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NEWS
Collective Supplementary Health Insurance Plan for Entire
Chareidi Public
Lulavim to be Imported from Spain Instead of el-Arish
Education Institutions in Petach Tikva Growing Rapidly
By G. Kleiman 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. Tender Issued for New Bus Company in Beitar Illit By Tzvi Sofer 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 Petitions to Allow Demonstrations Outside of Missionaries' Homes By Betzalel Kahn 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 By Betzalel Kahn 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. Rebbetzin Mrs. Zipa Lopian a"hby A. Gatesheader How does one describe the vivid colors that emanate from the facets of a brilliant diamond? How does one portray the multi- faceted personality that was Rebbetzin Zipa Lopian? A close and long-standing friend echoed the feelings of so many when she said, "Whatever you write about Aunty Zipa will never be enough." Rebbetzin Soroh Grossbard, o"hBy A. Cohen Gedolei Yisroel, roshei yeshivos, rabbonim,
dayonim and thousands of bnei Torah and bnos
Yisroel took part in the levaya for Rebbetzin
Soroh Grossbard o"h the widow of HaRav Nachum Abba
Grossbard zt"l on 9 Elul in the middle of the
night.
by Betzalel Kahn HaRav Dov Cohen zt"l, was laid to rest in Jerusalem on
motzei Shabbos Parshas Shofetim at the age of 93. The
author of the Seder Hashulchon series, HaRav Cohen was
among the last remnants of the previous generation of Torah
scholars and a prodigy of Yeshivas Chevron in Chevron from
the era of the Alter of Slobodka.
by Rabbi Y. A. Sofer — Maggid Shiur On the 28th of Tammuz (4 August), the Far Rockaway (NY) community lost one of its most distinguished members, HaRav Dovid Sofer zt"l. Rav Cyril Harris zt"lby D. Saks Last week, South African Jews mourned the loss of their beloved Emeritus Chief Rabbi Cyril K Harris, who passed away after a year-long illness in the southern coastal town of Hermanus. He was a few days short of his 69th birthday. The levaya took place in Jerusalem on Thursday, following a memorial service at Johannesburg International Airport the previous day. The Last Tangible Lesson from Our Father, a"h, Soon after His Partingby Mrs. Sara Devora Chrysler, Manchester Our father, a"h, was niftar unexpectedly on a motzei Shabbos in Adar, 2 1/2 years ago (2003). He was 71 years old. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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