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Twenty-four employees, past and present, of Bank Hapoalim's
Hayarkon Street branch in Tel Aviv (535) were arrested Sunday
in what officials called the biggest money-laundering case in
the history of Israel, thought to involve as much as billions
of dollars in the past year alone.
"May the Merciful One bless the circumciser of the flesh
of the milah, who draws back [the orlah] and who sucks the
blood of the milah. The service of someone who is afraid or
faint hearted is invalid, if he fails to perform these three
tasks" (from the Horachamon prayer added after the
meal celebrating a bris). Rami Sadeh, director of Campaigning Communications, used to
be among the heads of Meretz' campaign to promote opening
businesses on Shabbos, but today, surprisingly enough, he has
joined the battle against chilul Shabbos.
A large majority of the Knesset plenum passed a law setting
fixed dates for the beginning and end of daylight savings
time. This year we will change the clocks at 2:00 am on
Thursday night ("Spring forward"), between 20 and 21 Adar II
(31 March).
The Tel Aviv Area Labor Court rejected a request by Home
Center to annul the indictment filed against the hardware
chain for employing Jewish workers at its Herzliya branch in
violation of the Work and Rest Hours Law.
Development and infrastructure work at the entrance to
Modi'in Illit is now complete, transforming the gate into a
splendid entrance befitting the thriving Torah community.
Special emphasis was placed on ensuring that the eruv
meets the highest kashrus standards due to the gate.
Last week the government approved restoring the support
funding for avreichim over the age of 23 to the level
it was before a reduction last year by making it equal to the
amount received by their colleagues age 23 and under. The
decision reversed a policy that discriminated against many
heads of large families. Final Siyum in Yerushalayim The chareidi public eagerly awaited the siyum in honor of the
completion of the 11th Daf Yomi cycle in Jerusalem on Tuesday
night. Numerous gedolei Torah promised to honor the
major event held in honor of Torah at the International
Conference Center (Binyanei Ha'uma), including Maran HaRav
Eliashiv, shlita.
In our day and age, there are so many people young and old
walking around with one unfortunate common denominator:
Strained relationships. For example, divorce and painful
family feuds are all too common. The Jewish community, once
enjoyed a semi-immunity to these social maladies — but
no longer. The cause? There are many, but one problem is a
loss of the art of communication, and with it the undermining
of healthy bein odom lechavero relations.
Hundreds of thousands of people celebrated the completion of
Shas, perhaps the central work of Torah and the one that gets
the greatest attention among those who study Torah. These are
active, busy people, and many of them are quite familiar with
many of the other works that the world has to offer, they
have access to and can afford the greatest products of the
West — yet they spent thousands of hours studying the
Talmud, and happily came together to celebrate the completion
of one cycle of study and the beginning of another one.
The Shechinah Can Only Reside Through Justice
Parshas Pekudei gives a meticulous accounting of the
income, that is the donations and expenditures of the
Mishkon. We see the measure of responsibility and
accountability that Moshe Rabbenu felt so as to acquit
himself favorably in the eyes of his fellow men, including
the contemporary scoffers and maligners.
Shabbos Candle in a Cupboard
Batya added sugar to her coffee and gently stirred it. Aharon
played on the white carpet together with little Tamar. The
cool air of evening seeped through the half-opened door.
Batya was sitting on a chair looking at the perfect house she
had gotten. Who would have believed that she would have
this?
Lessons into the Human Soul — From the Beis Medrash
of the Chazon Ish
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