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Israel Reduced Civilian Casualties to an Incredible 3.5
Percent
In a talk to the press on Tuesday morning, IAF Commander
Major General Eliezer Shakedi said that the air force makes
"superhuman efforts in order to reduce the number of innocent
casualties in aerial strikes." He presented the latest IDF
data that showed that the proportion of noncombatants (a
technical term defined in the Geneva Conventions) killed in
IAF aerial strikes in the territories has been reduced to a
stunning 3.5 percent of all such casualties.
The Chinuch Atzmai system is facing a severe busing crisis
following the Finance Ministry's decision to cut
transportation funding immediately. Bus companies have
stopped providing services for students at over 120 locations
around the country. The construction of a new eruv in the main part of
Jerusalem's Kiryat Yovel neighborhood is now complete.
The need for the eruv, funded by R' Refoel Halperin,
arose when more than 100 bnei Torah families,
especially young couples, moved into a central section of
Kiryat Yovel, where Torah activity is growing. The new
eruv will connect to the Bayit Vegan eruv.
As Purim draws near rescue services are issuing staunch
warnings to parents not to allow their children to possess
firecrackers and other items that pose a safety hazard.
A civil marriage bill tabled by Shinui was defeated 12 to 11
in a Knesset plenum session.
Minister Roni Bar-On, responding for the government, lodged
criticism against the former Shinui members, saying that
their defiant and provocative conduct actually defeated
efforts to reach a solution for Israelis who are ineligible
to marry one another according to halochoh (e.g. a Jew and a
non-Jew, chas vesholom).
Prime Ministerial Aide Oved Yechezkel notified MK Rabbi Moshe
Gafni on Monday that during talks with the Finance Ministry's
Budget Department a solution had been found to cover fuel
costs at dozens of mikvo'os around the country facing
imminent threats of closure due to lack of fuel to heat the
water.
Serious grave desecration was prevented near the Rambam's
gravesite in Tiveria by an alert avreich from Bnei
Brak who came to pray at the site.
A thousand buses traveling the roads will carry UTJ's message
to various segments of the population around the country.
Opinion surveys commissioned by UTJ's publicity bureau
indicate the party platform should be brought into every
strata of Israeli society, where confusion and uncertainty
abound and many voters feel disinclined to support any of the
secular parties, creating an unprecedented number of
undecided votes in the current campaign.
Starting this week the Hebrew Yated Ne'eman is
launching an expanded and redesigned paper. On Wednesday the
entire specially expanded paper was planned to be distributed
to every chareidi household in Eretz Yisroel.
A Political Scenario that May Not be a Purim Joke
So far the Israeli election campaign has been quiet and
boring in the sense that there have been no significant
campaign developments. Nonetheless, perhaps in the Adar
spirit, the pundits have managed to suggest some quite lively
scenarios for the morning after the elections.
At the King's Feast — Purim Insights Heard at HaRav
Yitzchok Hutner's Table
HaRav Hutner zt'l, shared the profound thoughts
that follow at the Purim seudos that he held each year
with his talmidim. They are taken from notes made by
one of the talmidim who shared them with us. They
contain deep ideas that require reflection to fully
appreciate and absorb, and whose impact will ultimately
depend on the reader's own level.
Return Serializing a new novel.
Chapter 15: Daniel in Jerusalem (September 2001)
Daniel-Dean is studying at a large yeshiva in Jerusalem,
having arrived there through a fortuitous chain of
circumstances that began with fleeing from men who he
overheard plotting to murder him.
An Evening of Joy, an Evening of Memories
"Aviva, it's been a long winter, with the children being on
antibiotics just about every month. I'm sure some of the
other neighbors are in the same boat. Let's come up with a
fun night out that won't cost much but that will enrich us.
I've got it — a women's Adar party!"
Memories of HaRav Shach, zt"l A Taste of the Purim of Yore
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