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MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni sent a letter early this week to Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon demanding that he have the government
table a bill ensuring that conversions are performed
according to halochoh, and blocking the High Court's recent
ruling in favor of quickie Reform and Conservative
conversions performed outside of Israel.
The High Court of Justice on Monday said that the laws
prohibiting employment of Jews on Shabbos do not contradict
the Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation because the law is in
keeping with "the general values of the State of Israel as a
Jewish state." In a dramatic change, a broad array of Gaza settler
organizations proposed early this week that they move
voluntarily, together, to the Nitzanim dunes area located
between Ashdod and Ashkelon.
Betzedek filed a High Court petition on Sunday 23 Adar II
against the agreement Prime Minister Ariel Sharon signed with
Shinui for its support of the state budget in exchange for
NIS 700 million in funding. The petition was filed against
the Prime Minister, Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the
government, the Knesset and Shinui.
"The kosher cellular phones by Mirs do not permit breaches
[to the Internet] and fully meet the requirements set by
Vaadat HaRabbonim LeInyonei Tikshoret," said Mirs CEO
Avraham Bourstein during a meeting with chareidi reporters at
the Vishnitz Hotel in Bnei Brak called in response to media
reports that the safeguards in the new Mirs cell phones can
be easily bypassed and a connection to the Internet may be
established. Bourstein said that the reports are based on an
obvious attempt at fraud.
Deputy Welfare Minister MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz told Yated
Ne'eman, "The present High Court ruling, like previous
rulings, is designed to transform Israel into a secular
state. In their ruling [the judges] abuse the principles of
Judaism and the halochoh handed down to us through the
generations since we became a people.
MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz assumed the post of deputy minister
of welfare, serving in practice as minister since the
Ministry of Welfare has no minister.
Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein Inaugurated as Chief Rabbi of
South Africa
Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein was formally inaugurated as Chief
Rabbi of South Africa this week at a solemn and moving
ceremony held at the Bet Hamedrash Hagadol in Sandton.
Amongst those in attendance was South African President Thabo
Mbeki.
What has more branches in Israel than there are Post Offices,
promoting Torah learning in more botei midrash
worldwide than Daf Yomi? With 70,000 pairs of fathers and
sons learning bechavrusa at 960 branches around Israel,
and 30,000 pairs in Diaspora kehillos, Ovos UBonim has
become a major Torah movement.
Polish Jewish Property and "Operation: Last Chance
HaRav Shach zt"l had a standard approach to evaluating new
suggestions: "Whenever we raised new ideas . . . he would
always involve us in his decision-making. His analysis . . .
always followed the same path: First, was there any prospect
of harm arising in the future from what was being proposed? For What Careers Should Jewish Girls Study?
I want to comment on a matter that needs constant
reinforcement. Although I am not a professional writer, since
I have been requested by prominent rabbonim and educators to
transmit the following message I decided to take part in this
zikui horabim. I hope I will succeed in expressing
myself properly in this article.
From the Mouths of Babes
The challenging question of "Kol Dichfin" - inviting fresh or
potential baalei teshuva to our Shabbos or Seder table.
Escaping from Iran Memoirs of R' Shlomo Lorincz shlita
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