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NEWS "We don't have any connection with any of those who stand trial now in Iran," said an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday in Israel in response to reports that one of the jailed Iranian Jews had confessed to being a spy for Israel. "We don't have anything new to say from what we have said in the past." HaRav Simcha Ziskind Broide zt"l by Betzalel Kahn On Sunday the third day of chol hamoed Pesach, a huge throng estimated by police to be around 100,000, headed by Maran HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, roshei yeshiva, ramim, marbitzei Torah and bnei Torah, participated in the levaya of HaRav Simcha Ziskind Broide, rosh yeshiva of yeshivas Knesses Yisroel -- Chevron for forty years, and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. Annual Lev L'Achim Gathering Held in Bnei Brak by Yated Ne'eman Staff The annual Lev L'Achim rally was held on Monday 26 Nisan in Bnei Brak. Thousands came to hear maranan verabonon speak at the event which lasted more than six hours from three in the afternoon. This even brings together thousands of activists from all over the country. Bnei Brak: Trying to be Clean on Pesach -- and the Year Roundby A. Cohen Approximately 18,000 tons of refuse were thrown away and disposed of during the Bnei Brak Municipality Operation Pesach. 9,000 tons were disposed of during the previous month, according to a report presented by the Bnei Brak Sanitation Department to Mayor Rabbi Mordechai Karelitz and Deputy Mayor Rabbi Shmuel Levinger, head of the Bnei Brak Sanitation Department. Volume Two of Shema Yisroel Encyclopedia Publishedby Yated Ne'eman Staff Volume Two in the series of the Shema Yisroel Encyclopedia has recently been published. The encyclopedia documents the mesiras nefesh displayed by our sacred martyrs for Torah and mitzvah observance in Holocaust death and work camps. Its publication is the result of two years of intensive efforts by prominent authors and researchers. The new volume has received warm accolades from gedolei Yisroel, who lauded this unique project and said that the book is a valuable treasure for the Jewish home. Conservatives Cannot Claim Halachic Conformityby Yated Ne'eman Staff A recent decision by the Israel Broadcasting Authority, which
was reported in the 9 Nisan edition of the English Yated,
prohibited a major advertising campaign by the
Conservative and Reform which promoted alternative weddings
performed by their organizations.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff Dr. David Applebaum, founder and director of TEREM Immediate
Medical Care, Israel's first free standing emergency facility
which today encompasses six primary care and emergency care
clinics, was feted by the mayors of Jerusalem, Maaleh Adumim,
and Modiin, as well Magen David Adom Director Avi Zohar, the
leaders of the four kupot cholim, and officials from
the Health Ministry at a gala 10th anniversary celebration.
The following are summaries of the hespedim delivered during the levaya of HaRav Broide at the Givat Mordechai campus of the Chevron Yeshiva where the Rosh Yeshiva learned and taught for decades. Rebbetzin Golda Miriam Broide, o"hby Betzalel Kahn Thousands accompanied Rebbetzin Golda Miriam Broide, o"h, widow of the rosh yeshiva of Hevron -- Knesses Yisroel HaRav Simcha Ziskind Broide, on her last earthly journey on Tuesday, the last day of chol hamoed Pesach, only two days after the levaya of her husband. She was 77 years old at the time of her petirah. Visitors from Abroad Unable to Enter Kosel Area on Yom Tov Sheiniby Betzalel Kahn Residents of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem claimed last week that visitors from abroad were barred from the Kosel on Yom Tov Sheini of Pesach because they refused to pass through the electric gates, due to a chashash of yom tov desecration. Ezra LeMarpeh and El Al Cooperate to Save Infantby A. Cohen A three-month-old premature baby in urgent need of an operation was flown to Baltimore two weeks before Pesach in a cooperative effort of Ezra LeMarpeh volunteers and El Al Israel Airlines. Minister Yishai Proposes Extensive Benefits for Large Familiesby Betzalel Kahn Minister of Labor and Welfare Eli Yishai is about to place his proposed "Large Family Law" on the Knesset agenda. The bill was prepared by his office during his previous term of office. Yishai noted that since the Jewish nation is currently suffering from so much assimilation, support of large Jewish families is of prime national interest. Sanzer Chassidim Gather in Honor of 124th Yahrtzeit of the Divrei Chaimby Y. Ariel Sanzer chassidim from all over the country assembled on the 25th of Nisan in the courtyard of the Admor of Sanz in Netanya's Kiryat Sanz for a gathering and seuda in honor of the 124th yahrtzeit of the founder of the Sanzer dynasty, the Divrei Chaim. Rebbetzin Kela Steinhaus o"hby Rabbi Y. Grunfeld "Rabos bonos osu choyil, ve'at olis al kulono."
It was with a sense of deep shock that the many friends and
admirers of Rebbetzin Kela Steinhaus o"h heard of her
petirah. by Yated Ne'eman Staff Australian Prime Minister John Howard arrived for an official
four day visit to Israel. Howard's first trip to Israel was
as a 24-year-old backpacker in 1965. In those days he stayed
at the Jerusalem YMCA, just across the road from the King
David, where this week he is occupying the vast royal
suite.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff For the girl who is interested in the history of the Jewish
people; who would like to research her family's and her
people's roots in the lands of eastern Europe; who seeks an
opportunity to pray at the gravesites of famous tzadikim,
this is a chance to do so in an appropriate framework
especially tailored for Beis Yaakov girls, directed by a
renowned teacher who has already successfully organized
similar trips in the past for her students at the Lucerne
Seminary.
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