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Outreach Organizations Help Thousands of Students Transfer to Torah-Based Institutions
Despite the many obstacles outreach workers have faced in recent years, Elul Zman brought impressive growth figures for the number of students from secular homes enrolled in Torah-based schools and the number of newly religious youths entering yeshivas.
The rabbinical and halochoh establishment is up in arms following nonsensical, heretical remarks by MK Rabbi Chaim Amsellem of Shas, who insists that conversion terms should be eased for FSU immigrants who serve in the IDF. Despite a firm outcry by prominent halacha figures, he continues to voice his opinion widely, especially to the secular media, which is fawning over his "brave and daring halachic ruling."
Recent media reports claim that the Israeli Chief Rabbinate has recognized the cessation of brain activity as a sign of death, even though current and former gedolei Yisroel declared firmly that as long as the heart is beating the person should be considered alive and organs may not be taken out.
Cloaked in mourning, thousands of Bnei Brak residents led by maranan verabonon, HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman, HaRav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, HaRav Nissim Karelitz, HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, HaRav Meir Tzvi Bergman, roshei yeshivos, dayonim, rabbonim and hundreds of Yeshivas Bircas Efraim students past and present took part Friday morning, Erev Rosh Hashana, in the levaya for HaRav Yitzchok Levenstein zt"l, who passed away at the age of 49 following a difficult period of illness.
Six individuals suspected of involvement in the simultaneous bombing attacks of two shuls in Istanbul in November 2003 and a third attack days later were arrested last week in Turkey.
Hashem Helps Us Do Teshuvoh: Preparations for Yom Kippur
Part 2
In the first part Rav Taub explained at length that keeping the Torah does not require giving up Olom Hazeh for Olom Habo. Doing a sin is considered a "shtus," an act of insanity, since the consequence of sin is a loss in Olom Hazeh as well as Olom Habo. Rather we should use Olom Hazeh to reach Olom Habo, and including the idea that by keeping mitzvos and not doing aveiros we will have Olom Hazeh as well as Olom Habo.
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