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On Tuesday the Treasury reduced purchase taxes on a broad
array of consumer items, cancelling taxes entirely on 320
items and reducing them on another 310 items. Insulted the Religious and the
Handicapped Chief Justice of the High Court Aharon Barak recently tried
to promote Oded Elyagon, Chief Justice of the Magistrate's
Court of the southern region, as a judge in the Tel Aviv
Regional Court. Allocation of Areas for Religious Services Approved At
Preliminary Reading At a preliminary reading, the Knesset approved a proposal by
MK Rabbi Meir Porush to mandate the designation of areas for
religious structures and mikvo'os in plans of every
new settlement, city or neighborhood. UTJ's MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz proposed the passage of a
"Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child Law" in the Knesset.
According to the law, under special circumstances stemming
from their obligation to educate, parents will be allowed to
hit a child lightly and in a manner that will not inflict
physical or emotional harm.
HaRav Binyomin Paller, zt"l The Torah world fell into deep mourning with the
petirah of one of the greatest marbitzei Torah
and most venerable roshei yeshiva of our time, HaRav
Binyomin Paller, zt"l, the rosh yeshiva of
Mekor Chaim in Boro Park, New York. Thousands accompanied the Admor of Slonim, HaRav Sholom Noach
Barzovksy, zt"l, on his last earthly journey. The
Slonimer Rebbe, who led his flock valiantly for scores of
years, was niftar suddenly in his 89th year. Joe Lieberman - a True Kiddush Hashem
A number of important keys to understanding the recent choice
of Senator Joe Lieberman by the Democratic Party's nominee
for President Al Gore, are found in a story that Lieberman
told at the U.S. Aguda dinner three years ago, in 1997. The recent heat spells may have dampened our spirits and our
foreheads -- and surely increased our awareness of the
country's serious water shortage. One person coolly suggested
that heat waves are prominent in the Torah. Argentina, Argentina, Where Is That? |
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