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Electricity, Transportation Rise On Friday, electricity rates to private homes are set to rise 8 percent. Altogether, electricity prices have risen in the last two months by 13 percent. Of this, 8.6 percent is attributed to the combination of the increase in the CPI, an increase in the price of fuels and the depreciation in the value of the shekel. After School Voucher Approval, U.S. Aguda Plans Next Steps
The Supreme Court finished its term with the most important ruling in many years on religion in the schools, upholding the constitutionality of taxpayer- financed vouchers for parochial school tuition. A program that is neutral and lets parents choose between religious and nonreligious schools will pass muster, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's majority opinion made clear. In order to prevent michsholim and debasement, we have been asked by the gedolei Yisroel shlita, to publicize these letters concerning organized tours to Lithuania and other sites outside of the Land of Israel under the guise of pilgrimages to gravesites of our great rabbis. Maranan Verabonon Call on Avreichim to Participate in Lev
L'Achim Enrollment Drive Thousands of avreichim are set to begin one-day enrollment drives in 15 towns and cities throughout Eretz Yisroel as part of ongoing efforts to boost the placement of children in Torah-based schools in the coming year. The Bostoner Rebbetzin a"h
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of the Bostoner Rebbetzin Raichel Horowitz, the wife of the Bostoner Rebbe ylct"a. The Rebbetzin passed away last Wednesday in Boston at the age of 84, shortly after celebrating her sixtieth wedding anniversary. She was brought to Yerushalayim for burial. HaRav Moshe Weinberger z'l In a heart-rending levaya, thousands of Kiryat Sefer residents accompanied HaRav Moshe Weinberger zt'l, rosh Kollel Berdichev in Kiryat Sefer, who passed away at the age of 47 following a tormenting illness. Menorah Grammar School Siyum and Seudas Preidoh The annual Menorah Grammar School Seudas Preidoh was celebrated last Shabbos parshas Pinchos at a seudo shlishis to mark the end of the school year, and to bid farewell to the talmidim leaving for yeshiva. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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