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In Israel Children Less Than One Year Old Suffer from
Hunger
In a comparative study with 15 European countries, Bituach
Leumi found that Israel ranks second to last in terms of
support for children, MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz told a Knesset
plenum on Monday as he submitted a no-confidence motion
together with NRP-HaIchud HaLeumi in reaction to the poverty
affecting many segments of the population.
UTJ joined the municipal coalition in Beit Shemesh this week
after party representatives Rabbi Moshe Montag, Rabbi Dovid
Weiner and Rabbi Avrohom Mordechai Berger signed an agreement
with Mayor Daniel Vaknin and Likud councilmen.
The government has made another breach in the walls of
Judaism by bringing thousands of non-Jews into Eretz Yisroel
by granting citizenship to foreign workers who came to Israel
before the age of 14 and have lived here for at least six
years. UTJ announced that it strongly objects to the
decision.
The chareidi reading-book market mirrors the population
increase. In recent years the number of Hebrew reading books
has nearly tripled, with a large gap between the percentage
of readers and the percentage of buyers.
Maayanei Hayeshua Hospital is scheduled to open a luxury
maternity ward planned by an architect who specializes in
hotel design. The ward, scheduled to open at the beginning of
Av, will be 50 percent larger than standard maternity wards
and will be set up to accommodate 42 mothers.
Volunteer Month opened in Jerusalem last week with over
30,000 volunteers working at dozens of organizations and
municipal departments and serving needy segments of the
population in the areas of welfare, community services,
health care, immigrant absorption, etc.
Jerusalem Police arrested a young woman who disguised herself
as a chareidi woman and stole dozens of purses from chareidi
and other religious women.
The International Transparency Organization of Israel, which
works to advance transparency and public ethics, released the
results of a survey entitled Integrity in Local Government
conducted by Dachaf in the country's larger cities. Jerusalem
Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky received the highest marks with
70 percent of city residents indicating a favorable opinion
and stood out for his honesty.
Wine Association to be Set Up to Encourage Exports Aiming to double wine exports to the US within three years,
20-30 wineries have joined to form the Israel Wine
Association, said Exports Institute Director Yechiel Asia. In
2005 wine exports to North America came to $7.5 million.
The prohibition against going onto the Har Habayis today is
well known. Because of the serious nature of the
aveiroh that is involved — a potential issur
koreis — virtually all rabbonim from all
communities and even with the entire range of
hashkofos, prohibit going onto Har Habayis today. Aspaklariah — Light on Contemporary Issues
Part II
The first part discussed the critical importance of simply
staying apart from the nations of the world. As far back as
the exile in Egypt, the Jews tried to blur the differences
between themselves and their Egyptian hosts so that the
latter would hate them less.
Observations: Are We Healthier If We Know That We Are
Sick? Americans are probably not sicker than the rest of the world -
- they are just more knowledgeable about their sickness. With
advances in medical technology making more sensitive
detection of abnormalities in the body possible at
increasingly lower cost, a lot of minor problems are being
found — and treated — that would probably have
gone unnoticed — and without any ill consequences. Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 24: Jerusalem June 2002 — Part 1
As Eli and Fay are on their way to Israel. Fred Smith is
also in Israel. We return to Daniel (Dean) and Esther.
They phoned to tell us of the engagement of their eleventh,
and last, child. My daughter of twenty, who had not yet met
her bashert, said wistfully, "How is it that their
shidduchim go so easily?" I laughed and answered that
we were invited to the engagements; we were not told of the
trials and tribulations which preceded the happy event. We
only heard of the successes, not of the ones which did not
get off the ground.
The International Cohen Committee Those Who Are Needy
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According to the Ramo (494:3) we do not say tachanun
from Rosh Chodesh Sivan until after Isru Chag (there
are other minhogim that do not say tachanun
until after the seven days of hashlomoh that follow
Shavuos).
On Rosh Chodesh Sivan we do not say tachanun as we do
on every Rosh Chodesh. The second of Sivan is called Yom
HaMeyuchas since after yetzias Mitzrayim Hashem
commanded Moshe to say to bnei Yisroel: "Now therefore
if you will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then
you shall be My own treasure from among all peoples"
(Shemos 19:5) to prepare them for Torah. Afterwards,
the third, forth, and fifth of Sivan are the Sheloshes
Yemei Hagboloh when bnei Yisroel waited for
kabolas HaTorah (Mishnah Berurah 494:8, and see
Shabbos 86-88).
Shavuos falls on Friday, 6 Sivan (June 2) and in
Chutz La'aretz also on Shabbos, 7 Sivan (June 3). An
eruv Tavshilin must be made on erev Shavuos,
Thursday, in order to be permitted to cook on the first day
of Shavuos, Friday, for Shabbos.
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