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28 Adar I 5765 - March 9, 2005 | Mordecai Plaut, director

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Huge Money Laundering Operation Discovered at Tel Aviv Bank Branch
by Mordecai Plaut and Yated Ne'eman Staff

Twenty-four employees, past and present, of Bank Hapoalim's Hayarkon Street branch in Tel Aviv (535) were arrested Sunday in what officials called the biggest money-laundering case in the history of Israel, thought to involve as much as billions of dollars in the past year alone.

Outrage In The United States: An Attempt To Usurp Jewish Law And Custom
By G. Safran

"May the Merciful One bless the circumciser of the flesh of the milah, who draws back [the orlah] and who sucks the blood of the milah. The service of someone who is afraid or faint hearted is invalid, if he fails to perform these three tasks" (from the Horachamon prayer added after the meal celebrating a bris).

Former Meretz Activist Volunteers to Battle Against Shabbos Shopping
By Betzalel Kahn

Rami Sadeh, director of Campaigning Communications, used to be among the heads of Meretz' campaign to promote opening businesses on Shabbos, but today, surprisingly enough, he has joined the battle against chilul Shabbos.

Final Approval for Daylight Savings Time Law
By Eliezer Rauchberger

A large majority of the Knesset plenum passed a law setting fixed dates for the beginning and end of daylight savings time. This year we will change the clocks at 2:00 am on Thursday night ("Spring forward"), between 20 and 21 Adar II (31 March).

Court Upholds Indictment Against Home Center for Operating on Shabbos
By Betzalel Kahn

The Tel Aviv Area Labor Court rejected a request by Home Center to annul the indictment filed against the hardware chain for employing Jewish workers at its Herzliya branch in violation of the Work and Rest Hours Law.

New Entrance Gate Improves Modi'in Illit Eruv
By A. Cohen

Development and infrastructure work at the entrance to Modi'in Illit is now complete, transforming the gate into a splendid entrance befitting the thriving Torah community. Special emphasis was placed on ensuring that the eruv meets the highest kashrus standards due to the gate.

Government Restores Support for Avreichim Over Age 23
By Betzalel Kahn

Last week the government approved restoring the support funding for avreichim over the age of 23 to the level it was before a reduction last year by making it equal to the amount received by their colleagues age 23 and under. The decision reversed a policy that discriminated against many heads of large families.

Final Siyum in Yerushalayim
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The chareidi public eagerly awaited the siyum in honor of the completion of the 11th Daf Yomi cycle in Jerusalem on Tuesday night. Numerous gedolei Torah promised to honor the major event held in honor of Torah at the International Conference Center (Binyanei Ha'uma), including Maran HaRav Eliashiv, shlita.

Mishmeres Hasholom: A Dream World Taking Shape
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

In our day and age, there are so many people young and old walking around with one unfortunate common denominator: Strained relationships. For example, divorce and painful family feuds are all too common. The Jewish community, once enjoyed a semi-immunity to these social maladies — but no longer. The cause? There are many, but one problem is a loss of the art of communication, and with it the undermining of healthy bein odom lechavero relations.

HaRav Rafael Blum zt"l Admor of Kashoi
by S. Bruchi

A mantel of grief descended on US Jewry upon hearing of the histalkus of HaRav Rafael Blum zt"l the Admor of Kashoi, at the age of 98.

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