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The Government unanimously approved dismantling of the
Ministry of Religious Affairs at its weekly Cabinet meeting
last Sunday. The areas currently under its jurisdiction will
be transferred to other ministries, thereby safeguarding the
rights of its employees. Acting Religious Affairs Minister
Yossi Beilin said the Religious Affairs Ministry will be
closed by the end of the month. 53,000 Bnei Brak students kein yirbu returned
to school this Elul, in a variety of schools,
kindergartens and educational frameworks, in
comparison with the 51,000 students of last year. Arye Deri Begins Prison Sentence -- Tens of Thousands
Escort Him At the conclusion of a long motorcade beginning in Jerusalem
and ending in front of the Ramle prison, former chairman of
Shas Arye Deri, entered prison to begin serving his three-
year prison term. The media launched an incitement campaign recently against a
decision by the Bnei Brak Municipality to change the name of
Sharret Street to HaRav Povarski Street, to name it after
HaRav Dovid Povarski, the rosh yeshiva of Ponevezh.
Elyagon Will Not be Promoted This past Sunday (3 Elul), the committee for the election of
judges decided not to promote the Chief Justice of Beer
Sheva's Magistrate's Court, Oded Elyagon, to the position of
a judge in the District Court of Tel Aviv. The appointment
will be discussed again in a number of months. Maranan Verabonon Fortify Battle on Behalf of
Shmitta Maranan, the gedolei HaTorah, HaRav Aharon Leib
Steinman, HaRav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz and HaRav Chaim
Kanievsky have issued a call to strengthen shemiras shmitta
kehilchoso as well as those who are battling to prevent
the sale of sefichin. Beilin Explains the "Secular Revolution" Justice Minister Yossi Beilin divulged a series of
revelations concerning the so-called "secular
revolution" that the chareidi community found
infuriating.
Agudas Yisroel Takes ADL to Task for Criticizing
Lieberman Agudas Yisroel of America took exception to a
widely publicized letter from the Anti-Defamation
League to Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, which urged
the vice presidential candidate to stop making
"overt expressions" of religious belief in his
campaign speeches. No Let Up in Controversy Over Prague Graves Czech Culture Minister Pavel Dostal insists that he
was trying to show respect for Jewish tradition,
but the commotion over the unearthed graves, and
his writings about Orthodox Jews, have raised the
stakes in the battle over the relics in an
abandoned medieval Jewish cemetery in Prague. The Judiciary Must be Free of Even an Appearance of Bias
Though our basic message about Chief Justice Aharon Barak and
the Israeli High Court is always the same -- that on a legal
and democratic basis they do not confine themselves to the
areas that befit the judiciary of a democratic society,... FOOD
* Ice cube tea: make a pitcher of regular or herbal tea, add
sugar, put into ice cube trays and freeze. Two or three ice
cubes in a little bag or cup is a wonderful Shabbos treat for
the kids on a hot day! We Knew The Steipler Gaon, zt'l -- 23rd Av 5760, His
Fifteenth Yahrtzeit
The last day for Kiddush Levonoh -- Elul
One can say Kiddush Levonoh in the entire
world until Wednesday night, the eve of 14 Elul
(September 13), at 6:19 P.M., according to the
Summer Clock, Israeli time. This time is a half an
hour after sunset and one should make a
berochoh immediately after three medium size
stars appear. In the eastern countries one has more
time to make a berochoh -- until the above
time according to the difference in time zones in
comparison to Eretz Yisroel. In Europe and surely
America it is altogether impossible to make a
berochoh during this night, and the final time
is the entire previous night.
The astronomical full moon is at 9:37 P.M., three
and a third hours later than the nigud
emtzo'i. Since this time is within 15 full days
from the molad one can bedi'eved make a
berochoh until this time in Eretz Yisroel and
in Europe and the eastern countries according to
the difference in time zones in comparison to Eretz
Yisroel.
See Birur Halocho, Iv, Orach Chaim,
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