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Another disturbing decision of the High Court justices was
issued
last week when three judges headed by Aharon Barak forbade
the Housing
and Construction Ministry to grant buyers of apartments in
Elad any
benefits that are not offered to other buyers in the center
of the
country. The reason for this is that the Housing Ministry has
designated
Elad as a city with a religious character. Histadrut Plans a General Strike; Degel HaTorah Studies the
Proposed Reforms The noisy public debate between Amir Peretz, flamboyant head
of Israel's central labor organization, and Finance Minister
Shochat over the proposed financial reforms continued as
Peretz threatened to call a general strike for next Monday
after Shavuos so as not to interfere with the holiday. Justices of High Court have decided to end the term of office
of Karta
company director Ephraim Holtzberg. The decision was reached
on erev
Pesach despite recommendations from government officials
to continue
his term in office.
Special Rabbinical Committee To
Fight Jerusalem Arena Project HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, the pillar of halachic
authority, asked members of the Rabbinical Committee for the
Sanctity of Shabbos in Jerusalem to decide upon a course of
action to thwart the proposed Arena project for an
international cultural center in the holy city. Knesset Weighs Bill to Jail Women for Desecrating the
Kosel Shas and United Torah Judaism proposed bills in response
to a recent High Court ruling, which granted the Reform group Women
of the Wall permission to hold monthly prayers that would
subject women who pray with a Torah at the Kosel Ham'arovi to
jail sentences of up to seven years. The two bills passed
the Knesset on preliminary reading, despite opposition from
the government. Shema Yisroel Yad Vashem Tov Center To Open in
Jerusalem "One Shavuos night, in a hideout between the trees of the
forest, the Rav of Potick made kiddush over a bit of
wine and recited the shehecheyonu blessing. When asked
how he could recite shehecheyonu on so difficult a
period, he replied: `My shehecheyonu is in gratitude to
Hashem for my staunchness of faith, which has not waned even
by a hairsbreadth.'"
Tehillim Rally On Behalf of 13
Iranian Jews The trial of the 13 Iranian Jews charged with espionage for
Israel ended on Monday, Iyar 24. The court postponed
sentencing for two weeks. Gathering in Honor of 195th
Yahrtzeit of the Maharitz A large gathering was held recently in honor of the 195th
yahrtzeit of the Maharitz, Mori Yichya Salich one of
the greatest Yemenite rabbonim. The gathering was organized
by the Pe'ulat Tzaddik organization headed by HaRav Yitzchak
Ratzabi and took place in Jerusalem.
The mitzvos of the Torah, says the Maharal (Tiferes
Yisroel, 4) are like a rope that hauls a person up from
the bottomless pit that is the lower world into the upper
world, to "seat him with the King, Hashem Tzevokos,
eye to eye."
Say Cheese! Zman mattan Toroseinu is a signal for the homemaker to
take out her dairy dishes and count exactly how many plates
are not chipped. Following the ancient custom of eating at
least one dairy meal on Shavuos, let's `say cheese.' Al Kiddush Hashem: R' Avrohom Ben
Avrohom
One can say Kiddush Levonoh in the entire world until
the
morning of Shabbos parshas Behaalosecho, 14 Sivan
(June 17),
at 5:07 A.M., according to the Summer Clock, Israeli time.
The final
time is therefore in Eretz Yisroel, most of Europe, and
eastern countries
the entire Thursday night, the eve of 13 Sivan (June 16). If
one did
not make a berochoh before Shabbos it is preferable
that he
do so on leil Shabbos and not forfeit it altogether.
In western
Europe and America the final time is only according to the
difference
in time zones in comparison to Eretz Yisroel.
The astronomical full moon is at 1:27 A.M., three hours and
two thirds
earlier than the nigud emtzo'i. If one did not make a
berochoh
until the alos hashachar, which is in Eretz Yisroel at
3:42
A.M. and western Europe at chatzos, although there is
still
light from the moon, one should still not make a
berochoh
with shem and malchus since then there is
tartei
lerei'usa (after alos and after the nigud
emtzo'i).
(Birur Halocho Kamma, IV and V, Orach Chaim
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