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As part of the Palestinian attempt to keep up the pressure on
Israel, the UN General Assembly obediently voted on Monday to
ask the International Court of Justice in the Hague to render
an advisory opinion on Israel's security fence. The vote was
much less lopsided than most General Assembly votes against
Israel, as 90 of 191 nations voted in favor, eight opposed,
and 74 abstained. As are all General Assembly votes, this one
was nonbinding and the Court may refuse to hear the case. "The Chief Rabbinate Courts will be transferred to Justice
Ministry authority on January 1, 2004," declared Justice
Minister Yosef Lapid in a meeting of the Knesset Finance
Committee to discuss his ministry's budget.
HaDorot HaBa'im Commissioner Retired Judge Shlomo Shoham
presented to the Knesset his legal opinion regarding the
Arrangements Law, calling for the removal of 12 issues, with
those affecting cuts in Children's Allowances topping the
list.
Data for 2001-2002 released by the Central Bureau for
Statistics (CBS) shows Bnei Brak is the most crowded city in
Israel. The report covers various categories, and surveys the
13 largest cities in the country which all have a population
of more than 100,000 residents.
It has come to our attention plans to develop the area of the
holy gravesite of Rav Shimon Bar Yochai and his son Rav
Elozor have been prepared, plans unbefitting the holiness of
the site since, in addition to several other serious
stumbling blocks, they would transform the road and the area
of RaSHBI's gravesite in a manner inappropriate to this holy
site which all of Am Yisroel holds dear. Remedia Victim Released from Hospital The three-month-old infant admitted to Schneider Children's
Hospital one month ago due to her Remedia diet was released
four days after having a pacemaker implanted into her heart.
Her father, Hillel Breuer, said, "We feel like a new daughter
was born to us."
A Solution for Religious Services in Israel Rabbi Moshe Gafni began the last Knesset term with efforts to
advance legislation to set up a religious services authority.
Degel HaTorah's Rabbinical Council wrestled with the problem
and formulated the fundamental elements of the law. Letters About the Abramov Taharas Hamishpochoh
Organization After the Rabbinical Committee headed by HaGaon Rabbi
Yitzchok Zilberstein, shlita, has examined and made
corrections to the books and the contents of the lectures by
the Organization for Family Life run by the Abramov family, I
hereby extend my blessings that they continue to disseminate
kedushoh and taharoh in Klal Yisroel. A Public Commitment Ceremony by Private Citizens
Some ten years ago, the government of Israel signed an
agreement on the White House lawn with Yasser Arafat as a
representative of the Palestinian people.
Availing Yourself of What's There
CUT AND SAVE ... CUT AND PASS ON ... CUT AND SAVE
One of the keys to functioning smoothly, efficiently at the
most savings -- is information..
Introspection and Action, Order of the Day at Agudath
Israel Convention From Kishinev Until Bialystok -- And Since
Chanukah starts on Shabbos parshas Vayeishev, 25
Kislev (Dec. 20) and ends on Shabbos, 2 Teves (Dec. 27). We
must be on the alert in regard to fire safety and not light
the neiros near inflammables. Small children should
not be left alone near the neiros.
"Some are accustomed to pray Yom Kippur Koton (on
erev Rosh Chodesh)...The Maharom of Korduviro would
call it Kippur Koton since on it would be atoned the
sins of the whole month...The seforim write that even
if someone doesn't fast he should do teshuvah on this
day and remedy the sins of the whole month since this is the
last day of each month just as erev Rosh HaShannah is
of the whole year" (Mishnah Berurah 417:4).
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