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Will Olmert be Better at Political Wars than Military
Wars?
The prime minister definitely has more experience in politics
than in military affairs. Since the cessation of hostilities
with Hizbullah in the north, Olmert has been involved in a
personally more intense battle to keep his job.
A meeting of the Knesset Education Committee on Monday to
discuss including kindergartens in the extended-school-day
program (yom limmudim aroch) grew heated when MK Rabbi
Moshe Gafni accused Education Minister Yuli Tamir (Labor) of
effectively declaring war on chareidi education.
HaRav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz issued strident remarks on the
terrible stumbling block cell phones pose, saying even kosher
models constitute a breech of the bnei Torah camp when
kept on during study sessions, inviting interruptions.
Gilui Daas
Considering the terrible mixing [of men and women] on public
buses, Hashem yishmor, which can cause people to
stumble and transgress serious prohibitions chas
vesholom, we alerted the public a decade ago regarding
the need for mehadrin public transportation for the
yirei Hashem sector, to be operated in accordance with
halachic guidelines and the limits of modesty.
The founding conference for the women's auxiliary of Mesillah
- Providing the Path to Financial Stability, was held at the
Vishnitz Hotel in Bnei Brak on 27 Av.
The Plant Council recently contacted date growers in Israel
to request they make concerted efforts to supply all
lulavim for Succos to avoid reliance on Egyptian
lulavim which can be contaminated with disease.
Chareidi women are unable to take courses held by Amin Ltd.
as part of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Wisconsin
Program because secular men and women study together in the
same classes.
A decision by Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky to open a chareidi
kindergarten in Ramot Alef met stiff resistance by a minority
opposition group and militant secularists.
Over 10,000 Mispallelim Went to Kever Rochel this
Summer Record numbers of mispallelim streamed to Kever Rachel
on erev Rosh Chodesh Elul and all summer long.
Who Will Pay the Bill for the Fighting?
Three times the Knesset Finance Committee postponed a vote on
a NIS 2 billion budget cut requested by the current
government to finance the war in Lebanon. Even though the
government supposedly controls this vital Knesset committee,
it would have been defeated had the vote been taken since two
of the government's representatives on the Committee —
Labor MKs Yachimovitch and Braverman — announced that
they would vote against the cuts despite the position of
their party. Bein Odom Lechavero and Avodoh Lesheim Shomayim during
Golus Yishmoel and Edom
Part II
The first part focused on the Torah reading of the first
day of Rosh Hashonoh that discusses the birth of Yitzchok and
the expulsion of Yishmoel from Avrohom's house by Soroh with
Avrohom's consent. The Ramban says that Soroh Imeinu was
punished for this, as well as Avrohom for letting her do it,
in that Hogor was given a son who was a pere odom, and
who later oppresses the descendants of Avrohom and Soroh.
A Picture Worth More Than a Thousand Words
"Oh, hello . . . Bluma? . . . " The gentle voice behind me
sounded vaguely familiar. I turned around, surprised. Who
knew me here in the new housing project we'd just moved
to?
Don't think: Crisis. Think: Crossroads
Fresh Troubles Crowd Out the Old — The Ongoing Agony
of the Gush Katif Evacuees Beacon of Torah Hashkofoh: The Immortal Influence of Reb
Moshe Sheinfeld zt'l, and His Writings
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A Mission to Spread Daas Torah
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