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Six Jews on their way home from Friday night services were
shot and wounded by a gunman who went on a two state shooting
rampage against Jews, blacks and Asian-Americans. The man
police said carried out the shootings was Benjamin Nathaniel
Smith, a 21-year-old member of a white supremacist group. The
bloodthirsty spree ended late Sunday night with the alleged
gunman's suicide. This past Thursday, the 17th of Tammuz, Torah Jewry mourned
the petirah of the gaon, HaRav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg,
the rosh yeshiva of Ner Yisroel of Baltimore, and one
of the greatest roshei yeshiva in the United
States. Barak Presents His Government Prime Minister Ehud Barak presented his government for the
Knesset's approval. Barak also suffered his first real
setback since the elections, when his candidate for Knesset
Speaker, Shalom Simhon, was easily defeated by the premier's
long-time political rival, Avraham Burg, also of the One
Israel party. Barak had not offered Burg any position in his
government. Negotiating and Signing the Agreement Between UTJ and Ehud
Barak Only one thing concerned the negotiating team of UTJ: to
guarantee that the yeshivos hakedoshos would not be
undermined in any way whatsoever, for that was the mission
they had been charged to fulfill by the gedolei ume'orei
hador. Prayer Rallies for Iranian Jews
Held on 17th of Tammuz On the fast of the 17th of Tammuz, prayer services on behalf
of the imprisoned Iranian Jews were held in a number of
synagogues in Eretz Yisroel. An Agreement With Neither Money Nor
Politics -- Pure Ideology The coalition agreement between United Torah Judaism and Ehud
Barak's One Israel Party is different. It is a purely
ideological agreement. In all its 11 paragraphs there is not
one mention of jobs for the UTJ Members of Knesset nor of any
material support for the UTJ constituency. All sections deal
only with the vital ideological interests of UTJ and, really,
the Jewish people as a whole: Torah study, respect for the
dead, Shabbos and chinuch. Do It Yourself -- With Yosef Krinsky One of the most common questions I am asked is, "Where did
you find this out?" Or, "How did you know how to do this?"
Well, I started in the Do It Yourself business at a rather
young age. My grandfather, Murray Krinsky (of blessed
memory), introduced me to painting at the age of 6....
The Lion's Heart: HaRav Yehuda Leib
Nekritz zt'l
From Rosh Chodesh Av Ashkenazim are accustomed not to
eat meat and observe other halochos of mourning. From
Rosh Chodesh Av we decrease our simcha
(Taanis 26, Orach Chaim 551:1). Since Tisha
B'Av falls this year on Thursday, and 10 Av is Erev
Shabbos it is permitted from the morning of Erev
Shabbos to wash, to launder clothing, and to take a
haircut lichvod Shabbos (see Mishnah Berurah
528:3).
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