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Iran and Hamas Link Up Officially
"The Ayatollah's regime will have a major role in Palestine,"
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who is based in Syria, said on
Tuesday in a meeting in Teheran with the Iranian Foreign
Minister. "We trust Iran to help us deal with the challenges
facing us today."
The Jewish community and others in France were appalled by
the kidnapping and murder of Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old
Jewish sales assistant who was abducted by a gang of Moslem
Africans and Arabs from the Arab neighborhood of Bagneux in
the suburbs south of Paris. "The cut in Child Allowances left more children below the
poverty line. The poverty rate among children focuses on
working families. The cut in Children's Allotments did not
push recipients out into the job market [who were not there
before]," said Former Bank of Israel Deputy Governor Prof.
Tzvi Zussman during a child welfare conference in Be'er
Sheva.
Public opinion surveys are unreliable because phone workers
who conduct the surveys sometimes fill out the questions
themselves to avoid penalties for failing to meet their
employers' quotas, according to an investigative report by
Arutz 10.
Tempers are heating up at Chinuch Atzmai and within Raanana's
observant residents, in light of ongoing efforts by secular
figures in the city to sabotage the local Bais Yaakov
secondary school. The issue came to a head recently when a
court ordered the school closed on the grounds that classes
are held in a structure that the municipality did not approve
for non-residential use.
Following an announcement several weeks ago about a program
to secure a special income supplement for a group of
outstanding avreichim by joining the Torah
kehilloh in Yeruchom, dozens of avreichim have
decided to move to the city.
Rosh Chodesh Shevat (5766) marked the beginning of a new
cycle of the study of the laws of loshon hora,
according to the calendar arranged by HaRav Yitzchok Segal of
Manchester zt"l (whose yahrtzeit was 22 Shvat).
On that occasion, many newcomers joined the hundreds of
thousands of Jews the world over who are already pursuing
this program, which entails studying two halochos per
day from the Chofetz Chaim's Shemiras Haloshon.
Last week the disease was discovered in cattle herds in the
Corrientes province, located 25 miles from the Paraguayan
border. Over 70 head of cattle were found to be contaminated
and herds were destroyed immediately, based on orders by
government authorities.
Through joint efforts by the police and IDF and with the help
of chareidi public figures, a truck belonging to Vaad
Hagenizoh Hakloli was located a short time after it was
stolen from the Atarot Industrial Zone north of Jerusalem.
Gemach Merkazi Launches Kibbud Horim Plan The Gemach Merkazi is proud to announce the completion of the
Amudei Chessed program, which brought into the fund nearly
$1.5 million that quickly went toward loans and allowed the
organization to help move hundreds of applicants up the
waiting list. Members scheduled to receive loans years from
now received letters summoning them to complete their
donation and receive a loan.
A Crisis in Human Values Among Religious Zionist Youth
We do not come to gloat or to score political points. On the
contrary, we identify with the pain of the wounded and
deplore the violence of the authorities. But there is a
serious crisis of values that we feel it is important to
write about.
Raising His Hand Against Toras Moshe! Aspects of the
Prohibition Against Going to Court
Note: The first posuk in this week's parsha
is one of the main sources for the prohibition against going
to non-Torah courts. This two-part article discusses this
important halochoh.
Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 14: Esther in Jerusalem (April 2001)
Esther returned from her friend's wedding. The whole class
had been together. It was if they had never been separated as
they whirled around the bride in joyous dance. The head
coverings told a different story. A fair number of the girls
were married. Hands told another story. Quite a few girls
wore rings to show their new status: they too would soon join
the ranks of married women.
LIFE JOURNEYS
True stories and impressions about life journeys
He didn't know that in the end they would run out of time. He
didn't know that a day would come when he wouldn't have a
second chance.
Kabbalah, Inc. — It's Not About Spirituality; It's
About Money Come to Learn Torah, My Boy! — Rav Nissim Sova's
Story
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