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Roshei yeshivas around the country are conveying the message
from gedolei Yisroel that the time has come to
eradicate cellular phones from the yeshivas.
Organizers are busy at work making final preparations before
introducing a special credit card for Shabbos-observant
consumers following an agreement signed between Visa CAL and
Zaakat HaShabbat.
The Jewish cemetery in Janoshaza, a small Hungarian town near
Papa, is the latest Hungarian Jewish cemetery to be the focus
of renovation efforts by a group of London-based askonim,
in conjunction with the Committee for the Preservation of
Jewish Cemeteries in Europe.
Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita announced that Daf Yomi
participants in Eretz Yisroel and the rest of the world
should study two practical halochos at the end of every Daf
Yomi shiur. The announcement was made to rabbonim,
roshei yeshivos, maggidei shiurim and heads of Meoros
HaDaf HaYomi gathered at HaRav Eliashiv's home.
The mythical letter below is a compendium of remarks,
comments and critiques received from some of those who put
their toes into the waters (ein mayim elo Torah) of
last year's European Yarchei Kalloh, partly as a result (they
assured me) of an article they saw which described and
recommended this unique annual event.
As the campaign to reinforce the walls of Shabbos continues
to take shape, Vaadas Harabbonim Lemaan HaShabbos received
notice that Hamashbir Letzarchan plans to announce the
closure of all its branches around the country on Shabbos.
In the course of his political campaign to become the next
head of the Palestinian authority in the elections to be held
on January 9, the front-runner Palestinian Liberation
Organization leader Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said in an
interview with the London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq al-
Awsat that the use of weapons in the four-year-long
intifadah was a mistake and should stop.
Shearis Yisroel Expands Poultry Production Shearis Yisroel has begun to operate two large poultry
slaughterhouses in the Jerusalem area, Of Habira and Of
Hakfar, in order to increase the amount of Shearis Yisroel
poultry made available to the public and to reduce prices
without compromising on kashrus.
The Orthodox community in America was caught up in the
heightened excitement surrounding the recent US elections.
For the first time ever, the Lakewood Vaad endorsed a
particular candidate — President George W. Bush —
"in consideration for his outstanding positions on family
issues, domestic security and of significant consequences for
Acheinu B'nai Yisroel in Eretz Yisroel."
Do We have a Hammer . . . or a Gun?
Do we want to stop progress? No. Are we opposed to or afraid
of technology? Of course not. A Street Between Life and Death
A few months ago, a six-year-old boy was hit and killed by a
car in Bnei Brak. Naturally, one of the questions that arose
was how the accident occurred and whose lack of caution was
responsible.
The Psak
It was Chanuka in Israel. That meant no school, at least not
for the girls, lots of latkes and doughnuts, and loads of fun
with family and friends visiting. For Elky, it meant finally
getting together with her best cousin, Chani, in Bnei Brak,
for a couple of days, something she'd been looking forward to
for as long as she could remember.
The Brisker Rov — New Findings The Sounds of Torah Rising Up from Kibbutz Ein-
Charod
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