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NEWS
Bill to Prevent Fake Sifrei Torah and Megillos
By Eliezer Rauchberger
The Knesset Interior Committee passed a motion to send for
its second and third readings a bill to prevent the sale or
distribution of phony sifrei Torah, and
megillos presented as kosher.
Meir Shpeigler, representing the Prime Minister's Office,
said the government welcomes and supports the bill. Chief
Rabbinate Attorney Shimon Ulman also praised the bill but
claimed that at present the Rabbinate has no means of
enforcing such a law as well as the law already on the books
against tefillin and mezuzoh fraud. The bill's
sponsor, MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni, stressed the need for the bill
in light of the fact sifrei Torah and megillos
are not included in the law against tefillin and
mezuzoh fraud.
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