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The main focus of the country for the next three months was
determined, as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dissolved the
Knesset and set early elections. Scheduled to be held anyway
next November, they are now scheduled for the early part of
February, 2003 or late in January. By then, Sharon will have
served as prime minister for almost two years, and it will be
close to four years since the last elections in May, 1999. On Monday the National Insurance Institute (NII - Bituach
Leumi) released a report stating that 33.77 percent of
families in Israel are poor, compared to 32.27 percent in
2000 and 31.9 percent in 1999. As we went to press we received the sad news of the passing
of HaRav Chaim Avrohom Pincus zt"l, one of the Torah pioneers
of America.
HaRav Chaim Shalom Yisrael zt'l Hundreds of mourners participated in the levaya erev
Shabbos of HaRav Chaim Shalom Yisrael zt'l, head of
Yeshivas Ner Shmuel and Mosdot Ner Shmuel in Har Nof,
Jerusalem, who passed away unexpectedly Friday morning at the
age of 57. HaRav Mattisyohu Salomon to Lead Mission of Vaad Lehatzolas
Nidchei Yisroel to Russia Final preparations are currently underway for another major
chizuk tour, led by HaRav Mattisyohu Salomon, to the
countries of the former Soviet Union. The Vaad Lehatzolas
Nidchei Yisroel which, over the past two decades, has
pioneered the miraculous renewal of Yiddishkeit in
those lands, has organized a mission that will be visiting
some of the centers of its activity. The mission will be
following an itinerary very like one followed three years ago
by a similar group. "Red Haifa" Becomes the First City to Levy Heavy Fines for
Chilul Shabbos
When the administration of Luna Grand in Haifa decided to
keep that amusement park open on Shabbos and chagim,
the director of the mall where the amusement park is located,
Yisrael Sevion, told a Yated Ne'eman reporter,
"Religious people don't have to come on Shabbat as far as I'm
concerned. I'm convinced they'll come on weekdays."
The economic system of the modern world is based on greed:
everyone is always supposed to try to make as much money as
he or she can. Since, if something is scarce its price will
rise, all resources will always be employed in the most
efficient way as they chase the greater profits brought about
by those high prices. This system is by far the most
successful at creating great wealth. PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE In 1913, just after he had invented the Kinetophone, a device
which synchronized sound and projected images, Thomas Edison
wrote, "Books will soon be obsolete in the schools. It is
possible to teach every branch of human knowledge through the
motion picture. Our school system will be completely changed
in the next ten years." IN-DEPTH FEATURES The Jews of Bukhara - Mitzvos in Hiding HaRav Aharon Kotler, zt"l - His Fortieth Yahrtzeit
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