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A lot of Israeli blood was saved by the navy's capture of a
ship loaded with deadly weapons, Defense Minister Benjamin
Ben-Eliezer said Monday, adding that the attempt at
infiltration was proof of bad faith by the Palestinians.
Earlier the Israeli navy intercepted a Lebanese ship laden
with barrels full of weapons headed for the Gaza Strip. The Israel High Court did not comply last week with the
request of MKs Yossi Paritzky, Ran Cohen, and Naomi Chazan
of Meretz, Attorney Ressler and the Hitorerut Movement, to
issue a provisional order against the Knesset decision to
extend the existing temporary order for the draft deferral
of yeshiva students for an additional two years. Rabbi Gafni Prevents Excavations in Burial Caves Near
Elad Intervention by Rabbi Moshe Gafni prevented exhumation of
burial caves in the Kula Forest near Elad last week. The
Ministry of Defense announced that it would change the route
of the forest road which was supposed to be paved and would
have involved desecration of burial caves. Recent years have seen an incredible growth in the kosher
food industry, allowing the creation of various types of
rabbinical supervision. Therefore, the need for some
definition of kosher quality standard is required, now more
than ever.
HaRav Salomon Speaks Pointedly to Agudath Israel Conference
on "Interface Of Ethics and Halacha" They represented a broad range of professions and different
walks of observant Jewish life, but the more than 400
participants in last Sunday's halacha conference for
business people and professionals shared a single objective:
to refine and update their knowledge of the halachic
approach to ethical business practices. Vegetables from the Aravah As of last week, the following vegetables from the northern
part of the Aravah, which the poskim say is sofeik
Eretz Yisroel, were still in the markets, some even
under the hechsher of vaadot shmittah: peppers
(all kinds), watermelons, melons, eggplants and potatoes. Organization To Combat Antisemitism in Israel An Information and Help Center for Victims of Antisemitism
has been set up in the wake of an increase in antisemitic
acts in Israel. These acts are perpetrated by non-Jewish
immigrants from the former Soviet Union who arrived in
Israel either under the Law of Return or through use of
counterfeit documents. Huge Rise in Chareidi School Enrollment; Lev L'Achim: The
Figures Are Even Higher Recent figures released by the Israeli government's Central
Bureau of Statistics which show that enrollment in Israel's
chareidi elementary schools has tripled in the last 10 years
have sent shockwaves through the country's secular community
and has its leaders scrambling for answers.
Lev L'Achim Demands the Cancellation of a Massive
Missionary Event in Jerusalem The activists of Lev L'Achim's Department for the Struggle
Against the Missions has launched a public battle to prevent
a large gathering which the British missionary, David Hatwai
is about to hold. David Hatwai is a member of the Messianic
Jews cult. The gathering is slated to take place in Binyanei
Ha'Uma, and masses of new immigrants from C.I.S. countries
have been invited to attend it. The Siyum HaTorah Program Goes National Have you ever wished to learn another masechta in
Shas but you were not able to find the impetus to do
so? Or you would love to learn consistently, every day, but
find the Daf Yomi schedule too demanding. You may
also wish to broaden your horizons by learning novi
or mishnayos and lack a formal structure to undertake
the limud.
In 1979 the Israeli Knesset passed a law that said that any
public servant who receives a gift in the line of his duty
must turn it over to the State. The law and its regulations
are very clear, and very encompassing: it is the same
whether the worker himself receives the gift, or his or her
spouse, or a child who lives with them. The gift is State
property and must be turned over. PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE Moshe's purse was full of large golden coins. It was worth a
small fortune. But it was so heavy! "Oye!" thought
Moshe. "This is so heavy -- what a pain to have to carry
it home!" Who Did the Rescuing During the Holocaust? Va'amartem Ko Lechai, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai: Lag BaOmer
at Meiron
The earliest time of Kiddush Levonoh -- Sivan
The time of Kiddush Levonoh everywhere in the world
begins when it is Motzei Shabbos parshas Bamidbar,
the eve of 5 Sivan (May 26), from the beginning of the
night.
Even those following the ruling of the Chazon Ish and only
make a berochoh when the moon is "big and high" can
make Kiddush Levonoh on Motzei Shabbos. On
Motzei Shabbos the molad was more than four
days ago when it was bein hashemoshos of Tuesday-
Wednesday, 1 Sivan. Although the astronomical new moon
follows the molad this month by nine hours and fifty-
eight minutes and is on Wednesday morning, 1 Sivan (May 23)
at 5:47 according to the summer clock, since during the four
days until Motzei Shabbos the moon approaches its
lowest point (perigee) and advances quickly, that regression
is annulled.
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