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HaRav Aryeh Leib Finkel zt"l
HaRav Aryeh Leib Finkel zt"l
Shock and sadness were pronounced in the Torah community at the sudden passing of HaRav Aryeh Leib Finkel, a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah and rosh yeshiva of the Brachfeld branch of Mir Yeshiva late Tuesday night, 6 Av. HaRav Finkel was a teacher and guide of Mir Yeshiva and the Israeli Torah community as a whole for more than 50 years.
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Learning in Yeshiva will be Considered Equivalent to a College Degree
In a special official document as part of the series entitled, "Review of the General Manager," in which official policy is announced, Minister Rabbi Aryeh Der'i announced that an advanced Torah education will be considered equivalent to an advanced academic degree with regard to all official announcement of available positions in government authorities. This announcement was made in full consultation with the official Government Workers Authority (equivalent to the Civil Service in the US) and the permanent professional staff of the Ministry of the Interior. These steps ensure that it will become a permanent part of official policy.
According to the release, anyone who holds a rabbinical certificate of ordination from the Chief Rabbinate at the Yoreh Yoreh level, or who can provide official documentation of six years of study in a yeshiva of kollel after the age of 18, as well as anyone who has passed at least three tests of the Chief Rabbinate, will be considered to have an academic degree equivalent and will be eligible to be hired for positions in local authorities.
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Palestinians Who Helped the Mark Family were Fired from Their Jobs
The head of the Har Chevron local council, Yochai Damari, has asked Defense Minister Lieberman to grant work permits in Israel to two Palestinians who were fired from their jobs after they helped that Mark family after the awful terror attack that killed the head of the family, Rav Michael Mark Hy"d.
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Roshei Yeshiva Call for Care During Bein Hazmanim Against Threats to Body and Soul
As the bein hazmanim approaches, the Roshei Yeshivos are again warning about the dangers that come up within and without. They warn especially about homes in which forbidden technological devices are present, and also the false opinions that are sometimes expressed at various panels and symposiums.
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The Crusades: Murder in the Name of Love and Mercy
by Rabbi Rafael Berelson
"In the year 4856, in the 11th year of the 256th cycle (of the New Moon). Woe is me."
In the order of the kinnos of Tisha B'Av, in addition to the Beis Hamikdosh, we also mourn for the destruction of the German communities at the beginning of the First Crusade. The Crusades took place in a blood-soaked period of the history of the Jewish people. Two kinnos written about the atrocities of the First Crusades were introduced into the order of the kinnos. This Crusade began 910 years ago, in the year 4856 (1096). Thus this calamity is known as "the gezeiroh of 4856" - "Tatnu" after the Hebrew letters of the date. The fortresses of Torah were destroyed in many communities, among them Speyer, Worms and Mainz. Thousands of Jews chose to die as martyrs rather than give in to the Christian warriors on their "holy" mission.
The jeep sputtered along the dirt path and came to a screeching halt. The motor continued running.
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The King's Legion is Counted Separately!
by HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman
The following is a hesped for HaRav Yitzchok Zilber zt"l whose second yahrtzeit is 8 Av.
It is very difficult to eulogize one who has passed away since it is impossible to evaluate his inner being and workings. But the little that we do know is very indicative and representative of the greatness of this deceased. |
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Opinion
The Lessons Of Silence
A Talk Delivered by HaRav Yitzchok Hutner on Erev Tisha B'Av, 5739
Prepared from notes in Reshimos Lev by Reb Leibel Rutta
Shall I Fast?
"In the fourth year of King Darius . . . [the settlement in Bovel] sent . . . to ask Hashem . . . to say to the cohanim and the nevi'im . . . `Shall I weep in the fifth month and refrain [from food and drink] as I have been doing now for some years?' " (Zecharya 7:1-3). |
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Opinion
Fences
Fiction by M. Sonnenfeld
Part II
Michael is a 12-year-old boy who has lived on a sheep farm his whole life and loves it. His father built up the farm from scratch, but now that he has found his Jewish roots he wants to sell the farm and move to a city to be part of a Jewish community. Michael is to go to a Torah school. Both parents are enthusiastically studying to learn more about Torah and mitzvos, but Michael is indifferent, if not hostile. He loves the wide open spaces and the closeness to nature and does not want to leave. His parents have hired a yeshiva bochur to come live with them and tutor Michael to help him make up what he has missed in Torah education. They are about to have their first lesson. |
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