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Gathering in Ashkelon About the Dangers of the Internet

Many Ashkelon residents gathered together upon the call of the rabbonim of the city to a massive rally against the threats of modern technology in order to save the souls and spirits of their children. The high point of the gathering was the public reading of the letter from HaRav Chaim Kanievsky which stated...

New Device that Automatically Shuts off Fridge Before Shabbos and Turns it On Again

Meeting Good news for shomrei Shabbos! A new device is soon being marketed for modern refrigerators which automatically shifts them to a Shabbos mode and back to the regular mode, thus averting complex stumbling blocks and halachic questions for those who forget to transfer their refrigerators to the Shabbos mode. The automatic setup of the new device contains a built in Jewish calendar designed for the upcoming forty years which is capable of switching the fridge to the proper Shabbos mode automatically, both for use on Shabbos and Yom Tov, including Yom Tov Sheini for foreign users — without any manual adjustment.

The Mikva Law has Passed the Knesset — If the Reform Needed Mikvehs they would Have Built Some in America

The mikva law, initiated by MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni, was finally passed this past Monday in the Knesset plenum with a majority of the coalition votes. Similarly, the breach which erupted in the wake of the High Court ruling enabling Reform and Conservative groups to use the mikvo'os throughout the country for their self-styled `conversion' purposes which have no halachic relevance and are not valid according to the laws of the country as well, has been rectified.

France will Follow Halachic Directives of its Rabbis

Cemetery The danger of the evacuation of ancient Jewish cemeteries in Algeria brought together the European rabbonim and French rabbinical bodies together to demand an emergency meeting with French government officials in an attempt to prevent the desecration of ancient Jewish graves.

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Crucial to understanding the chareidi approach to this and other issues is the distinction between practical issues and ideological issues.


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Danger of Becoming Overly Accustomed to Kedushoh of Mikdosh

Yechezkel the Novi (46:8-9) tells us: "When the nosi enters, he shall enter the hall through its gate and leave in the same way. But when an am ho'oretz comes before Hashem on yomim tovim, whoever enters by the northern gate to bow [before Hashem] shall leave by the southern gate. Likewise whoever enters by the southern gate shall leave by the northern gate. He shall not return using the same gate in which he entered, but shall leave by the opposite way."


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Bein Hazmanim and Advice for Kiruv by a Ben Torah

A Mussar Shmuess by Maran HaRav Yaakov Kamenetsky zt'l

Edited by Rav Yosef Blier

Before we enter bein hazmanim we have to realize that it requires preparation, like any spiritual endeavor. If one does not prepare himself he would be like someone who commits suicide. The foundation of bein hazmanim is that we must have things to do.




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