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Domestic Lulav Growers to Run Second Harvest Following Egyptian Ban
by Yechiel Sever

The Egyptian government's final decision to ban the export of lulavim to Israel and the rest of the world has placed great pressure on local date growers making extraordinary efforts and harvesting around the clock in order to close the gap and meet the demand for the upcoming Sukkos holiday.


Open Letter to Bais Yaakov Students
The following letter appeared in Yated Ne'eman in Hebrew on 21 Elul on page 3.

Following a request by maranan verabbonon gedolei hador shlita to warn against the impact of the weekly newspapers distributed in chareidi areas, we are addressing all Bais Yaakov students and their parents.


MK Eichler: Anti-Chareidi Incitement Led to Synagogue Arson Attack in Jerusalem
By Eliezer Rauchberger

"We will not allow people to incite against the chareidi and religious public, which leads to synagogues being torched while the media remains silent," MK Rabbi Yisroel Eichler boomed before a special meeting of the Knesset plenum early this week. "I want everyone to know that yesterday a synagogue was set on fire in Jerusalem, because of the incitement and the fanning of the flames and the animosity, and burning a synagogue is the fault of the instigators. This cannot be countenanced."


Avos Ubonim Launches Elul with 57,320 Students
By Yechiel Sever

Elul began with 57,320 fathers and sons at 1,020 Avos Ubonim branches in 138 locations in Eretz Yisroel following a long bein hazmanim of study in botei medrash and yeshivos bein hazmanim.

Rabbi Meir Leibish Malbim, zt"l
In honor of his yahrtzeit, 1st Tishrei

The small village of Voltzisk in Vohlynia was the place where Reb Meir Leibish zt"l was born in 5560 (1800). When he was orphaned from his father Reb Yechiel Michel Weisser at a very young age, his mother married the rov of the shtetl, HaRav Moshe Halevi Horowitz, zt"l, author of Emek Chassidim.



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