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Peres: "Iran can also be Destroyed"
After the steady verbal assaults from Iranian president
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against Israel, there was an official
reaction on Monday from Vice Premier Shimon Peres who said,
"The president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be
destroyed."
The public, social organizations and the Gil Pensioners Party
are up in arms after PM Ehud Olmert unexpectedly signed a
7.11 percent increase in the price of bread.
More than 300 rabbonim and dayonim are taking part in the
50th anniversary convention of the Conference of European
Rabbis (CER) in London this week. Letters of support for the
three-day convention were sent by Maran HaRav Eliashiv and
Maran HaRav Shteinman shlita. This time the biennial
conference will focus on medicine and halochoh.
HaRav Yitzchok Zilberstein, rov of Ramat Elchonon, was on
hand at the annual conference of Ezra Umozor, an organization
for Crohn's disease sufferers, in Bnei Brak and hundreds of
members arrived from around the country.
At the end of the Shivoh for HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira
zt"l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Be'er Yaakov, thousands
of talmidim and yeshiva alumni gathered to hear
hespeidim. The Shas was divided among the
talmidim to be learned during the year of mourning as
an illui neshomoh.
Another wave of sifrei Torah thefts has struck Antwerp
according to Lemaan Teida. Two sifrei Torah
stolen a few months ago were miraculously found in Russia,
one at a border crossing and the other when an unknown figure
tried to sell it to a rov in Grodno.
This week a shekel-dollar futures contract was launched on
the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The CME is one of the
largest exchanges in the world for futures contracts, and it
is the leading foreign currency exchange. The launch
signifies that the shekel is considered a convertible
currency, and has a place among the international currencies
traded on the CME.
The Education Ministry recently sent letters to recognized,
unofficial educational institutions saying that license and
license renewal requests for the educational institutions
should include a declaration by an engineer or architect that
the structure meets all planning and construction laws,
including any relevant permit or easement.
The general public will get a rare glance at the keys to
marketing products and services to the chareidi world next
week during a seminar to be held at the Sheraton City Tower
Hotel in Ramat Gan by the Israeli Center for Management.
Child Tax Credit Bill Passes in New York The New York State Legislature recently passed a child tax
credit bill that thousands of Jewish families stand to
benefit from.
Our Relationship with the Satmar Approach
The passing of the Satmar Rov zt"l is certainly an
appropriate occasion for reflection and clarification of our
relationship to that large and very successful community. Everything Depends on One's Starting Point
The gemora (Yevomos 62b) says: "R' Akiva had twelve
thousand pairs of disciples." This implies that there were no
individuals among them; thus the sages specifically use the
word "pairs."
Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 21: Belem, November 2001 — Part 1
A road has been built to the isolated patch of jungle in
the Amazon where Eli and Fay spent more than a year, and they
have managed to get out and onto a boat bound for the port
city of Belem in Brazil.
I am making Shabbos, peeling apples for an apple crumble and
some fruit salad. Separating the eggs for some ice-cream,
browning the turkey roll for a succulently herby Friday night
treat. Oh! I am making Shabbos, changing the medley of raw
ingredients in my shopping basket into Shabbos worthy
tastes. The Cinderella of the Illnesses Getting along in school is never an easy matter. Think back
on it. There's the schoolwork, the teachers, the other
children in your class, the other children in the classes
above you. In fact, it's really a wonder that most children
seem to fare so well in such a complex house of potentially
divided interests. With that in mind, have a ponder about
this scenario . . .
Binat Halev — Builders of the Jewish Home
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On Tuesday night, the eve of 14 Nissan (Apr. 11) is the
search for chometz - bedikas chometz, and the
chometz is burnt the next morning, Erev Pesach,
Wednesday, 14 Nissan (Apr. 12) until the end of the zman
sreifas chometz. On erev Pesach the firstborn
fast— Ta'anis Bechoros.
Yov Tov Pesach falls on Thursday, 15 Nissan (Apr. 14), in
Eretz Yisroel, and on Thursday and Friday (Apr. 14-15) in
Chutz Le'aretz. The days until Shevi'i Shel
Pesach are Chol HaMo'ed.
From Mussaf of Yom Tov Pesach in Eretz Yisroel we say
morid hatal in Shemoneh Esreih instead of
vesen tal u-motor livrocho.
From Thursday night, Motzei Yom Tov Rishon Shel
Pesach, we count sefiras ha'omer until Shavuos.
The seforim hakedoshim write to make a meal on the
sixteenth of Nissan to remember the se'udas Esther
that she made when Homon was hanged (Mishnah Berurah,
490:2 from the Mogen Avrohom).
Shevi'i Shel Pesach falls on Wednesday, 21 Nissan
(April 19) and in Chutz Le'aretz also on Thursday, 22
Nissan (April 20) which is Yom Tov Sheini Shel Goliyos -
Shmini Shel Pesach.
Many are accustomed to read Pirkei Ovos after
Minchah of Shabbos, from Pesach until Rosh
HaShanah.
Our minhag is not to pray Yom Kippur Koton and
surely not to fast during the month of Nissan.
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