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Police Demand Autopsy for Infant in Ashdod; Community
Protests
Ashdod residents are up in arms following a demand by police
to have an autopsy performed on a baby that died suddenly
Sunday morning. Through the intervention of Atty. Rabbi Moshe
Elmaliach and ZAKA's legal department, the court denied the
request for an autopsy, except for a blood test. If the
police persist, the case will be turned over to the High
Court.
As the 30-day mourning period for HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira
zt"l, the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Be'er Yaakov, came
to an end this week, special events were held throughout
Israel and abroad. At Yeshivas Be'er Yaakov gedolei
Torah, roshei yeshivos and thousands of the Rosh
Yeshiva's talmidim gathered to hear talks by the
rabbonim of the yeshiva and leading talmidim.
Beis Knesses Makor Chaim in Sao Paulo was filled to capacity
when about 2,000 of the city's chareidi residents turned out
to receive HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman. Two rows of talmud
Torah talmidim decked out in white shirts kept singing
and singing — Vechol asher ya'aseh yatzliach,
Ashrei mi she'amolo baTorah and Yomim al yemei
melech tosif — until the rov of the kehilloh
began to speak.
Despite recent announcements by Defense Minister Amir Peretz
he would "reassess" expansion orders for Jewish communities
beyond the Green Line, Peretz does not plan to cancel the
orders. One day earlier Central Headquarters Commander Gen.
Yair Naveh signed an order authorizing the expansion of the
city of Beitar Illit by 500 dunams (125 acres), thereby
connecting the city to the Green Line.
The latest survey on the young segment of the Jewish
population in the US indicates the Orthodox community is
slated to grow and become more influential in the coming
decades.
Judge Menachem Cohen of the Jerusalem Court for Family
Matters gave notice he would not be participating in a
gathering of Tzedek Lenashim ("Justice for Women"), an
organization that has been fighting the Rabbinate beis
din system in recent years, following an inquiry by
Yated Ne'eman.
Benedict XVI, the current pope, drove by the memorial for the
Warsaw Ghetto at 60 mph instead of stopping to participate at
a ceremony the local Jewish community had prepared for him.
The Israeli Ambassador, communal leaders and delegations from
Jewish communities in Europe waited for him at the site in
pouring rain.
Derocheho Darchei Noam — The Ways of Torah are
Pleasant
The pleasantness of the Torah is what we would like to
display for all to see, since that would undoubtedly be the
most effective aspect to draw in the lost souls, and also to
impress the rest of the world. From Sinai Until Now: Moshe Rabbenu's Torah
Preface
From Sefer Hazikaron Lemaran Baal Pachad Yitzchok
ztvk'l, pp.129-130
In retrospect, it is striking that on the last Shavuos of his
life he dwelt on the fact that, "Every generation loses a
Moshe Rabbenu, with whom three thousand halachos are also
lost" (they were forgotten during the mourning period of
Moshe Rabbenu).
Zman Matan Toraseinu — Torah is Entirely for our
Benefit
Rabbi Leff's column appears every week in the print edition of
Yated Ne'eman - Bnei Brak. It is included in Dei'ah Vedibur this
week in honor of Shavuos and the importance of its message.
Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 22: Brooklyn, May 2002 — Part 1
Fay and Eli are back in New York City, after months and
months in the Amazon jungle. Someone is clearly out to kill
them, and they are hiding — but they do not know from
whom.
The Jar of Mann
Pfft . . . pfft . . . pfft . . . the iron glided
rhythmically on the white shirt, straightening the soft
fabric and transforming the wrinkled garment into one worthy
of being worn. LIFE JOURNEYS Stubbornness, a very Jewish trait — for worse or
better
Chinuch for Holiness is in Very Great Danger! Memories of HaRav Shach, zt"l
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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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