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The meetings in Cairo between Yasser Arafat's Fatah and the
outlawed Hamas ended with an agreement to cooperate in terror
against Israel. According to early reports, the meetings were
mediated by Egypt in an attempt to reach some sort of cease
fire. Fatah planned to press Hamas in Cairo to stop carrying
out terrorist attacks. Later reports said the talks were
aimed at limiting attacks to just Judea, Samaria and the Gaza
Strip, not inside Israel proper. The flu virus is making its way towards Israel and Europe.
According to official forecasts, the flu season could arrive
at any time. Years of experience show a flu outbreak is bound
to strike this year, just as every year, leaving hundreds of
thousands of people bedridden with high fever, body aches and
other symptoms. IDF and Housing Ministry officials are looking into
expropriating land straddling the road between Kiryat Arba
and Me'oras Hamachpela in Hebron to create a contiguous link
between the two settlements.
Plans to Build Christian Quarters on Har Hazeisim
Graves The Jerusalem Region Planning and Construction Committee is
scheduled to discuss a plan to build a 15- room facility to
lodge priests on the Mount of Olives at a site believed to
contain Jewish graves from the First Temple Period. Activists
from the Association for the Prevention of Grave Desecration
are actively engaged in efforts to block the planned
construction initiated by the Coptic Church. Traffic Circles Expected to Turn Golda-Shamgar Road from
Thoroughfare into City Street "Both the City of Jerusalem and the Ministry of
Transportation agree the Shamgar-Golda Road, upon its
completion, will be closed on Shabbatot and yomim
tovim. The traffic circles made all along the road will
render it a city street rather than a major thoroughfare,"
reported HaRav Aryeh Devir following a request by HaRav Yosef
Sholom Eliashiv, shlita, to perform a detailed inquiry
regarding the road between Ramot and Kiryat Tzanz currently
under construction. Expanding the Boundaries of Kedushoh in Marseille
Although he never sought out his present position, HaRav
Shmuel Kohen is truly the right man in the right place at the
right time. Son of Rav Yaakov Kohen zt"l, one of the
prime builders of Torah in postwar France, Rav Shmuel has for
the past two-and-a- half years successfully taken the reins
and continued the tremendous strides his father made in the
southern French city of Marseille before his tragic death at
age 65. Hundred Participate in Gathering A large gathering was held at Heichal Kollel Halperin in
memory of Rav Alter Yitzchok Dershowitz z'l, founder
of Kollel Zeicher Yitzchok and the originator of the concept
of the night kollel in Eretz Yisroel. Rabbi Yitzchok Zelig Hirsch zt"l In honor of his sheloshim, the twelfth of Kislev, I
write these words to galvanize the remembrance of our beloved
friend, Reb Yitzchok Hirsch, o.b.m. I write on behalf
of his many close friends in Yeshiva Torah Ore. Learning from a Community Calamity
There was a terrible tragedy in Hebron last leil Shabbos,
when 12 soldiers and security men were murdered, and
everyone sees in it what he is looking for.
Mountain Dreams The idea of hosting a writers' conference in the holy city of
Safed was a longtime dream that catapulted into fast forward.
Our writing group meets weekly and we dreamed together of
inviting other women from out of Safed to come and share
together with us in our creative endeavors, to let our
creative energies merge to generate more and more writings.
Once the dream began to materialize, it took less time than
we thought possible (although lots of work!) in coming
true. IN-DEPTH FEATURES Third Voice of the Vilna Gaon In Tempestuous Times: The Life And Achievements Of HaRav
Avrohom Kalmanovitz, zt'l
Additional Luach Information
Chanukah starts on Shabbos parshas Vayeishev, 25
Kislev (Nov. 30) and ends on Shabbos, 2 Teves (Dec. 7). We
must be on the alert in regards to fire safety and not light
the neiros near inflammables. Small children should
not be left alone near the neiros.
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