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European Jewry was rocked by the petiroh of HaRav
Chaim Kreiswirth ztvk"l, the rov of Antwerp and leader
of the Jewish community of the European continent. His
influence and authority was felt throughout the European
continent and beyond with respect to halachic matters and
Jewish leadership. Secular Year a Downer for Israel Economy Israel's gross domestic product (GDP) dropped 0.5 percent,
according to preliminary figures released by the Central
Bureau of Statistics. It is probably more predictive and
meaningful for Israel to compile such statistics for the
Jewish year: 5761 was not an overall decline and 5762 is just
starting, though it does not look good. Exact statistics for
the Jewish year are not available. On Sunday night three Molotov cocktails were thrown at the
Otzar HaTorah school in the Jewish quarter of Creteil. The
attackers also tried to burn and destroy a nearby beis
medrash, but were interrupted by police who arrested two
of them. The next day a third was arrested. Customers of the Hod Chefer slaughterhouse in Chadera have
been cancelling orders and even returning delivered goods in
the wake of the High Court decision imposing a hechsher
on it. Stores were uncertain of their ability to market meat
prepared under the circumstances.
Gala Shearis Rally Marks End of Successful Shmittah
Year On motzei Shabbos parshas Mikeitz, a gala rally in
honor of the end of the shmittah year was held. The
rally also celebrated the gains made by the kashrus
and community service network of Shearis Yisroel. Maranan
verabonon the gedolei Yisroel delivered special
greetings and divrei Torah at the event. Netivot Yitzchok Dedicates New Premises Friends of Netivot Yitzchok, an organization for the guidance
of yeshiva students, met on Chanukah for a gala chanukas
habayis of its new Bnei Brak facilities at 33 Rabbi Akiva
Street. The ceremony was attended by HaRav Yaakov Edelstein,
rov of the Bnei Brak Ne'ot Yosef neighborhood and rov of
Ramat Hasharon; HaRav Yeshayahu Goldschmidt, av beis
din in Tel Aviv and rosh kollel Chanichei Hayeshivos in
Bnei Brak; and HaRav Avrohom Erlanger, the rosh yeshiva of
Nachlas Shlomo in Bnei Brak. Shiurim on the Laws of Purity During Shovevim in Bnei
Brak, Yerushalayim and Kiryat Sefer
As the Shovevim Days begin, a series of comprehensive
shiurim given by HaRav Mordechai Gross, rov and av
beis din of the Central Chanichei Hayeshivos shul
in
Bnei Brak, on the practical laws of family purity has been
launched. Senior Services Plus International -- A Geriatric Care
Agency At age 75, Ida Klein fulfilled her life-long dream of moving
to Israel. Although her husband of 50 years, had died a few
years earlier, Ida longed to fulfill the dream they had
shared and nurtured for so long. In spite of her children's
pleading and reservations, she moved to a beautiful
Jerusalem apartment overlooking the Sherover Promenade in
Talpiot. Everything was going well until a few months after
her arrival, when she fell and broke her hip. The Badatz Determines Kashrus, not the Bagatz
Would you eat meat that the High Court says is perfectly
kosher -- if the supervising rov is unhappy with it?
That is the question that arises in the wake of the Israeli
High Court's most recent pronouncement on the Jewish
religion.
Chessed Bread
Part II
Synopsis: Immediately after the shiva for his wife,
Reb Chanoch found himself the object of pity on the part of
his next-door neighbors, the Groners, who took it upon
themselves, despite his futile protests, to supply him with
his main hot meal each day. IN-DEPTH FEATURES The Finance Ministry Versus the Yeshivos Tears Of Light: The Sixtieth Yahrtzeit Of HaRav Dovid
Leibowitz Zt'l
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