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Israel to transfer Money to PA Israel has agreed to begin substantial transfers of tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority after reaching an understanding with the US to ensure that the money is not used for terror. The US applied heavy pressure to release the remainder of the funds as a way of easing Palestinian hardship. Shearis to Check Each Tuna from Thailand
Willy Food imported a large batch of tuna bearing its mehudar hechsher after a factory was found in Thailand where onsite Shearis Yisroel mashgichim can inspect each individual fish, as specified by Maran HaRav Shach zt'l. Tribute To Unique South African Kehilla
Dayan Aharon Dunner, Senior Dayan of Kedassia Beis Din, London, was the keynote speaker at a gala dinner held last week to pay tribute to Johannesburg's Adass Yeshurun congregation and in particular to its esteemed rov, Rabbi Yossi Salzer. A broad cross-section of the Johannesburg religious community, including many past and present members of the historic shul, attended the function, which was held in the hall of the Beit Hamedrash Hagodol of Sandton. Flexible Payment Dates for Mortgages Last week the Knesset Finance Committee approved a bill by Chaim Katz (Am Echad) that would provide homeowners flexible mortgage payment dates. Hatzoloh Stations at the Kosel
Hatzoloh stations at the Western Wall Square and at the grave of Shimon Hatzaddik in Jerusalem were inaugurated by Hatzoloh Jerusalem last week in a ceremony attended by Rav Shmuel Rabinovitz, the rov of the Kosel and the Old City's other holy sites; R' Yosef Shwinger, director of the National Center for the Development of Holy Sites; R' Dovid Greenwald, chairman of Hatzoloh Jerusalem; and numerous Hatzoloh Jerusalem volunteers. Hachnosas Sefer Torah in Manchester Rosh Chodesh Marcheshvon saw the kehilloh of Adass Yeshurun (Manchester) celebrate a special hachnosas sefer Torah. The idea for this sefer Torah first came up about nine months ago at the shul's annual siyum mishnayos and it is a credit to those involved in its organization that their plans should have merited completion such a short time. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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