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The army is now saying that it hopes to finish evacuating the
Gaza Strip settlements within 10 days, that is, by a week
from Thursday. If they are successful, it means that there
will be no Jewish civilians in Gaza by Shabbos, parshas
Eikev. No timetable for a full military withdrawal was
given.
With Hashem's help, 1 Iyar, 5763
In response to the halachic query from the Modi'in
Illit— Kiryat Sefer rabbonim about playing games and
looking at all sorts of movies on computers, the following is
our opinion: A delegation of prominent roshei yeshivos from the US arrived
in Vilna recently to try to halt construction work on the
site of an ancient Jewish cemetery in the city, after it was
discovered that the authorities desecrated 700 graves and
plan to raze the remaining graves in order to build a large
business and tourism center.
The Whole World is Watching
The international press covered the evacuation from every
possible angle, devoting several minutes of air time to
reports at least. About 900 official press representatives
were around for the first day on Monday. Others are covering
the events from communities in the area, but there do not
seem to be the 2-3,000 members of the press that were
expected.
Shirat HaYam is located just a ten-minute walk away from Neve
Dekalim and not far from the Chof Dekalim Hotel (Palm Beach
Hotel) which was transformed into the Maoz Hayam outpost of
the IDF a few weeks ago and its extreme-right residents
forcibly evacuated. But now those evicted from Chof Dekalim
Hotel have taken up their a position in nearby Shirat
Hayam.
The Disengagement question has driven a wedge in the Israeli
public for several months, but it seems that both sides have
a feeling that the coming days will be very difficult,
chas vesholom, and in general nobody knows what lies
in store for us either in the short-term or the long-term
future. Political analysts have already published various
scenarios regarding "the day after," but nobody dares to
present his speculation with any certainty lest it be proven
wrong for all to see.
The Conference of European Rabbis (CER) strongly condemned
the signatories of a recent letter by leading Ukrainian
personalities and politicians calling for the banning of
Jewish organizations in the country.
HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira Undergoes Emergency Surgery in
the US HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira, shlita, was flown to the
US on Monday night where he underwent emergency surgery on
Tuesday to treat a blocked artery. Gedolei Yisroel are
asking the public to bolster their tefillos for
Rachamei Shomayim for Moshe Shapira ben Mina Golda.
A wide variety of activities are sponsored by Mishmeres
Hakodesh Vehachinuch. The organization strives to arrange
vacation spots and attractions for the chareidi public
without compromising on taharas hakodesh. In addition
to approved swimming pools, the Chofetz Chaim Water Park and
Ashkelona, which are all closed on Shabbos of course, this
year two new sites have been added to the list of attractions
suitable for the chareidi public.
Our Future is in Torah, Mitzvos and Gemilus Chassodim
There are two radically different visions of what will happen
in the future after the Disengagement, and what it means in
the present. Ahavoh and Emunoh — Comparisons and Differences. And
What is the Way to Love of Him?
Part I
Would anyone confuse Ahavas Hashem and
Emunoh?
It would seem that not. It is hard to even imagine that
anyone would get confused between these two very basic
mitzvos.
Building the Beis Hamikdosh
"Bye, bye, Pinchos, " I waved to my seven-year-old, the last
of the chicks to leave home. "Have a good day, I'll see you
at lunch time." I watched him out of the window as he got
onto the yellow school bus, gazed a little longer at the blue
skies and enjoyed the fresh morning breeze for a few
moments.
"Areleh Naknik" A Comprehensive Survey of the Chareidi Community in Eretz
Yisroel — "Its Length and its Breadth"
A Mission to Spread Daas Torah
Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit
The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants
The Shabbos after Tishah B'Av is called Shabbos
Nachamu because of the haftorah in Yeshaya 40
"Console, console My people" that is said on that Shabbos.
This haftoroh starts a series of shivah
denechemosah (seven haftoros of consolation).
The fifteenth of Menachem Av (Tu B'Av) is considered a Yom
Tov because of several reasons: First, it is the day that
bnei Yisroel stopped dying in the Sinai Desert.
Second, bnei Yisroel were then allowed to marry from
one shevet to the other, and those from shevet
Binyomin were allowed to marry within bnei Yisroel.
Third, on this day Hoshei'a ben Aloh removed the barricades
originally put up by Yerovam ben Navot preventing bnei
Yisroel to be oleh regel. Fourth, bnei
Yisroel then stopped chopping down wood for the
mizbei'ach and therefore they had more time to study
Torah. Sixth, on this day those killed in Beitar were
buried.
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