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The government and prime minister Ehud Barak apparently were
playing politics with the status of the draft deferment of
yeshiva students, as MK Salah Tarif (One Israel), who heads
the special parliamentary board set up to put together the
law based on the recommendations of the Tal Commission, said
that he does "not intend to lift a finger on the issue." In a fierce, three-hour battle Monday, Palestinian gunmen
attacked Kever Rochel, which remains under full Israeli
control and under Israeli guard at the entrance to
Bethlehem. Israel Defense Force officials said the
Palestinians, who launched a coordinated attack from three
directions, were trying to take over the tomb. Sequel: Hashem Answered the Prayers for Rain Last week, our front page included an article about the
urgent need for rain and asking that the community pray for
rain. The article described one rov who had, with great
mesiras nefesh, convinced the farmers on his
settlement in the center of Israel to observe shmitta
kehilchoso. The Vaad HaRabbonim Haolami LeInyonei Giyur, headed by HaRav
Chaim Kreiswirth, the gaavad of Antwerp, has informed
the Knesset Immigration and Absorption Committee that the
Vaad representatives were unable to participate in committee
deliberations that took place on 7 Cheshvan since Reform and
Conservative representatives were also invited to
participate. The meeting's topic was: "The High Percentage
of Non-Jews Among Immigrants."
Lettuce Under Fire Despite all that the Kfar Darom farmers have been undergoing
in the months since Rosh Hashanah, they are making every
effort to provide the shmitta observing community in
Eretz Yisroel with bug-free produce. Day in day out, hour
after hour, they cope with unbearable experiences: bus
bombs, shooting, terrorist attacks, Molotov cocktails, rocks
and more. Bad Feelings in South Africa The mood of shock in the South African Jewish community
deepened last week following one of the worst acts of
antisemitic vandalism in recent years. The small Jewish
cemetery in Lichtenburg, a small, farming town in the north-
western part of the country, was found to have been
desecrated by one of the last remaining Jewish residents of
the town. Memorial Service in Netivot A ceremony in memory of Gabi Azguri, Hy"d, who was
murdered two weeks ago by Arab terrorists, was held at the
Negev Kissufim intersection. HaRav Yissochor Meir, the
rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Hanegev, spoke at the
service, which was attended by a large crowd.
Barak Will not Dismantle Religious Affairs
Ministry At a meeting of the UTJ party in the Knesset on Monday (7
Kislev), Finance Minister Avraham Shochat related that the
decision to renew the initiative to dismantle the Religious
Affairs Ministry has been canceled. Therefore, the new
proposal to dismantle the Ministry will not be presented at
the cabinet meeting slated for this forthcoming Sunday.
In the first war that we fought as a nation, we had a
"secret weapon": the hands of Moshe Rabbenu. As Chazal
themselves ask: Do the hands of Moshe make or break a war?
Rather, whenever Yisroel looked upward and subjugated their
hearts to their Father in Heaven, they were successful, and
if not they fell. The following article is being brought as a public service,
to open people's eyes, and minds, not to take things for
granted...
Names do not reflect any living people. The "First" Modern Shmittah: The Chazon Ish's Role In The
Renewal Of Shmittah Observance
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