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Elul, 5767, on the Eve of the Shmittah Year
Note: The following new call was issued by the rabbonim.

To All the Chareidim Ledvar Hashem in our Holy Land, Hashem Aleihem Yichyu

The shmittah year is nearing, and a shmittah committee has been founded by the mehudar Kashrus organization of Shearis Yisroel, which will handle all shmittah issues with great hiddur and meticulousness, according to the rulings of the Chazon Ish ztvk"l, without relying on any heteirim or doubtful measures, under the constant supervision of the rabbonim hageonim the members of the Badatz of Shearis Yisroel shlita.

To All the Chareidim Ledvar Hashem in our Holy Land, Hashem Aleihem Yichyu
Note: The following call was reissued at the direction of the rabbonim.

The shmittah year is nearing, and a shmittah committee has been founded by Shearis Yisroel. The Committee will handle all shmittah issues with great hiddur and meticulousness, without relying on heteirim or doubtful measures. It will be under the constant supervision of the rabbonim hageonim of Shearis Yisroel, headed by HaRav Chaim Shaul Karelitz.

Rabbinical Committee Warns Against Viewing Mass Conversion as Solution
By Betzalel Kahn

Vaad HaRabbonim LeInyonei Giyur, founded by the late Antwerp av beis din HaRav Chaim Kreiswirth zt"l, once again says that the large-scale "conversion" of the hundreds of thousands of non-Jews who moved to Israel in recent years should not be seen as a solution to their problem, as various figures associated with the government suggest.


Chareidi Students Will Soon be One Third of Israel's Total
By G. Lazer

According to forecasts by the Central Bureau for Statistics in 2012 -- less than five years -- almost one in three students will be enrolled in chareidi schools.

French Interior Ministry Requires Certification of Jewishness to Verify French Citizenship
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris

"Only when my grandmother showed her ID card from the Vichy Regime which had the word 'Juive' [Jew] stamped in large letters across it, was I allowed to renew my French ID card," a French Jew told Liberation. According to dozens of reports, the French Interior Minister is requiring both Jews and non-Jews from North Africa and other groups to submit a certificate of Jewishness to prove their French citizenship.

Berlin Memorial Needs Renovation
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The Berlin Holocaust Memorial, a 27-million-euro project whose centerpiece is thousands of cement slabs in the heart of Berlin inaugurated just two years ago, is already in need of repairs. Cracks have begun to appear in 393 of the 2,711 blocks of cement.

Public Attends Event to Mark Opening of New Simchah Hall
By Yechiel Sever

Numerous bnei Torah turned out for a special evening to mark the upcoming opening of another simchah hall in Bnei Brak run by Chasdei Naomi, in addition to the existing Armonot Chen halls.


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