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Irregular salaries of almost NIS 2 billion were paid to top
officials in various public sector bodies in 1998, according
to a report this week released by Yuval Rachlevsky, the
Finance Ministry's wage director. The total cost to the
State, paid to a small group of well-compensated officials,
dwarfs the payments made to the entire chareidi sector. Gedolei Yisroel Warn Against Smoking Maranan verabonon the gedolei Yisroel warn
everyone to take the mitzvah of safeguarding one's health
seriously, especially in respect to cigarette smoking which
has been unequivocally proven to have devastating effects on
health. "Since the establishment of the State, Torah educational
systems and Chinuch Atzmai have always enjoyed full
educational autonomy. Any undesirable intervention by the
High Court in the curriculum or number of classroom hours
constitutes an intolerable offense to the core of the
system's spiritual autonomy."
A frightened infant is in mortal danger, as is explained in
Yuma, 84b: It is a mitzva to desecrate Shabbos in
order to save a child from panic.
[It also says, ]"Cursed is the man who raises a ferocious dog
that frightens women." Bovo Kama, 83a. Knesset Criticizes Interior Minister's Permission for
Consular Marriages Sharp criticism was directed in the Knesset plenum last week
against Minister of the Interior Natan Sharansky, in the wake
of his decision to enable foreign consulates in Israel to
register couples for civil marriages. Lev L'achim's Fight Against Missionaries in Israel Nine missionary "synagogues" in Yerushalayim alone; 60
communities nationwide; 10,000 Israelis in messianic Jewish
groups; over 3,000 active missionaries; according to staff
members of the anti-missionary division of P'eylim / Lev
L'Achim -- these are the grim statistics of the year 2000. Gedolei HaTorah in America Join Gedolei HaTorah of Eretz
Yisroel's Internet Warning In the wake of the directives issued by Israel's maranan
verabonon, the gedolei Yisroel regarding the
serious prohibition of misusing the Internet, which as they
said, "constitutes a terrible danger for kedushas
Yisroel and the continuation of the generations," the
gedolei HaTorah in the United States have joined their
call, publishing a warning to American chareidi communities
about the great danger of connection to this destructive
device.
Not too long ago there was no law in Israel. Then one had to
do it only lesheim mitzva. Now that it is a legal
requirement, one can do it shelo lishmo -- for fear of
getting fined. Helping Your Child With Anger
Control In our first part, we gave a real-life situation where a
mother helped her child overcome his anger and taught him to
recognize the danger signals in his body. [Note: brackets are
the comments of your editor, not the writer.] The Life and Achievements of HaRav
Yechiel Schlesinger zt'l, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Kol Torah,
Yerushalayim -- 9th Adar 5760, His Fifty-First Yahrtzeit |
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