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Jerusalem Police and the Shin Bet security service claimed a
big success in foiling a frightening plot to attack the Har
Habayis with a Lau rocket, but other observers said that they
just caught a few youths with wild imaginations.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption said
the cost of settling the Falashmura in Israel will total
billions of shekels, according to reporter Yoav Yitzchak. The
Israeli government has decided to bring over the entire
Falashmura community in Addis Ababa. A. The route to the Kosel Maarovi (and in fact most of the
area of the Old City within the walls) is "covered" by closed
circuit cameras that transmit photographic images to screens
at the police headquarters for real-time observation and the
images are also stored on databases where they can be viewed
later (e.g. following an incident).
A four-day kashrus conference opened at the Renaissance Hotel
in Jerusalem on Monday, bringing together heads of the
leading kashrus organizations in Israel and around the world.
The first-of-its-kind conference organized by Machon Maskil
LeDovid will address a variety of kashrus issues currently
relevant around the world. The conference schedule includes
shiurim, workshops, guidance and information
exchange.
The Knesset Finance Committee approved budget transfers
totaling NIS 1.7 billion ($390 million) Monday, including NIS
625 million ($140 million) promised to Shinui in payment for
its support of the state budget.
Following the approval of the state budget for 2005 and the
implementation of the coalition agreement, according to which
the budgets for all Torah institutions—including added
funds agreed upon in the budget agreement signed
previously—will be included in the basic budget, Torah
institutions have begun to receive their monthly allocations
on a regular, orderly basis.
Columbia University in the City of New York may be getting
more press coverage, but evidence about instances of
antisemitic behavior at the School of Oriental and African
Studies (SOAS) of the University of London has also been
delivered to Colin Bundy, the head of the school, with a
threat of legal action should he not implement his own
school's anti-discrimination rules.
MK Rabbi Ravitz Warns Knesset Against Constitution "I would like to warn that if we do not bravely confront but
run headlong to legislate a constitution, whether because of
the primaries or due to nationalist belief, during this
summer sitting of the Knesset we are liable to cause a
catastrophe," Deputy Welfare Minister MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz
warned on Monday during a meeting of the Knesset plenum to
discuss three no-confidence motions tabled by the opposition.
Hatzoloh of Jerusalem printed a list of safety precautions to
keep in mind around the Lag B'Omer bonfires.
Holocaust Claims and Moral Obligations
HaRav Abba Berman zt"l, one of the great
talmidim of Mirrer Yeshiva, who was niftar this
past week, explained that there are two bases for making a
claim against another person: you can ask for your own money
or property that the other person is holding, or you can ask
the other person to fulfill his obligation to pay some money
— that happens to be owed to you. To Be Like Everybody Else
The Gemora (Bovo Kama 52a) asks: "What is a
mashkuchis? It is a goat that goes at the head of the
flock." Rashi explains: "The owner of the flock has a wise
goat that walks at the front and the entire flock goes after
it."
My Child, My Treasure
"Mrs. Bicky", the African nurse assured the young woman on
the hospital bed. "There's nothin' wrong with your child!"
Benny Weisz and the Lonely Train: A Parable about
Mishlei Eitz Hadaas: Planting Trees of Knowledge in Every Chareidi
Neighborhood
A Mission to Spread Daas Torah
Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit
The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants
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