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NEWS
PA Pushes Prisoner Proposals
by Eliezer Rauchberger Rabbi Eliyahu Ben Dahan, director general of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Rabbinical Courts, rejected claims of red-tape delays at the special conversion courts. He says 85 percent of applicants are approved for conversion at the first hearing, the remaining 15 percent at the second or third hearing. Jerusalem City Council Coalitionby Betzalel Kahn The Jerusalem City Council approved Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky's new coalition in a majority vote last week in addition to the appointment of deputy mayors, a permanent alternate for the mayor, administrative committees and chairman for the various committees. Tomcheho Me'ushor Fundby A. Cohen With the encouragement of gedolei Yisroel--headed by HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, HaRav Yehuda Leib Shteinman, HaRav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira, HaRav Nissim Karelitz, HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, HaRav Shmuel Auerbach, HaRav Boruch Rosenberg, HaRav Gershon Edelstein, HaRav Boruch Dov Povarsky and HaRav Meshulom Dovid Soloveitchik--the Tomcheho Me'ushor fund has been set up to assist ameilei Torah whose entire world consists of the daled amos of halocho. Terumos and Ma'asros Separated from Wheat for Matzosby A. Cohen At a unique event last week at Moshav Yad Binyamin, terumos and ma'asros were separated from wheat harvested last month for use in matzos to be made for next Pesach at Yad Binyamin's matzo baking facility, which adheres to the highest standards of kashrus under the supervision of Shearis Yisroel. The Admor of Desh, zt'lFollowing a levaya attended by thousands, the Admor of Desh, HaRav Tzvi Meir Panet zt'l, author of Shearis Yosef, was laid to rest in the US late last week at the age of 80. Maaseh of ShabbosBy Rabbi Shlomo Goldstein Erev Shabbos Parshas Bolok marks the sheloshim of the renowned educator, HaRav Moshe Ebstein zt"l. His aristocratic bearing stemming from his German- Jewish background coupled with the majesty acquired from his Rebbe-muvhak, Maran HaRav Hutner zt"l blended to mold this master teacher who had a unique way of inspiring all, while making the Novi come alive. R' Shlomoh Yaakov Gross, z'lby A. Cohen The Admor of Vishnitz led thousands at the levaya Sunday afternoon of R' Shlomoh Yaakov Gross zt'l, a veteran Agudas Yisroel askan in Eretz Hakodesh, a former Agudas Yisroel MK, and a prominent member of Vishnitz chassidus, who passed away at the age of 94. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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