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Following prolonged discussions between Degel HaTorah
Secretary MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni and ranking Finance Ministry
officials during recent months, a decision was reached to
increase funding support for yeshivas by 16 percent during
November and December. In addition the Team Funds, which the
State pledged to pay years ago, were finally transferred.
On Sunday, Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra suddenly
dismissed Cmdr. Moshe Mizrachi, head of the Police
Investigations Unit, from his post. About a year ago, then-
attorney-general Elyakim Rubinstein recommended that be
removed from his post for illicit wiretapping and
transcribing recordings and hoarding them for undisclosed
future use.
Thousands turned out in the rain on Monday 9 Kislev to
participate in the heart-rending levaya for the
parchments of a sefer Torah stolen from the Chernobyl
beis medrash in Jerusalem and desecrated. Shortly
after the parchments were buried at Har Hamenuchos the
writing of two new sifrei Torah for the beis
medrash in Ezras Torah began.
We hereby notify the public that progress has been made in
implementing a suitable solution to the problem of cellular
phones, namely a device suitable for conversation alone.
Emphasis is also being placed on the economic aspects,
ensuring that these devices approved for and designed to meet
the needs of Jewish households are available at the lowest
possible prices and the highest quality.
In response to efforts by the various cellular companies over
the course of time to expand the cellular contents services
available, gedolei Yisroel, headed by Maran HaRav
Eliashiv, set up Vaadas HaRabbonim LeInyonei Tikshores to
address the problem and the spiritual havoc being wreaked.
The committee set up to seek an engineering solution for the
railroad tracks slated for construction in the middle of an
ancient cemetery in Acco is scheduled to hold another meeting
on Wednesday this week.
This year's convention of Agudath Israel of America, the
organization's 82nd, will focus on the theme "Yisroel Bein
Ho'amim: A Part of the World, Apart From the World." The
convention, which attracts thousands of Jews from around the
world, will open this Thursday, November 25 at the Stamford
Westin Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut. The event will be
chaired by Shmuel Yosef Reider and co-chaired by Stephan L.
Rosedale of Cincinnati.
Majority of Israelis Favor Preserving Sanctity of
Shabbos A large majority of Israelis support a feeling of
kedushoh on Shabbos according to a special survey
commissioned in advance of the large Shabbos rally to be held
at Yad Eliyahu Stadium in Tel Aviv on 29 Teves.
Government Scandals with Regard to Chareidim
The scandal that we reported last week, about a study of the
Ministry of Education that showed that chareidi schools
received two or three times the government support that
regular schools received, is the result of a mistake that
should never have happened. How to Deal With Eisov: The Eternal Lessons of
Parshas Vayishlach
"R' Yaakov bar Idi pointed out a contradiction between two
pesukim: One posuk reads, `And behold I am with
you and will guard you wherever you go' (Bereishis
28:15), but another posuk says, `Then Yaakov was
greatly afraid and was distressed' (Bereishis 32:8).
[R' Yaakov] answered: `[He was only afraid because he
thought,] Perhaps [his] sins would cause [his undoing]'
(Brochos 4a).
TRUE TALES OF YESTERYEAR
At dawn, on Friday the seventeenth of Av, 5617, a family of
seven people stood upon the deck of a ship, hoping to finally
catch sight of land. The early morning mist gradually faded
to reveal the peacefully sleeping port of Jaffa. What a
contrast to the bustling port of Trieste, Italy, which they
had left days before. Everything here seemed so holy! The
eyes of the seven members of the Hamburger family eagerly
wished to absorb all the holiness they could grasp and they
stood mesmerized and transfixed. It was Chaya Malka
Hamburger, the mother, who shook herself awake, as if from a
trance.
Developments in Vilna's Jewish Community in the Past 15
Years Mission And Message: HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman's Visit To
The Torah World Of America
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