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A Palestinian rocket was fired into the Green Line. Though it
exploded harmlessly, its use was a red flag that raised the
tension level considerably. Senior National Insurance Official: "Children's Allowance
Recipients Hit Twice" According to a senior official at the National Insurance
Institute, sectors that are eligible for children's
allowances for large families are hit twice in the new
budget: by the 12 percent reduction in children's allowances
to be implemented as part of the two percent cutback on
government ministries in the 2002 national budget, and even
before that by the 50 percent erosion in real terms over the
past 25 years because the allowances are not linked to the
average nationwide income as are most transfer payments. A Los Angeles Jewish couple's bid for the right to take a
federal income tax deduction of the portion of their tuition
payments that goes toward religious instruction has been
turned down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit. There was electricity in the air last Thursday night when
eight men exited the meeting room in Lev L'Achim's Netanya
headquarters. They had just received their marching orders,
and they were still trying to come to terms with them. One
man smiled and shook his head in disbelief. Another grumbled,
"Impossible, it can't be done," under his breath, and a third
resignedly fired up his cell phone and began to round up his
troops.
Yearly Gathering in Memory of HaRav Nochum Abba Grossbard
zt'l Earlier this month disciples of HaRav Nochum Abba Grossbard
zt'l held their yearly gathering to honor the memory
of their beloved mentor, nine years after his passing. Let's Reduce the Bloodshed that We Control
ccording to official Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)
statistics, in the sixteen months since the start of the
current Palestinian wave of attacks, there were a total of
10967 attacks (including shootings, bombings, assaults,
stabbings and hit-and-run by vehicles) with 265 dead.
A Kiss From Hashem
Sometimes things don't work out the way we had planned or
wished. Maybe even several times a day something happens
differently than what we had intended. We miss the bus.
There's traffic. We wanted to go shopping but the store was
closed. So what do we do? Do we rant? No. Of course not. Do
we feel upset or disappointed? Perhaps. But then we shake
ourselves back to reality and with a heavy sigh, mutter,
"This is also for the good." But what exactly is that
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