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NEWS In a hefty brief to the Special Master in charge of making recommendations for the distribution of $1.25 billion Swiss Bank Settlement Fund, the Agudath Israel World Organization showed that traditional Jewish educational institutions and religious communities should be included among the beneficiaries of the Fund. Letter from HaRav Shmuel Wosner About Smoking People have asked me what is my humble opinion, daas Torah, about smoking cigars, cigarettes, and the like, which are well known to be exceptionally damaging to one's health. I will comply with their wish and answer in brief. Letter of the Rabbonim on the Subject of Wedding Expenses Besiyato deShmaya we have witnessed the building of many homes of bnei Torah whose parents have made monumental efforts to help their children establish themselves. However, the burden of providing housing for their children and other marriage obligations is too difficult to bear. Knesset Approves UTJ Law for Torah Study in State Schoolsby Eliezer Rauchberger For the first time since the announcement of their resignation from the government, UTJ's Knesset representatives participated in a confidence vote on the Prime Minister. This occurred during the vote on the State Education Law, and the approval of Rabbi Shmuel Halpert's amendment to it. "I am a Child. Take me Home."by Yated Ne'eman Staff In response to the urgent call of gedolim in Eretz Yisrael, prominent rabbonim have laid aside their pressing responsibilities and traveled to England. HaRav E. Mann has been personally sent by HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, and HaRav Y. Marmarush has been chosen as a representative of the Beis Din of HaRav Nissim Karelitz where he officiates as a leading dayan. Rabbonim Ask to Minimize Wedding and Marriage Expensesby Yated Ne'eman Staff After several months of intensive work by dedicated askonim, the leading rabbonim and roshei yeshiva issued letters addressing the issue of weddings and marriage expenses. HaRav Alexander Sender Feurstein, zt"lby Betzalel Kahn This past motzei Shabbos (21 Adar I), a huge throng of Jerusalem's residents accompanied HaRav Alexander Sender Halevi Feurstein zt"l on his last earthly journey. He was one of London's and Eretz Yisroel's most prominent talmidei chachomim and marbitzei Torah. Lev L'Achim's Midrasha Gives Jewish Identity to Young Israeli WomenBy Mordechai Friedman Jews from across the religious spectrum are now beginning to catch on to something that Orthodox Jewry has known for years: that assimilation and intermarriage are the number-one threats to the survival of the Jewish people in the 21st century. Mifal Torah Vodaath Holds Annual Melave Malkeby Yated Ne'eman Staff Mifal Torah Vodaath extends a cordial invitation to its friends, patrons and supporters to attend the yearly melave malke, which will be held iy"H this motzoei Shabbos Parshas Vayakheil (March 4th), in the Bais Yaakov of Brooklyn (16th St. and 49th Street). HaRav Yosef Tzvi Dunner, the Raavad of the Union, Visits Eretz Yisroelby A. Cohen Last week, HaRav Yosef Tzvi Dunner, the raavad of Hisachdus Kehillos Hachareidim in England and the president of European Agudas Yisroel, arrived in Eretz Yisroel. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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