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NIS 1.5b More for Disengagement The Knesset Finance Committee approved NIS 1.5 billion more
for Disengagement expenses, bringing the total budget to NIS
3.5 billion. Around 80 percent of the additional funds will
be for compensation to the evacuees. About NIS 800 million
will go to individual claimants and NIS 300 million will go
to businesses.
Due to the heavy financial burdens that have fallen on many
chareidi families as a result of extremely expensive medical
treatments, a single, collective medical insurance plan for
the entire chareidi public is being formulated.
Less than one month before Succos a solution was found to the
lulav crisis. Through the involvement of Agriculture
and Rural Development Minister Yisrael Katz the Ministry is
looking into the possibility of importing lulavim from
Jordan and Southern Spain.
This year's enrollment increased 15 percent in the
educational institutions united under the Department of
Chareidi Education and Traditional Jewish Culture in Petach
Tikva, where 25 percent of the city's students are now
enrolled at chareidi and Torah-based institutions.
Deputy Welfare Minister MK Avrohom Ravitz said on Monday that
the government did not do enough for the spiritual needs of
the Gush Katif evacuees in their new places of residence.
The prolonged battle by Beitar Illit residents and the City
of Beitar Illit led to a major achievement at the beginning
of the week when a tender was issued for a new bus company to
take over public transport operations in the city.
Betzedek petitioned the High Court for permission to hold
demonstration outside the private homes of missionaries, just
as the law permits demonstrations outside the homes of public
figures.
Yeshivas Required to Pay Property Taxes on Dorms and
Offices Interior Ministry Director-General Oscar Abu Razek issued a
decision to require yeshivos gedolos with students
over the age of 18 to pay local authorities full property
taxes (arnona) on space used for dormitories.
Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Rabbi Uri Maklev and Bnei Brak Deputy
Mayor Rabbi Avrohom Rubinstein asked MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni to
intervene in the matter.
The bonds of the Jewish people are thick and multilayered. A
moser breaks them all.
Malchuyos
With Rosh Hashonoh fast approaching, everyone searches for
ways to better fulfill the obligations of this awesome day.
The concept of Malchuyos (Majesty) is certainly a
paramount topic of Rosh Hashonoh as emphasized by Chazal.
Although much has been written on this area, certain
developments in recent years have caused many to realize to a
much greater extent the awesome scope of Hashem's
Malchus.
LOST AND FOUND
Lost your house keys? Can't seem to find your book? Misplaced
your wallet again? Can't find your diamond ring? We have all
encountered similar circumstances. What can you do about it?
You can search and search and hope to find that elusive item.
You can offer your own children or some neighborhood children
each a piece of pizza or an ice cream if they look diligently
for the lost item.
In the Proximity of Maran R' Yitzchok Zeev of Brisk,
Ztvk'l Mother's Hours
A Mission to Spread Daas Torah
Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit
The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants
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