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The wishful thinking of the politicians and the press proved
short-lived, as the polls released on Monday showed the Likud
rising sharply from its lows of late last week and beginning
to "recover" its commanding lead. Labor lost all its minor
gains and even fell lower. When you're a teenager trying to cope with conflicting
emotions, frustration, anger and a low self-image, it hurts
to call a crisis hotline. But, as one popular ad says, it
hurts more not to. United Torah Jewry MKs presented a series of platform
messages at a large press conference held at its national
campaign headquarters in Givatayim last week, stressing the
party's efforts to reach out to the general population
through its numerous activities on social issues during the
outgoing term.
Jewish Population of Jerusalem Declining About 40 percent of children up to the age of four in
Jerusalem are Palestinians, and 41 out of 100 births in the
capital are to Palestinan mothers. Annual birth rates in
Jerusalem's Palestinian sector are much higher than rates in
the Jewish population: 31 births per 1,000 people in the Arab
population, versus 19 births per 1,000 in the Jewish
sector. ZAKA's Jerusalem Headquarters -- A Center of Concern It is a far cry from the "bunker" (Israelis pronounce it
boonker), which still serves as a nerve center for the
volunteers of ZAKA Rescue and Recovery. Unlike the cramped
underground quarters of the bunker, ZAKA's main offices now
operate out of a converted apartment in Jerusalem's Ramat
Eshkol neighborhood. HaRav Gavriel Ginsberg, zt"l
On 6 Shvat last Thursday, a life full of limud Torah
and harbotzas Torah conducted according to the full
meaning of the posuk, "Hatznei'a leches im Hashem
Elokecho" (Micha 6:8), came to an end with the passing of
HaRav Dov Gavriel Ginsberg in Toronto.
A huge poll run by Teleseker that asked a sample of 10,000
Jewish adults over the age of 18 (about ten times as many as
are asked in a typical weekly political poll) found that 28.3
percent of the youth agedb 1` 18-21 (as opposed to 21.7
percent of the general population) believe that even
entertainment businesses should be closed on Shabbat.
Appreciation and Gratitude
These parshiyos emphasize, again and again, the
importance of gratitude, even to inanimate objects. Moshe
Rabbenu refrained from inflicting the first three plagues so
as not to be guilty of ingratitude. We show our appreciation
to the dogs who did not bark when we left Egypt etc.
A basic character trait. A prerequisite for the Giving of the
Torah. IN-DEPTH FEATURES The Jews of Bukhara -- Part IV Manning the Watchtower: HaRav Eliashiv's Battle for Torah
and Halocho
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