jewish blood is spilled like water in Eretz
Hakodesh and enemies from without and within rise up against
us, leaving us with no recourse other than to take up our
forefathers' trade by increasing our prayers and
supplications.
According to a survey conducted by Geocartographia, 61
percent of the general public would not patronize sales
outlets that open for business on Shabbos. Thirty-seven
percent would boycott these businesses for religious reasons
and the rest for social and financial reasons. Survey Figures Show 550,000 Israelis Ate Less, Due to
Financial Strain A recently released survey by the Central Bureau for
Statistics says that 14 percent of the general population
(550,000 Israelis) was compelled to forego food, medicine and
heating during the past year due to financial strain. The
figures include both Arab and Jewish Israelis. Minister Orlev Says Political Considerations Led to
Dismantling of Religious Affairs Ministry Welfare Minister Zevulun Orlev (NRP), who heads the
Interministerial Committee for Religious Services, claims the
way decisions were made on the matter of dismantling the
Religious Affairs Ministry is "material for an investigative
committee." Challenges of the Modern World: Tikkun Ho'olom
A section of the gemora recently covered in the daf
yomi at the beginning of Erchin (2b) discusses
what to do about a man who is half-free and half-slave. Beis
Shammai argue: "He is forbidden to marry a female slave and
he is forbidden to marry a free woman. Observations: Who are We Dealing With? Colonel Eyal Eisenberg, who has commanded the Givati Brigade
for ten months, was in the rear command headquarters, outside
of the Gaza Strip, when the Armored Personnel Carrier
exploded in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood in the middle of
May this year. He hurried to the scene and directly commanded
the complex and dangerous search for the soldiers' remains,
so that they could be brought to burial in Israel.
Candy
The Milsteins lived in the house just back of ours. In fact,
Mrs. Milstein's father, Mr. Levine, was a builder and had
built both houses. They were identical, except that ours was
white brick and theirs was red brick. No one noticed this,
though, because the front entrances were on two different
streets. The Children who were Rescued from the Convent Surviving the Inferno of Salonika
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