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NEWS
Gedolei Yisroel and Thousands of Avreichim at Annual Lev
L'Achim Convention
Storeowner Accused of Killing Rav Yehuda Samet
Acquitted
By Betzalel Kahn The Education and Finance Ministries are reenacting an old decree: every talmid yeshiva and avreich kollel will now be required to carry identification all day in the event a surprise inspection is conducted. Jerusalem Disconnected from National Water Carrier During Pesach by Betzalel Kahn A large group of Shabbos-observant businessmen joined recently to set up Shabbat Menuchah, an organization slated to operate among retail outlets, business owners and food markets to encourage shops to close on Shabbos by providing consumers an incentive to purchase products only at businesses that shut their doors on Shabbos. Businesses Unite to Combat Shabbos Desecration by Betzalel Kahn A large group of Shabbos-observant businessmen joined recently to set up Shabbat Menuchah, an organization slated to operate among retail outlets, business owners and food markets to encourage shops to close on Shabbos by providing consumers an incentive to purchase products only at businesses that shut their doors on Shabbos. Campaign to Prevent Haifa's Grand Kanyon from Opening on ShabbosBy Y. Arielli United Torah Jewry representatives, together with representatives from other religious parties, met for an emergency meeting with Mayor Yona Yahav after the Grand Kanyon shopping center announced it would open its doors on Shabbos. Yahav took a firm stance against the idea, noting the mall's proximity to the city's chareidi neighborhoods. The various representatives intend to meet with the mall's owners to inform them of the gravity of their intentions. Letter to Bnei Torah and Yirei HashemThe advantages of the Shearis Yisroel kashrus system, founded by Rabbon Shel Yisroel Maran HaAvi Ezri zt"l have long been known, along with the tremendous adherence to every detail of kashrus and [Shearis Yisroel's] other endeavors according to the details of halochoh and based on daas Torah. Threats to South African Jews Following Yassin Killingby D. Saks The targeted killing of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, founder and leader of Hamas, has generated widespread fury in South Africa and in particular in its 800,000- strong Muslim community. While no actual attacks against Jews were recorded (so far) beyond a few isolated instances of verbal harassment, the level of anti- Jewish invective, sometimes combined with threats, has been raised to unprecedented heights. Yeshivas Hemshech HazmanBy Betzalel Kahn Dozens of yeshiva students participated in a program known as Yeshivas Hemshech Hazman held during the first week of Nisan for the seventh consecutive year. About Packaging DatesTo the Editor:
For those who are careful not to purchase chometz sold
on Pesach: the manufacturing code [indicating when the
product was made] after Pesach is 4104. (The first number is
the year, 4-- 2004, and the last three digits denote the
number of days since the beginning of the Gregorian calendar
year, i.e. 104 = 104 days since the beginning of 2004).
by Rav Yechiel Avrohom Zilber The price of silver has been rising recently and on 10 Nisan 5764 it posted a new record of $8.17 per ounce. Sefer Torah Brought into New Kehillas Bnei Torah Building in Har Nofby Betzalel Kahn Gedolei Torah were on hand for the hachnosas sefer Torah ceremony in Jerusalem's Har Nof neighborhood at the newly-built shul for Kehillas Bnei Torah, led by HaRav Yitzchok Mordechai Hakohen Rubin. A Conference of the European Conference (of Rabbis)by Yated Ne'eman Staff The 24th convention of the Conference of European Rabbis will be held in Paris from 3-6 May. It will be held under the patronage of the European Commission, the European Parliament, Mr. Alexander Mashkevitz (President of the Euro- Asian Jewish Congress) and Mr. Moshe Kantor (President of the Board of Governors of the European Jewish Congress). Sponsors include the Israeli Ministry of Tourism and Carmel Winery. HaRav Eliyohu Menachem Bodan, zt"lHaRav Eliyohu Menachem Bodan zt"l, among the
outstanding members of Kollel Heichal HaTorah in Manchester,
passed away on the night of Shabbos Chol Hamoed Pesach at the
age of 45.
By Betzalel Kahn Thousands were on hand to accompany the aron of HaRav Hillel Lieberman zt"l, one of the founders and molders of Jerusalem's Beis Yaakov schools, a leading figure in chareidi education for decades, the first director of Chinuch Atzmai in Eretz Yisroel and one of the first Agudas Yisroel representatives on the Jerusalem City Council, who passed away following a short illness at the age of 98. HaRav Aryeh Leib Stefansky, z"lBy S. Bruchi Numerous gedolei Yisroel, roshei yeshivos, dayanim and rabbonim from the US and Eretz Hakodesh took part in the somber, mournful levaya for HaRav Aryeh Leib Stefansky zt"l who passed away at the age of 42 following a painful illness. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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