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Argentina Suspends Meat Exports — 30 Percent of
Israel's Supply Affected
Faced with rising domestic prices for beef, Argentina
suspended all exports for six months according to a report in
the Israeli business daily Globes and other media.
Argentinean beef makes up about 30 percent of Israel's total
beef consumption, and some 50 percent of its imports.
In a 37-1 vote, the Knesset plenum passed a law that will
allow the appointment of associate judges. A magistrate court
or district court judge who retired will be allowed to return
to the bench for a maximum of four years to help relieve the
backlog of cases. In an apparent bid to win a mandate for his policies, Acting
Prime Minister and head of Kadima Ehud Olmert detailed his
plans for a unilaterally-imposed, permanent arrangement with
the Palestinians. It is based on the policies followed by
Ariel Sharon, Olmert's predecessor, but goes well beyond
anything that Sharon ever declared in public that he was
planning to do.
A traffic court in Haifa recently acquitted drivers charged
with speaking by cell phone without a hands-free set, ruling
that drivers may use standard cell phones while driving as
long as both hands stay on the steering wheel.
Thousands took part in a UTJ rally for Gur Chassidim held in
Bnei Brak at the Keter Harimon Hall on Motzei Shabbos
parshas Tetzaveh.
"Many [smokers] began smoking cigarettes on Purim under the
guise of simchah but afterwards they were unable to
quit," reads a notice to parents that the Bnei Brak
Municipality posted around the city as part of a major
campaign to prevent smoking among youth.
A total of 2,000 Israelis attended seminars and lectures when
Arachim sent some of its top lecturers on a lecture tour of
the US to introduce the foundations of Yiddishkeit and
emunoh to Israelis in America who were severed from
Jewish tradition.
The "Invisible Hand" Can Boost Torah Observance
Some people like to think that business is business and
business decisions made by businessmen are purely rational,
economic choices. Professor Daniel Kahneman won a Nobel prize
for proving that choices are not always rational. We could
offer the experience of the chareidi community — both
good and bad — as further proof.
After Your Enemy Falls . . .
In Pirkei Ovos (4:19), Shmuel Hakoton quotes the
posuk, "When your enemy falls, do not be happy. And
when he falters, your heart should not be filled with
happiness: for the Ribono Shel Olom may look into your
heart and see how happy you are over the fall of your enemy.
And He will not like what He sees in your heart. And then
Hashem will withdraw His anger from your enemy"
(Mishlei 24:17,18).
Observations: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Israeli
Justice Ha'aretz recently ran an interesting article that
sheds light on what takes place behind the scenes in the
Israeli justice system. Young attorneys come streaming to
workshops organized by the Israeli Bar Association, where one
can hear senior attorneys who go beyond predictable, boring,
diplomatic speeches and share professional secrets with their
young colleagues, exercising almost no self- censorship. Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 16: Esther in Jerusalem September 2001
Esther works in the public relations department of Ezrat
Horeinu. She is not married and thinks about her situation a
lot, as do most similar girls her age.
In Costume
Who says that a person does what he wants?
Who determined that one only does what one is obligated to
do?
Sometimes, perhaps even often, you do things, or make
decisions, because you have to, because `everyone' is doing
it, and simply, quite simply, because you have no alternative
. . .
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