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A First Person Account of the Heartwarming Election Day Effort

I wanted to share with you what I and many others like me experienced last Tuesday on Election Day: I arrive at the main Jerusalem headquarters at Har Hotzvim at noon and see dozens of cars decorated with large Gimmel signs coming and going - to transport as many voters as possible to the polls, helping those who find it difficult to get there themselves, since every single vote counts. Many dozens of people are swarming around the entrance to the building, hoping for the privilege of helping the cause, as was urged by the rabbonim.

Email Without Internet

There is good technological news for the chareidi public interested in email service without access to the dangers of Internet which has ensnared and felled many a victim. Since very recently, such a new email service is now being marketed.

Rain and Kinneret Watch

As of January 30 (19 Shvat) 399 millimeters of rain had fallen in the Jerusalem area during the current season (August 1 to date). This represents 135% of the average rainfall for this period and 74% of the average rainfall for the entire season in the Jerusalem area which is 537 mm. It is raining this week.

The Sunday Times Presents: Netanyahu in an Anti-Semitic Caricature

The Sunday Times, one of the foremost British newspapers and generally supportive of Israel, published in its first issue since the reelection of Netanyahu a provocative cartoon depicting him as using the blood of Palestinian children as mortar in a wall to build up Israeli defense.


The Taz: Rabbi Dovid ben R' Shmuel Halevi, zt"l, of Ostroa
In honor of his yahrtzeit, 26 Shevat

While in his youth Rabbi Dovid enjoyed a comfortable life, never lacking anything, he was later thrown into dire poverty. When he was appointed rov of Rave, he was utterly destitute. His father-in-law the Bach once came to visit. Seeing the rundown home his son-in-law lived in, with barely a morsel to place on the table, saddened the Bach deeply. However, being poor himself, he could only promise R' Dovid that when Hashem favors him with a better parnossoh, he would send R' Dovid some support as well.