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Vaad HaRabbonim LeInyonei Giyur Backs Beis Din Annulment
of Conversion
Following a precedent-setting decision at the Ashdod District
Beis Din, headed by Dayan HaRav Avraham Attia, which was
certified by the High Rabbinical Court (Beis Din Godol) in
Jerusalem, the Vaad HaRabbonim Haolami LeInyonei Giyur
founded by HaRav Chaim Kreiswirth zt"l clarified several
points related to the matter,...
MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni sent a harsh letter protesting chilul
Shabbos by IDF Chief Rabbi Avi Ronsky, who drove from the
base where he was stationed to several nearby bases on
Shabbos Parshas Acharei Mos (the day before Pesach), though
neither pikuach nefesh nor even sofek pikuach
nefesh was involved.
Rabbonim and public figures are protesting Justice Minister
Daniel Friedman's intervention in a decision by the High
Rabbinical Court (Beis Din Hagodol). The Justice Minister
stepped in when a beis din ruling issued in accordance with
halacha was at odds with his world view.
During a special meeting of the Knesset plenum during its
spring recess, Mazor Bayana was officially made a Knesset
member in place of Rabbi Shlomo Benizri who had to step down
after having legal troubles. For the first time ever the
Knesset now has two Ethiopian MKs serving, Bayana and Shlomo
Molla (Kadima), who replaced MK Avigdor Yitzchaki following
the latter's resignation three months ago.
The Modi'in Illit City Council unanimous approved an
agreement proposed by Mayor Rabbi Yaakov Guterman to set up a
joint industrial park with Modi'in District communities and
Shilat in the Shilat area near Modi'in Illit.
A cost survey conducted by Halperin Optics as part of
preparations to expand several stores revealed surprising
findings, most notably that the cost of rent for storefront
property in Jerusalem's Geula neighborhood is $200 per square
meter — four times the cost of renting a store on Tel
Aviv's Rechov Ibn Gvirol and comparably to rents charged for
stores in the prestigious Ramat Aviv Shopping Mall.
In response to calls from within the Jewish community to
boycott the Beijing 2008 Olympics, Agudath Israel issued the
following statement:
From "Telolei Oros, the Prayer Anthology" by Rabbi
Yissochor Dov Rubin, who was niftar last week on Shabbos
parshas Kedoshim at the age of 45.
La'asok bedivrei Soroh... Veha'arev no... asher bochar
bonu mikol ho'amim venosan lonu es Toroso
"What blessing does he make? Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel
said: `Who sanctified us with His commandments and commanded
us to occupy ourselves with the words of Torah.'
A Silent Escape
He tightens his grip around the little cold hand he holds. He
pulls his thin threadbare coat around himself. He doesn't
slow his pace for a moment as he glances down at the little
boy. He sees that his face is red from the freezing winds.
His upper lip is wet from a cold he can't get rid of, but
there is no tissue to wipe it with. There is nothing to
protect him from the biting winter.
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