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In response to Palestinian mortar shelling of Shderot, a
town in the south within the recognized international
borders of Israel ("the Green Line"), IDF forces took up key
positions at locations throughout the Gaza Strip Tuesday
morning, effectively cutting it into thirds and preventing
Palestinians from traveling from one sector to another.
According to army spokesman, this step is very effective in
crippling the abilities of terrorists to plan and carry out
their evil work. The Federation for the Prevention of the Desecration of
Graves demands that the hundreds of crates of bones
discovered in the basements of the Tel Aviv University be
transferred to the Religious Affairs Ministry for immediate
burial. This demand was made after it became clear that the
university has not honored the promise given two years ago
arrange for their burial. Rabbi Ravitz -- Deputy Education Minister This past Monday (22 Nisan), MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz was
appointed Deputy Education Minister. The appointment was
finalized after the coordinator between the government and
the Knesset, Dani Noach, announced it in the Knesset plenum,
at a special recess session. The High Court ruled just before Pesach that the Jerusalem
Municipality must stop giving yeshiva students who receive
welfare payments from the Religious Affairs Ministry an
automatic 70 percent discount on their municipal property
taxes (arnona). The petition was submitted by city
councilman Ornan Yekutieli and the militant anti religious
Am Hofshi group.
Technicalities Get Antisemitic Radio Station In Cape Town
Off The Hook Procedural and technical irregularities on the part of the
Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the official body
set up to deal with media racism in South Africa, recently
enabled Radio 786, a Muslim community radio station in Cape
Town, to evade prosecution for broadcasting antisemitism. HaRav Shimshon Pincus zt"l, Rebbetzin Chaya Mindel Pincus
o"h and Miriam o"h On Thursday afternoon 12 Nisan, tens of thousands of
shocked, deeply pained mourners, headed by maranan
verabonon the gedolei haTorah, roshei yeshiva,
rabbonim, bnei Torah and many family members,
followed the aron of the gaon and
tzaddik, HaRav Shimshon Dovid Pincus, zt"l,
the rav of Kehal Adas Chareidim of Ofakim, as well as those
of his righteous wife, well-known educator, Rebbetzin Chaya
Mindel, o"h, and their eighteen-year-old daughter
Miriam o"h, who had been killed the previous night in
a terrible car accident near Netivot. Remembering Rav Shimshon -- and when (Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel's) head was severed
(Rabbi Yishmoel) took it and wailed over him in a bitter,
shofar-like voice: "Woe is the tongue that hastened
to teach words of beauty -- how could it now lick the dust
because of sins?" (The sins of the Jewish people had caused
Rabban Shimon to come to this awful end.) Artscroll
Machzor Yom Kippur, p. 589. Lev L'Achim Launches Campaign to Fight Scientology The church of scientology, which long ago seemed to be
relegated to the dustbin of cult history, is trying to make
a strong comeback in Eretz Yisroel.
The influence and lessons of Pesach are supposed to last and
even be further developed in the seven weeks leading up to
Shavuos. On Pesach we achieve the basic geulah at the
seder on the first night, and thereafter we work to
consolidate and follow through with that until it climaxes
in Matan Torah on Shavuos. PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE QUESTION: My son is in eighth grade. B"H he is very clever
and is learning well, but his handwriting is terrible. His
rebbeim complain that they cannot read what he writes, even
though he is probably giving very good answers. What can I
do to help him write clearly? Misgav Ladach is Closed
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