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Iran is sure that 13 Jews accused of espionage are guilty,
and has documents to prove it, a senior judge said in
comments published in Teheran. Malka Devorah Ellis o"h Shocked and stunned, thousands of Jerusalem's residents, led
by gedolei Torah, roshei yeshiva, rabbonim and bnei
Torah accompanied Rebbetzin Malka Devorah Ellis o"h,
eishes chover to HaRav Simcha Doniel Ellis, the
mashgiach of the Eretz Yisroel-Lakewood yeshiva
currently on Sorotzkin Street, on her last earthly journey.
She was only 40 years old at the time of her
petirah. Lulov Cartel Liable to Raise Prices of Lulovim and
Haddasim A number of lulov merchants have filed a complaint
with the Commercial Restrictions Authority of the Ministry of
Trade which deals with illegal monopolies, against a number
of large merchants. A Jew from Panama Was Set Free by His Captors on Erev Rosh
Hashanah On erev Rosh Hashanah, Panamanian Jewry breathed a
sigh of relief at the good news of the release of the son of
one of the prominent Torah and chessed pillars of the
community, who was kidnapped while on a business trip to
Colombia.
The committee formed to look into allegations that Swiss
banks hoarded the bank accounts opened by people who later
perished in the Holocaust has located 62,900 such accounts,
according to a report in Globes.
If Konstantin Umansky gets the job he wants, he will be the
Jewish Agency's first non-Jewish emissary. Umansky, whose
grandfather was Jewish, immigrated to Israel from the Ukraine
eight years ago under the Law of Return (which allows for the
immigration to Israel of the children and grandchildren of
Jews, even if they themselves are not Jewish).
The PTA of the ORT school of Chatzor Haglilit is striking
against the school opposing the continued employment of a
teacher who did teshuvah.
The Manof Jewish Information Center demanded that Attorney
General Eliakim Rubinstein bring Professor Uzi Arnon to
justice.
Note: This edition of Dei'av Vedibur is the last full edition before Succos. The next full edition will, iy"H, be dated Wednesday, 26 Tishrei - October 6. There may be a news update next week, Wednesday 12 Tishrei - September 22, if conditions warrant it and allow it.
Succos is called by Chazal zman simchoseinu, the time of our simcha. We are obligated to experience simcha, and the Torah summarizes the reason for the horrible punishments in parshas Ki Sovo, as due to a lack of simcha in our worship of Hashem. SHALOM-TO-YOU! It was an unusually hot and sticky summer night. The small fans in the dingy dining hall only seemed capable of cooling off the hovering flies. The Bar Mitzva boy sitting next to the Rabbonim was totally encased in his new suit with his hat perched stiffly on his head. The guests were still busy with the complicated task of drinking and eating while wiping their brows when Shalom-to-you-Moshe came walking in. The Best Buy in Lulavim "Chaim'keh, don't pick up any lulavim. Don't touch the tops or walk near them. You might make them posul." "Moshei, don't worry. I'll buy you a Pepsi in a few minutes. I know you're hot. Who isn't underneath this scorching Bnei Brak sun? You want to go home? I'm restless too, but I must find a lulav, a good lulav. In fact not only do I need one for myself, but I need six!"
General School Statistics in the State of Israel This article contains separate essays on the beginning of the school year in Jerusalem, the beginning of the school year in Bnei Brak, and general statistics about the overall system in Israel.
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