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Last Thursday the committee headed by Treasury Director-
General Avi Ben-Bassat published its long awaited plans for
reform of the tax system and capital markets of Israel. Protest Against Bogus IDF Rabbinate Conversions and
Netiv This past chol hamoed Pesach, "Shai," the Organization
for the Preservation of the Jewish Identity of Israel,
organized two demonstrations. One was held in front of the
offices of the IDF Rabbinate in Tel Aviv, while the other was
held opposite the offices of Netiv. The annual Lev L'Achim rally was held on Monday 26 Nisan in
Bnei Brak. Thousands came to hear maranan verabonon
speak at the event which lasted more than six hours from
three in the afternoon. This event brings together thousands
of activists from all over the country.
The Notzrel Loshon Rally: A Revolution in Speech Patterns Rabbi C. is a ram in a prominent yeshiva in Jerusalem.
Today, he teaches Torah to his many yeshiva students. But he
is also the man who designed the posters which have been
distributed during this past year throughout all chareidi
centers in the country with slogans like: "It's Up to Us to
Stop the Fire." Thousands at the Uchesavtem Gathering Thursday night (29-30 Nisan) was an impressive event at which
the Uchesavtem organization awarded stipends to some of the
finest students of the country's yeshivos. It was attended by
maranan verabonon, roshei yeshiva, marbitzei Torah and
bnei yeshiva from the entire spectrum of chareidi
Jewry. Mossad snatches Sifrei Torah from Saddam Dozens of sifrei Torah that Saddam Hussein ordered destroyed
have been smuggled out of Iraq in an operation masterminded
by Mossad, the Israeli secret service, according to the
London Sunday Times.
Jerusalem Religious Council Says:
"We Will Never Sit with Representatives of Heretical
Movements" In the wake of the State Comptroller's censure of the
Religious Councils for not holding joint meetings with
representatives of the Reform movement, members of the
Jerusalem Religious Council have made it absolutely clear
that the council has always and will always conduct itself in
accordance with halocho as directed by the ruling of the
gedolei haTorah. One Cannot Deny Historical
Reality!
A little over a month ago, a British court came to the
welcome conclusion that amateur historian David Irving was
not libeled when he was called a "Holocaust denier" by
American professor Deborah Lipstadt. Tuna Patties Revisited "So," said my future husband with a grin, "do you like
to cook?"
I knew nothing about cooking and told him so frankly.
"However," I added with the self assurance found only among
the young, "I'm sure that someday I'll be gourmet." Can This Time Bomb Be Defused?
Growing Concern Over The Crisis Of Jewish Identity
The last day for Kiddush Levonoh -- Iyar
One can make Kiddush Levonoh in the entire world until
Thursday afternoon, 13 Iyar (May 18), at 6:50 A.M., according
to the Summer Clock, Israeli time. The final time in most of
the world is therefore actually the entire Wednesday night.
In the far western countries Kiddush Levonoh can be
said according to the difference in time zones in comparison
to Eretz Yisroel. In the eastern countries one can make
Kiddush Levonoh on Thursday night, the eve of 14 Iyar,
according to the difference in time zones in comparison to
Eretz Yisroel.
The astronomical full moon is at 10:34 A.M., five hours and
forty-eight minutes earlier than the nigud emtzo'i and
eleven hours and twenty-six minutes earlier than the full
fifteen days from the molad. This month one should not
make a berochoh even bedi'eved following the
fifteen full days after the molad, and it seems that
he should only make a berochoh with shem and
malchus until the nigud emtzo'i.
(Birur Halocho, IV, Orach Chaim 426 (pg.
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