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NEWS
Jaffee Center: Israel's Strategic Edge Prevents War
"The strategic balance in the Middle East is clearly in Israel's favor. This positive strategic balance prevents the struggle with the Palestinians from deteriorating into a regional war," according to Professor Shai Feldman, head of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies of Tel Aviv University. The surrounding Arab nations have nothing to gain and much to lose if war with Israel breaks out. Gedolei Haposkim Urge Use of Otzar Beis Din Fruitby A. Cohen Maranan verabonon, the gedolei haposkim; HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, the pillar of halachic authority, HaRav Shmuel Halevi Wosner and HaRav Nissim Karelitz, have issued a fervent appeal to Torah-observant Jews as well as to yeshivos and institutions to rally to the aid of the shmittah observant farmers, those "mighty men of valor," and to use the fruits of the Otzar Beis Din headed by HaRav Nissim Karelitz. Lapid "Apologizes" for Incendiary Remarks Against Chareidim by Yated Ne'eman staff On 14 Sivan, chairman of Shinui MK Tommy Lapid "apologized" for his remarks against the Chevra Kadisha of Tel Aviv comparing them to terrorists of the Islamic Jihad following the horrendous terrorist attack in Tel Aviv on Shabbos night parshas Nosso. Preparations for Monument on HaRav Yisroel Salanter's Grave Underwayby Yated Ne'eman Staff A monument on the grave of Maran HaRav Yisroel Salanter, ztk"l, will be put up in two months, at the beginning of bein hazmanim. Preparations for this important historic event are presently underway. It will be attended by prominent delegations from the Torah worlds of Eretz Yisroel, Europe and the United States. Israel Shipping Offices In Johannesburg Hit By Bomb Attackby David Saks In what is believed to have been a politically motivated attack, the Johannesburg offices of the Israeli National shipping company, Zim Shipping, were severely damaged in a petrol bomb attack carried out in the early hours of Shabbos Behaalosecha. Three petrol bombs were thrown into the offices of Polaris Shipping, the representative office of Zim Shipping in South Africa. Public Service as an Expression of Thanks to Hashem for Being Savedby S. Yisrael
An Interview with Joe Lobenstein, Mayor of Hackney,
London.
His activities cover the whole spectrum of public life, and
he works on a totally voluntary basis. What impresses you
the most is the fact that he has been working continuously
for decades. That is how he raised his children, and his
grandchildren (and now great-grandchildren) are being raised
in the same atmosphere. by Yated Ne'eman Staff Five-month-old Yehuda Chaim Shoham, who was mortally wounded in the head by a stone thrown by Palestinians at his parents' car last Tuesday night, died Monday afternoon in Jerusalem's Hadassah-University Hospital, Ein Kerem. He was buried in Shilo Monday night, after thousands gathered outside the Prime Minister's Office to pay their respects to the bereaved family and vent their pain and anger at the continued need to bury victims of terror attacks. Roshei Yeshivos and Bnei Torah at a Large Gathering in Parisby Arnon Yaffe, Paris The Kehal Yereim community in Paris recently celebrated a siyum and the completion of examinations on Yoreh Deah, cheilek beis by avreichim of the rabbonus kollel in a large gathering and seudas mitzvah with the participation of roshei yeshivos and rabbonim from all over Europe. HaRav Avrohom Yehoshua Greenbaum, Hy"dby S. Bruchi and Yated Ne'eman staff Zurich police have detained a possible suspect in the murder of 71-year-old HaRav Avrohom Yehoshua Greenbaum Hy"d, on Thursday night, 17 Sivan. HaRav Greenbaum was the head of the Beis Mordechai kollel in Bnei Brak and one of the most prominent talmidim of the Ponevezh and Novardok yeshivos. He was shot to death on his way to a synagogue in a Jewish neighborhood in Zurich. Rabbi Yonason Abraham of Australia to Become Dayan in Londonby the Australian Yated correspondent Rabbi Yonason Abraham, a native of England currently in
Australia, is set to become a dayan on the London
Beis Din.
He will be leaving his present position on November as rav
of one of the largest shuls in Australia, the
Caulfield Shule. by Yated Ne'eman Australian Correspondent Four new Kollel families have recently traveled half way around the world to join Kollel Beis Hatalmud (The Lakewood Kollel) in Melbourne Australia. Arson in Petach Tikvah: Heavy Damage to Chanichei Hayeshivos Synagogueby A. Cohen Anonymous vandals set fire to the old Chanichei Hayeshivos synagogue on 2 Arlozorov Street in Petach Tikvah on motzei Shabbos parshas Bamidbar. Many sifrei Torah were destroyed by fire as a result of the blaze, and heavy damage was caused to the adjacent succah. Bs"d, Iyar 5761We are happy to hear that there has been an increase in the number of the farmers, gibborei koach, who have accepted upon themselves to keep the Shevi'is laws pertaining to fruits and specifically vineyards, because shomrei Shevi'is have always needed exceptional self restraint to refrain from all pruning in the seventh year. Bs"d 25 Nisan 5761To our brothers dwelling in the Holy Land who observe the
mitzvos of the Shmittah Year
I hereby wish to publicize the deeds of the gibborei
koach, our brothers in the fields, men of orchards and
vineyards who have accepted upon themselves to observe the
shevi'is according to halacha and stand firm in all
the difficult trials of the gibborei koach, and who
consistently do everything according to the rulings of the
beis din. by Yated Ne'eman Staff A sefer Torah was ushered into the Anshei Yerushalayim shul in Kiryat Sefer in an inspiring, festive event. The sefer Torah was the generous donation of HaRav Yitzchok Eliezer Miletsky, one of Jerusalem's prominent citizens. Metunah Continues War on Traffic Accidentsby S. Fried Metunah, the organization for road safety, has lodged an official complaint with the Israel Police for causing death by negligence. The complaint was issued against the fifteen members of Knesset who supported the bill for lowering the minimum driving age. Metunah claims that the MKs knew that the law was liable to cause people's deaths, due to the careless, illegal driving patterns unusually common among young people. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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