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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is interpreting Likud voters'
rejection of his "disengagement plan" as a rejection of the
details of his plan and not as a decision about the overall
concept. Thus his main response to the Likud party vote will
apparently be to scale down the proposal.
Not a single local authority contacted the Interior Minister
with a request to authorize its inspectors to enforce the
Chometz Law, Interior Minister Avraham Poraz claimed in a
letter he sent to Attorney General Mani Mazuz after MK Rabbi
Moshe Gafni told him Poraz did not uphold the Chometz Law.
The eagerly awaited Ninth Annual Convention of European
Agudas Yisroel took place last weekend at the Normandie
Hotel, in the resort town of Bournemouth. Aguda members from
across Great Britain and various European countries including
Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Holland and France met for
four days to discuss issues affecting Torah Jewry in Europe
and Eretz Yisroel and to be inspired by the rabbonim who
attended.
Jewish victims of Nazi persecution from certain Western
European countries and from Hungary may now be eligible to
receive monthly compensation payments from the Article 2 Fund
of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany
(Claims Conference). It is estimated that up to an additional
4,000 Holocaust survivors may benefit.
Seminary directors met in the home of Maran HaRav Yosef
Sholom Eliashiv, shlita, to address a number of
problems and offer solutions regarding the issue of
enrollment for the next school year. Investigation Underway to Evaluate Certain Sheitels Gedolei hador are currently evaluating whether
sheitels made from natural hair imported from certain
countries are permitted or whether they are prohibited
because of the source of the hair and the stages it undergoes
before reaching the wig manufacturers, which could involve
avodoh zorah, R"l. If so they would be forbidden
because a Jew may not derive any benefit from avodoh
zorah.
Problems with Tel Aviv Chevra Kadisha The management of chevra kadisha of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and
the surrounding area will be forced to stop burying the dead
in the Gush Dan area this week if a court order goes into
effect, warned Tel Aviv Chevra Kadisha Director Attorney Mr.
Ze'ev Rosenberg in alarming letters sent to the Prime
Minister, Interior Minister, Religious Affairs Minister (I
thought there no such thing), Health Minister, Attorney
General, several mayors and hospital directors in the Gush
Dan area. Conference of Daf Hayomi Maggidei Shiur Hundreds of maggidei shiur participated in a
tremendous conference in honor of the Torah, led by the
geonim HaRav Aharon Leib Steinman, HaRav Chaim
Kanievsky, HaRav Gershon Edelstein, the Belzer, Sadigura and
Nadvorna Rebbes and roshei yeshivos. Freedom is Fundamental to Torah
"Proclaim liberty throughout the land, unto all the
inhabitants thereof" (Vayikra 25:10).
These words are etched onto the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia,
American symbol of freedom, proof apparent that the Torah
regards liberty for all inhabitants as the proper state.
Is the Grass Always Greener?
Pirkei Ovos says it best: Who is rich? One who is happy with
his lot! Some Chessed Organizations in Israel From Starobin to Brisk: The Life of HaRav Michel
Feinstein, zt'l, His First Yahrtzeit, 16 Iyar, 5764
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