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NEWS
Agudath Israel of America Conference Calls for Support of
the Torah World in Eretz Yisroel
Instructions for Kohanim Entering Hospitals
1. Kohanim should avoid entering hospitals as much as
possible.
2. When a Kohen must visit a hospital urgently he is
permitted to enter on condition that the hospital is such
that most of the day it does not have tumas meis, or
at least half the day it does not have tumas meis. The
basis for this hetter is that when necessary we can
say "sofeik tumoh bereshus horabim tohor" also applies
regarding tumas kohanim. by Betzalel Kahn Based on consultations with maranan verabonon, on Sunday it was decided the yeshivos ketanos would not return the Education Ministry's questionnaires on the topic of "tigbur limudei Yahadut" (increasing Jewish studies) at this stage, following the ministry's unexplained cut of NIS 110 million after the budget was transferred from the Ministry of Religious Affairs to the Ministry of Education. Many Recent Ethiopian Arrivals Have No Jewish Connection by Yated Ne'eman Staff About one third of the Ethiopians who have come to Israel over the past three years and submitted applications for conversion had no connection to the Ethiopian-Jewish community and therefore their status as immigrants is questionable, according to Rabbi Israel Rosen, former head of the Chief Rabbinate's conversion authority and now a member of the special conversion court. Bolstering Efforts to Prevent Sale of Orlohby G. Kleiman Rabbonim and heads of the Institute for the Study of Torah- Based Agriculture held a meeting at Yad Binyamin with Agricultural Minister Mr. Yisrael Katz and high-ranking ministry officials in attendance, to suggest and discuss ways of assisting the Institute as well as the Beis Midrash LeHalacha BeHisyashvus and Midrashas Haaretz Umitzvoseiho, which serve as the main sources for halachic scholarship and scientific guidance in Torah-based farming. Insect-Free Vegetables Grown Hydroponicallyby N. Katzin A unique, computerized hydroponic growing method promises 100 percent insect-free vegetables without spraying. The innovative agricultural technique was developed by Bodek, which is under the mehadrin kashrus supervision of the Jerusalem Rabbinate's Department for Mitzvos Haaretz and the Center for Torah-Based Agriculture headed by HaRav Yosef Efrati. New Taxi Markingsby S. Fried Israeli taxis will be marked on all sides with a standard logo to help identify them as cabs, and a number in case passengers want to lodge complaints. Rabbi Oscar Fasman zt"lby Betzalel Kahn American and Canadian Jewry were struck with grief on the passing of one of the elder rabbonim of the US, Rabbi Oscar Fasman zt"l, at the age of 95. HaRav Avrohom Lintzberg zt"lby Betzalel Kahn HaRav Avrohom Yitzchok Lintzberg zt"l, one of the founders and roshei yeshivos of Yeshivas Or Yosef Novardok in France and one of the surviving talmidim of Yeshivas Novardok in Bialystok, was brought to rest in Jerusalem on Monday after returning his pure soul to his Maker on Motzei Shabbos Kodesh parshas Toldos at the age of 84. Mrs. Leah Weinberger, o"hby Yated Ne'eman Staff Mrs. Leah Weinberger o"h who dedicated herself for decades to the field of chareidi education in the US, was brought to rest in Jerusalem on Erev Shabbos parshas Chayei Soroh. Bais Yaakov Shul Complex in Beis Yisroel in Major Renovationby M. Samsonowitz The Beis Yisroel neighborhood of Jerusalem is bordered by the famous Jerusalem streets of Meah Shearim, Shmuel HaNovi and Yoel. To many, its most famous distinction is that it is home to the world-renowned Mirrer Yeshiva. Its population is a third Ashkenazim, a third Chassidim, and a third Sephardim and Yemenite. Many studying in the Mirrer yeshiva rent rooms and live in the neighborhood. Eighth Kollel For Bein Odom Lechavero Opensby Yated Ne'eman Staff On 2 Kislev, Linas HaTzedek: The Center for Jewish Values
launched its eighth kollel for the study of hilchos
bein odom lechavero. A large crowd participated in a
pesicha shiur given by Rav Yitzchok Berkovits, nosi
of the Linas HaTzedek Kollelim.
by Yated Ne'eman Staff At the end of the eighties and the nineties, massive waves of immigrants from the former Soviet Union entered Israel. Although we had all waited seventy years for our fellow Jews to come from Russia, when the Iron Curtain was pulled down, the country unfortunately lacked the means for their spiritual absorption. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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