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At a ceremony attended by many former officials in
governments around the world -- but no current leaders -- the
agreement reached after more than two years of private
negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians was feted in
Geneva. Although many critical parts were not yet formulated,
its initiators -- mainly former Labor party MK Dr. Yossi
Beilin -- felt that it can already serve as a basis of public
pressure to force changes in Israeli-Palestinian
relations. The 81st Annual Agudas Yisroel of America Conference closed
Sunday with calls to stand by the chareidi public and the
Torah world in Eretz Yisroel and to act to strengthen Judaism
in the US. The theme of the weekend was, "Measured Gains,
Growing Pains: Shouldering the Burden of our Blessing."
Guidelines by Maran HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv
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.
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 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 Orloh 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 Hydroponically 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 Markings
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. The Core of Yated is Ideology -- Not Business or Politics
In his report last week that covered the most recent election
campaign, the State Comptroller generally gave United Torah
Judaism (UTJ) -- and most of the political parties -- high
marks for the campaign that they ran. One issue that he
raised, however, was the that in some newspapers that are
identified with political parties, in the period leading up
to the elections, "there appeared a mixture of political
advertising and newspaper stories whose content indicated
that they were also election propaganda."
Don't Cast Us Off During Old Age
The touching stories of three women who decided to welcome
their elderly parents into their own homes and to offer them
maximal care.
All three women describe the special Siyata d'Shmaya
they merited during those periods and the blessings they and
their families enjoyed as a result of their devotion.
The Jews for Jacobs 40 Years On From Kishinev Until Bialystok -- And Since
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