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Opposition to Orlev's Proposal to Introduce Legal
Arrangements for Public Shabbos Desecration
On Monday MK Zevulun Orlev (NRP) tabled a law that would
maintain the prohibition against all industrial and
commercial activity on Shabbos, but would permit various
cultural and leisure activities, with limitations on their
locations and noise levels. He also proposed operating public
transportation to these places.
Dozens of national-religious rabbis went up to Har Habayis on
Sunday despite the well-known halochoh passed down to us that
entering the area of Har Habayis is strictly prohibited today
because nobody is free of tumoh. Gedolei haposkim
zt"l veylct"a agree treading on the area is an issur
koreis.
The Knesset Education Committee began holding meetings to
prepare the law to provide chareidi institutions equal
funding from the local authorities for second and third
readings.
Instead of holding the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime
Minister's Office, this week's meeting was held at the
Menachem Begin Heritage Building in the Mishkanot Shaananim
neighborhood just outside the Old City to mark the 40th
anniversary since East and West Jerusalem were united under
Israeli sovereignty.
Some 20,000 new apartment units are slated for construction
in the coming years within Jerusalem in order to strengthen
the Jewish majority in the city, replacing a plan to develop
the western periphery of the city. Mayor Rabbi Lupoliansky
asked that the western plan be taken off the agenda in favor
of new plans for construction within the city limits.
Workers from Lev L'Achim's anti-missionary department are
continuing their battle to cancel two gatherings that
missionary organizations are scheduled to hold in Jerusalem
next week: the Women to Women conference, sponsored by
Bridges for Peace, and the Women's Summit, sponsored by the
International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ).
Western Wall Police Station Razed to Make Room for
Visitors Facility The low building at the west of the Western Wall Plaza was
demolished last Friday to make room for a new structure to
meet the needs of visitors coming to pray at the Kosel
Maarovi.
A ranking Syrian official claims that streets and parks were
built on the gravesite of Eli Cohen Hy"d, the famous
Israeli spy who operated in Damascus until he was captured
and hanged. Mayor Lupoliansky Marches Alongside Mayor Bloomberg at
Salute to Israel Parade in New York Jerusalem Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky joined over 100,000
participants at the Salute to Israel Parade in Manhattan,
including Jewish activists and communal heads, and thousands
of students from schools throughout New York and
elsewhere. Young Jewish Teacher Murdered in St. Petersburg Dmitri Nikulinsky was murdered by skinheads as he left his
St. Petersburg apartment on his way to shul last
Shabbos. The 22-year-old, who taught at a local Jewish
school, was brutally assaulted and suffered multiple stab
wounds. The attackers took nothing and left him to die. Imbuing Others With the Love of Torah by HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman A person can gain immensely in ruchniyus with any act
he does, while on the other hand he can cause damage too. If
a person intends to do something as a mitzvah he brings
nachas ruach to HaKodosh Boruch Hu and is
rewarded. Doing the same act with intention for its material
aspects does not bring him any reward at all. Everything
then, is dependent upon intent.
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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 like 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).
We do not say vetzidkoscho tzedek on Shabbos since it
is the YOm MaMeyuchas
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