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NEWS In response to the most recent effort to draft yeshiva students, a High Court decision in response to suits filed by established enemies of all things religious declaring that the current arrangements allowing all those whose exclusive occupation is Torah learning may defer all military service while they are thus occupied, an extraordinarily broad array of leading rabbonim issued the following declaration, including many who are not at all involved with political issues.
Attorney About the Decision to Allow Kibbutzim to Work on Shabbos: "The Entire Ruling is Mistaken" In addition to the fundamental value perspective of the court ruling in the kibbutz Tzorah affair, which grants the legal backing to public Shabbos desecration, the ruling has a legal aspects. A Stormy Deliberation in the Knesset Plenum Regarding the Conscription of Yeshiva Students by R. Tzvieli "The gedolei haTorah unequivocally oppose every change in the existing arrangement regarding the deferment and conscription of the yeshiva students. A Prayer Gathering in Jerusalem Due to the Droughtby B. Kahn Zos Chanukah is known as known as a propitious day for the acceptance of our tefillos. Falash Mura Immigrants from Ethiopia Will Have to Undergo Full Conversionby B. Kahn The Council of the Chief Rabbinate has ruled that Falash Mura immigrants currently arriving in Israel will have to undergo full conversion to Judaism. A Bomb in a Capetown Synagogueby Yated Ne'eman Staff A Chanukah miracle occurred in South Africa, when a bomb went off in an empty synagogue in the Wynberg suburb of Capetown. Chareidi Education Budget of Jerusalem Cut Deeplyby B. Kahn At a stormy meeting, the members of the executive board of the Iggud Hatatim (Talmud Torah Association) angrily
criticized the Jerusalem Municipality's intention to cut the
forthcoming year's budget of its Chareidi Chinuch Department
by 25%.
by R. Tzvieli and Betzalel Kahn Last week, the religious lobby in the Knesset held
deliberations on the decision of Justice Ari Tivon which
enabled kibbutzim to open their stores on Shabbos, a decision
which is liable to destroy Shabbos observance in Israel.
by B. Kahn Thursday afternoon, the 28th of Kislev, a large crowd
accompanied Rebbetzin Gittel Tova Kolitz, o'h, on her
last earthly journey.
by Moshe Schapiro The angry mob of one hundred men and women marched swiftly toward the school, determined to drive away the vermin that
had invaded their city.
by B. Kahn At the end of a stormy deliberation in the Knesset about the building of the Mamilla project in Jerusalem, the Economic Committee of the Knesset decided that it regards the Mamilla development in Jerusalem opposite the Old City, "as a high priority national project, on which construction work should proceed without pause." Attempt to Steal 600-Year-Old Sifrei Torah in Tsefas is Frustratedby Yated Ne'eman Staff Anonymous thieves burst into the ancient Abuhav synagogue in Tsefas in the wee hours of the morning of the 21st of Kislev
and attempted to steal 600-year-old Torah scrolls.
by A. Cohen An impressive celebration was held in the Divrei Chaim
synagogue in Bnei Brak's Shikun Gimmel, in honor of the
appearance of She'eilos Uteshuvos Divrei Chaim of R'
Chaim Halberstam, zt'l, av beis din of the
kehilla kedoshah of Sanz.
by B. Rabinowitz At the Yad Binyomin matzo factory, preparations for the
baking of matzos have been completed, and matzo baking is
well underway.
by B. Kahn Jerusalem's Ramot neighborhood was filled with excitement on Monday, the 26th of Kislev, the second night of Chanukah as
it anticipated the ushering in of a sefer Torah to the
Even Yisroel yeshiva.
by R. Tzvielei Last Monday, the Knesset plenum approved UTJ's summation
proposal regarding the political deliberations.
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