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Gaza is Already in Trouble The residents of Gaza are under severe stress due to the aid cutoff and due to the decision of its own leaders not to allow goods to pass through the Kerem Shalom crossing while the Karni crossing is closed due to terror warnings. United Nations aid organizations claim that the Gaza Strip is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster that could be as bad as the one in Kosovo.
Based on the final vote count, including crosschecking of ballots cast by soldiers and voters who cast their vote at handicapped polling places, UTJ won a total of 146,958 votes from supporters who responded to calls by gedolei Yisroel to make every effort to vote. The showing represents an increase of 12,032 votes compared to the previous elections. Election Coverage:
Shearis Yisroel has issued the 5766 edition of Glatt,
a Pesach guide that covers a variety of issues related to
halochoh, kashrus and communal affairs.
With all government employees on vacation for Chol Hamoed the Population Administration of the Interior Ministry (Misrad Hapnim) will provide only limited services, such as arranging passports and travel documents in the event of emergency.
Work will soon be underway on the new chareidi city of Charish on land reserves located near Highway 6 in the Hadera area, following exerted efforts by the heads of Binyan Sholem to obtain government approval.
The first chareidi community center of its kind, which will
operate under the close supervision of neighborhood rabbonim,
is nearing completion in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo
neighborhood.
For many years it was "common knowledge" that quinoa was permissible on Pesach based on an old psak by a member of the Beis Din of the Eida HaChareidis.
Prime Minister's Office Director-General Ilan Cohen convened the Directors-General Forum on dealing with bird flu on Monday, April 3, 2006. The Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry Director-General, the Health Ministry Director- General, Veterinary Services and Finance Ministry representatives, regional council chairmen, and poultry farmers' representatives attended the meeting.
A Bank of Israel report for 2005 reveals that in 2004 Israel ranked at the bottom of a survey of social security entitlements in developed nations. In old-age benefits Israel ranked 19th of 23 countries and in child allowances it was second to last, with only Spain falling further behind.
Annual Report of the Bank of Israel Issued In 2005, Israel's economic recovery continued and became even more firmly based. GDP grew rapidly by 5.2 percent, led by the business sector which expanded by 6.6 percent. The integration of the Israeli economy into the global economy continued.
Pesach in a Jewish Home — Holy Activity in a Holy
Environment
A Jewish family is not just a convenient social structure that can be altered or discarded. Rather it is an essential part of life itself as envisioned by the Torah. Nothing makes this more clear than the yom tov of Pesach. HaRav Yitzchok Hutner's Mesibos Chasal — Bidding Yom
Tov Farewell Reb Leibel wrote us that the Mesibos Chasal always took place in the dark — lights out, lasting some two hours after Yom Tov. Following each piece, niggunim of deveikus or of Shiras HaYam were sung. "These gatherings were lessons in holding on to the Yom Tov as one returned to normal life that have not left me to this day."
Telolei Oros: Parents and Children, Day and Night —
A Selection of Thoughts for the Seder Table Each Son Has Potential In the Torah, the questions and answers of the four sons do not appear in the same order as they do in the Haggodoh. In response to the question of the rosho (Shemos 12:26), the posuk gives an answer that is suited to the chochom. The she'eino yodei'a lish'ol receives the answer that is given in the Haggodoh to the rosho, (Shemos 13:8), while the question of the chochom, (Devorim 6:20) gets an answer that is suited for the tam.
Observations: China May Soon Surpass the USA The United States has been a world power for almost a century, was one of two superpowers for over 40 years after World War II, and for the past 15 years or so has been alone in its class. However this looks likely to change before long, as China is growing by leaps and bounds and is beginning to flex its muscles. More Observations . . .Return Serializing a new novel. Chapter 18: The Next Meeting in Jerusalem (October 2001) Esther and Daniel have met, and they are to meet again.
First Day at School I always wanted to be a teacher. I actually began teaching even before attending school. When I was three years old, my elder brother informed me that his teacher used a cane to chastise her students. That was in Belfast, Ireland, over sixty years ago. How it is today, I do not know. More Home & Family . . .
He Was a Father — A Conversation with HaRav Reuven
Feinstein Glimpses of the Mashgiach, HaRav Shlomo Wolbe zt'l, the
Eighteenth of Nisan 5766, his First Yahrtzeit
A Novardoker Rebbetzin — Rebbetzin Menucha Ettel
Nekritz o"h
An Interview in the home of the Bostoner Rebbe Shlita
The Vilna Gaon: No Secret Escaped Him
Memories of HaRav Shach, zt"l
Biyur Chometz of One Jew in Jaffa
A Head in the Heavenly Domain and a Heart of Gold The Former Mormon Bishop Who Teaches Torah Today Bi'ur Chometz
Av, 5765 - Kislev 5766 (August-December 2005)
EARLIER EDITORIALS A Mission to Spread Daas Torah Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants
Additional Luach Information On Tuesday night, the eve of 14 Nissan (Apr. 11) is the search for chometz - bedikas chometz, and the chometz is burnt the next morning, Erev Pesach, Wednesday, 14 Nissan (Apr. 12) until the end of the zman sreifas chometz. On erev Pesach the firstborn fast— Ta'anis Bechoros. Yov Tov Pesach falls on Thursday, 15 Nissan (Apr. 14), in Eretz Yisroel, and on Thursday and Friday (Apr. 14-15) in Chutz Le'aretz. The days until Shevi'i Shel Pesach are Chol HaMo'ed. From Mussaf of Yom Tov Pesach in Eretz Yisroel we say morid hatal in Shemoneh Esreih instead of vesen tal u-motor livrocho. From Thursday night, Motzei Yom Tov Rishon Shel Pesach, we count sefiras ha'omer until Shavuos. The seforim hakedoshim write to make a meal on the sixteenth of Nissan to remember the se'udas Esther that she made when Homon was hanged (Mishnah Berurah, 490:2 from the Mogen Avrohom). Shevi'i Shel Pesach falls on Wednesday, 21 Nissan (April 19) and in Chutz Le'aretz also on Thursday, 22 Nissan (April 20) which is Yom Tov Sheini Shel Goliyos - Shmini Shel Pesach. Many are accustomed to read Pirkei Ovos after Minchah of Shabbos, from Pesach until Rosh HaShanah. Our minhag is not to pray Yom Kippur Koton and surely not to fast during the month of Nissan.
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