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Syria has suffered serious setbacks in Lebanon and will
probably suffer more in the near future. At the same time,
Israel is working to pin the blame for the recent terror
bombing in Tel Aviv on Damascus, and the United States has
had running complaints against Syria for its attitude and
behavior towards its neighbor Iraq and its support of world
terror.
Many askonim involved in the arrangements for the
Eleventh Siyum HaShas long sought to find a way to channel
the enormous energy that is generated by the effort to reach
a broader audience. One such effort that was organized this
time is called Jewish Unity Live. "The issue of preventing the opening of businesses on Shabbos
has not received a serious legislative solution," warned
Raanan Dinur, director-general of the Ministry of Trade and
Industry. "There will be an outbreak to the point where it
will be impossible to halt the opening of businesses on
Shabbos.
The split in the National Religious Party became official
with Effi Eitam and Yitzchak Levy's announcement that they
were resigning from the NRP to form an independent party
called Religious Zionism.
Close to a thousand people packed the Carlton Crest Hotel on
Sunday night 18 Adar I to attend the Melbourne Siyum HaShas.
People from all walks and strands of life from the frum
community participated at the festive meal held in the honor
of those completing Shas.
According to the Education Ministry, 12 local authorities
will begin preparations in the coming weeks to implement the
Dovrat Report with the start of the 5766 school year. On the
list of local authorities chosen are Ofakim, Ariel, Dimona,
Herzliya, Holon, Haifa, Natzrat Illit, Ramat Gan, Ramle,
Shfaram, the Gilboa Regional Council and the Shlomi Regional
Council.
The majority of Knesset House Committee members are expected
to vote again in support of the decision not to strip MK
Michael Gorlovsky (Likud) of his immunity in the double
voting scandal in spite of a High Court ruling against the
committee's previous decision not to take away Gorlovsky's
immunity. Jerusalem Pays Religious Council Workers Jerusalem Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky reached an agreement
with the Jerusalem division of the Histadrut on the transfer
of salaries to the city's Religious Council workers and
payments for fuel expenses at mikvo'os around the
city.
Daf Yomi — Innovation and Inspiration
Daf Hayomi is a wonderful example of a modern innovation
within the Jewish religion. It shows that there is room for
new initiatives, that the Torah community can come up with
things that are genuinely new even while remaining strictly
within the bounds of the Torah.
Supporting Full-Time Torah Study: An Analysis of
Teachings from Gedolei Yisroel and their Implications in
Contemporary Times
Ever since the spiteful cutbacks in government support for
the economically weaker sections of society, including the
Torah-studying community systematically carried out by the
previous Likud-Shinui-Mizrachi government against Torah
institutions in general and kollelim in particular,
the financial hardship of kollel members who, with
mesirus nefesh, devote their life to Torah study has
been in the limelight.
Aliens
Getting into the Purim spirit, an Adar I warm-up to tickle
your funnybone in a serious way . . .
The Lubliner Rov, Reb Meir Shapiro and his mentor the Rebbe
of Chortkov Remembering Soroh Schenirer — Her Seventieth
Yahrtzeit
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