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Palestinians Lied with Deliberate Malice
An IDF committee investigating the deaths of seven
Palestinians in an explosion at a Gaza beach last Friday has
concluded that the IDF did not cause the explosion. The flip
side, which the committee did not address, is that the
Palestinian sources who blamed Israel were deliberately lying
when they fingered Israel as the cause of the tragedy.
"The State Prosecutor's conduct is shameful and anti-
democratic. They simply are unable to respond to the serious
claims against them and therefore just did not come to the
committee meeting. And even worse is that Justice Minister
Chaim Ramon stands here before us and defends them.
An international rabbinical conference scheduled to take
place next month in Jerusalem will focus on upholding
conversions in accordance with halochoh. Prominent rabbonim
and dayonim are expected to attend, discussing various facets
of the issue and setting clear guidelines for conversions
performed by Torah-true rabbonim around the world.
Following a High Court petition for not recognizing Reform
"conversions," banning quasi-religious ceremonies at the
Kosel Maarovi and various other acts running counter to
halochoh, the Reform and Conservative movements have found
another issue to bring before the High Court as part of their
efforts to weaken the foundations of Judaism.
Following two weeks of concerted efforts by MK Rabbi Moshe
Gafni to remedy the Chinuch Atzmai bus service, which had
been discontinued yet again due to a lack of funding, Rabbi
Gafni notified the heads of Chinuch Atzmai and various
principals he managed to secure the funding needed to operate
the transportation system at Chinuch Atzmai institutions
around the country.
The budget was approved in a 35-22 vote last week after the
Economic Arrangements Law passed with a large majority.
Jerusalem Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky instructed municipality
officials to build an elevator connecting the Jewish Quarter
to the Western Wall Plaza in order to assist the elderly, the
handicapped and large families.
Only after 61 years had passed was France's state-owned
railroad company SNCF found guilt of deporting Jews in cattle
cars, pressed in behind locked doors. Last week a Toulouse
court circumvented all of the legal obstacles heaped on the
case by the French government (e.g. statute of limitations
and claims it was forced to cooperate with the occupying
forces), ordering the State and the railroad company to
compensate the Lipietz family.
Talmud Torah Yemin Hashem Romema won this year's road safety
award given by the Education Minister and Transportation
Minister. The talmud Torah won the award for the
teaching staff's efforts to inculcate the students with the
importance of safety based on a chareidi perspective,
providing Jewish sources on the issue of safety.
On Friday, seven members of a Palestinian family picnicking
on a beach (according to Palestinian reports) were killed by
an explosion. The Palestinians reported that Israel was at
fault (as they always do) but refused to show any evidence
that this was so. Age of the Universe
Why is everybody else so sure?
It is an unquestioned ikkar of science that the
universe is billions of years old. To deny it in scientific
and academic circles is tantamount to denying the law of
gravity.
Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 23: The Search for Fred Smith (May 2002)
As Eli and Fay are on their way to Israel, the search
continues by the mobsters for Fred Smith, who betrayed the
Bartons.
Life Journeys: Lessons from the Heart
When he is told that he has only one month to live, he
returns home and makes a cup of mint tea. He sits on the
wicker porch swing and looks up at the sky which is so blue
that it hurts his eyes.
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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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