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United Torah Jewry will vote for the national budget for 2005
and the Arrangements Law under an agreement reached Sunday
between party representatives and a Finance Ministry
representative. The agreement includes a transfer of NIS 290
million for yeshivas, kollelim, talmudei Torah and
other educational institutions as well as a pledge by the
government not to impose further disproportionate cutbacks on
funding for the chareidi sector. As soon as it was announced,
Shinui said it would not vote for a budget that includes
money for chareidim.
Agudath Israel of America's 82nd National Convention opened
at the Westin Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut on Thursday
afternoon November 25-12 Kislev. It extended through the
weekend, ending on Sunday, 15 Kislev. Not all the reports
were available at press time.
Though little concrete progress has been made towards finding
an engineering solution to prevent the desecration of graves
in the ancient Jewish cemetery in Acco it was decided to
extend the order to cease excavation work at the site. On
Monday, prime minister Sharon ordered the Transportation
Ministry to wait another two weeks while searching for a
solution. The order came after a meeting between Sharon,
Government Secretary Yisrael Maimon, and UTJ MK Rabbi Moshe
Gafni.
In the next few weeks benefits for apartment buyers eligible
for Ministry of Housing mortgage loans will be reduced
substantially, particularly for buyers with few eligibility
points.
"The Mount of Olives is not merely a cemetery but a
historical, spiritual and cultural site, and this is a
national issue requiring monetary investment," said Jerusalem
and Diaspora Affairs Minister MK Natan Sharansky, during a
meeting of the Knesset State Comptroller Committee held at
the request of Committee Chairman MK Amnon Cohen (Shas) to
obtain the State Comptroller's opinion on the neglect of the
Mount of Olives.
The Knesset Education Committee gave final approval for a
proposal by Education Minister L. Livnat to include Beitar
Illit and Modi'in Illit in the extended school day program
and the nutrition project. At first the program included all
other areas with similar socioeconomic profiles, but left out
those major chareidi cities.
"I am opposed to a casino in Israel. Setting up a casino is
not a good idea and its significance and repercussions would
definitely be detrimental. There is no justification for such
a move," said Education Minister L. Livnat, in response to a
question posed by MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz.
In Those Days and In Our Times
More than 2,000 years ago, we faced a difficult test: "The
evil Greek Kingdom stood against Your People Israel, to make
them forget Your Torah and to force them away from the laws
that You willed." Greece was a difficult and dangerous enemy,
who attacked us at vulnerable points and succeeded in causing
considerable damage before she was defeated. Her thrusts were
effective and perceptive, and she won many converts to her
idolatry from among the Jewish people before she was soundly
and repeatedly defeated on the battlefield by the few weak
tzaddikim and Torah learners who stood up against
her. Subjugating Nature for Avodas Hashem
Part III
In the first part, HaRav Meiseles first noted that one of
the Greek decrees at the time of Chanukah was that the Jews
had to carve on their ox's horn that they have no part in
Hashem the Elokim of Yisroel and afterwards they had
to plow with that ox. He also catalogued the differences
between an ox and a donkey, noting that the ox symbolizes
high spiritual levels while the donkey symbolizes matter:
chomer. Also the ox is kosher while the donkey is
not.
IN THESE DAYS, IN THOSE TIMES
Part I
A personal story
Jerusalem, not the city of noisy streets, skyscrapers or
humming shopping malls but one of beauty and simplicity, of
love of life despite lack and scarcity, of chessed and
brotherly love, of the ten measures of wisdom, nine of which
were given to the people of Jerusalem.
Educating the Next Generation: Questions Put to HaRav
Steinman by American Mechanchim and Rabbonim — and His
Answers The Fifth Chanukah Candle
Chanukah starts on Wednesday parshas Miketz, 25 Kislev
(Dec. 8) and ends on Wednesday, 3 Teves (Dec. 15). We must be
on the alert in regards to fire safety and not light the
neiros near inflammables. Small children should not be
left alone near the neiros.
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