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The government intends to escalate targeted attacks on
leaders of terrorist organizations and increase military
operations against terrorism in response to the double
suicide bombing at Ashdod Port on Sunday in which 10 people
were murdered, security officials said Monday. In addition, a
general closure will be imposed on the territories. The
Ashdod attack was said to be a joint Hamas-Fatah
operation. After conducting inquiries to the best of our ability we
hereby publicize the opinion of Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef
Sholom Eliashiv shlita and HaGaon Hagodol Hagavad of
Ramat Aharon R' Nissim Karelitz shlita.
Infrastructures Minister Yosef Paritzky (Shinui) instructed
the Mekorot water company to continue pumping water from the
Kinneret and to consumers throughout the country during the
Pesach holiday.
Heads of Lev L'Achim's anti-cult department publicized
renewed warnings to the public to avoid a mystic cult called
Hamerkaz Lelimudei Kabalah set up by Philip Berg, head of the
Machon Cheker Hakabalah (Kabalah Learning Center), which has
stepped up efforts of late to disseminate its books in
various parts of Eretz Yisroel.
IDF soldiers at the Hawara checkpoint on Monday, 15 March
2004, foiled a planned suicide attack when they detained a
Palestinian boy around 11-years-old, who worked in the area
as a porter. The boy was carrying bags that aroused the
suspicions of the soldiers. The soldiers had been warned by
the ISA (security services) that a suicide attack was
planned. Tay-Sachs Testing in Melbourne Following the success of the testing during this past Succos,
there will be another session of genetic testing (not
affiliated with Dor Yeshorim) arranged under the auspices of
Genetic Health Victoria -- Professor Agnes Bankier and Dr.
Martin Delatycki -- during the upcoming Pesach Bein Hazmanim
holiday. The exact date is Thursday, 8 April, the first day
of Chol Hamoed, 4.00-4.30 P.M. in the Adass Hall.
American Agudah Calls on Massachusetts to Preserve
Integrity of Marriage As the Massachusetts legislature debated a proposal to amend
the state constitution to ban the redefinition of marriage,
Agudath Israel of America released a statement stating
Judaism's unqualified and exclusive embrace of traditional
marriage. The statement stands in stark opposition to one
recently offered by a local group of Reform, Conservative and
Reconstructionist rabbis regarding the issue. A Letter Of Encouragement Recently Sent By HaRav Aharon Leib
Shteinman To French Jewry "Whoever Prevents His Son From Learning Torah Should Be
Aware That He's Affecting His Own Life . . ."
Chazal's statement about the travails preceding Moshiach's
arrival is well known: "What should a person do to be saved
from the pangs of Moshiach's arrival? He should occupy
himself with Torah and with practicing kindness." Changes in South African Jewry
The dramatic demographic shifts in the South African Jewish
community over the past half-a-century were underlined in the
latest national census findings. Conducted in 2001, the
census put the Jewish population at just under 75,000, down
from a high of 120,000 in 1980. Of these, over 95 percent
resided in the major urban centers, mainly Johannesburg and
Cape Town.
It is now about a year since the Finance Minister and his
Treasury Department first began their emergency measures to
reform and rehabilitate the Israeli economy. So far, for the
vast majority of Israelis, things have been getting only
worse. Though there are some signs that this may be changing
for the better, it has not happened yet. It may happen and it
may not.
Thanks, But No, Thanks!
Coincidence -- shades of Amolek. How can we internalize the
lesson for good that "the Creator has His finger in every
pudding"? Allocating Justice? Reb Michel Goodfarb -- The Rav Chanina ben Teradyon of Our
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