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The struggle is intensifying as for the first time on Monday
a uniformed soldier, who was not on active duty, called upon
his comrades not to obey their orders, and another soldier
fired his weapon into the air during incidents with
settlers.
Sunday afternoon, Rabbi Boruch Dov Povarsky formally opened
the annual Yarchei Kalloh week at the Normandie Hotel,
Bournemouth, which was packed to capacity, kein yirbu.
The public is showing great enthusiasm for defending the
honor of Shabbos Kodesh following calls by gedolei Torah
vechassidus shlita.
At the end of foreign currency trading on Friday, December
31, the dollar continued to drop 0.71 percent, and the
representative rate was set at NIS 4.308.
The South African Jewish community has been at the forefront
of relief efforts to assist South African holiday makers
stranded in the South East Asia region following the tsunami
disaster that has to date claimed well over 150,000 lives. A
high proportion of the more than 2000 South Africans caught
up in global catastrophe were members of the Jewish
community.
Thousands of Europeans seeking refuge from the dismal
northern winter were swallowed up by the tidal wave of death.
The expensive, long-awaited vacation in luxury seaside hotels
turned into a nightmare. "Now I know what hell looks like,"
said one Austrian survivor flying into Paris.
For the first time in the history of Netanya, the capital of
the Sharon Region, a paragraph has been introduced into the
municipal budget for 2005 to provide funding for yeshivas and
kollelim following a prolonged struggle by Degel
HaTorah councilmen. Shinui representatives tried to torpedo
the initiative but Rabbi Moshe Lachover and Rabbi Yaakov Levy
of Degel HaTorah won broad support in the city council.
Christmas Tree at College Campus "Failure of Secular
Education" Says Rabbi Gafni "This is inappropriate and I will let the college know. This
is a Jewish state and such a thing is unconscionable,"
Education Minister L. Livnat told the Knesset in response to
a question posed by MK Finkelstein (NRP) after Oranim College
erected a Christmas Tree on the campus as Christmas
approached.
The IDF distributed a revised version of research that its
Historical Branch conducted in 1992 on the Yom Kippur War.
The report has not been released up until now, due to the
opposition of various retired senior officers who were
involved in the war. However, a year ago, Chief of Staff
Moshe Ya'alon ordered that the research be updated and
published. 500 Volunteers to Help Clean Up Jerusalem The City of Jerusalem has decided to seek 500 volunteers to
help improve the city's appearance.
As part of the "Yerushalayim Berosh Naki" project and
the municipality's policy of maximizing Jerusalem residents'
involvement in cleanup and urban improvement efforts, the
municipality has launched an environmental watch program in
conjunction with the community administrations and the
Jerusalem Society for Community Centers.
One minute they were sunning themselves in the middle of a
carefree vacation at the beach. The next they were struggling
for their lives in the raging torrent that poured in from the
sea.
"If the Ancients were Like Angels, then We are Mere
Mortals . . . "
The rule which Chazal established that, "If the ancients
were like angels, then we are like mortals," applies as well
to the relationship between the younger members of the
generation with regard to the elders of that same
generation.
BUG UPDATE, Tevet 5765
1. Onions
At this time of year, there are 3 types of onions on the
market: a) specially-grown ("Gush Katif") onions, b) onions
from the new crop, with scanty yellow peel, c) onions left
from the previous season, with dark brown peel.
Memoirs of Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz Shlita The Unacknowledged Heritage: The Contribution of German
Chareidim to the New Yishuve
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