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Harsh Criticism Lodged Against Jerusalem Religious
Council
Scathing criticism was directed at the Religious Council of
Jerusalem and Council Chairman Moshe Ausditcher in Monday's
Knesset State Control Committee meeting to evaluate
operations at the Council.
Rabbonim, dayonim and heads of Vaad HaRabbonim Haolami
LeInyonei Giyur, founded by the late Antwerp Gavad HaRav
Chaim Kreiswirth, issued strident protests against Rabbi
Shear-Yeshuv Cohen, the rov of Haifa and a member of the
Chief Rabbinate Council, for grave remarks he made against
dayanim who stand firm against accepting prospective converts
who fail to persuade them of their genuine intentions to keep
Torah and mitzvas in full.
As part of Shmittah preparations ordered by Jerusalem
Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky, the Municipal Department for
Urban Improvement recently completed extensive work to
upgrade and develop landscaping throughout the city at a cost
of several million shekels.
Despite attempts in various circles, among both irreligious
politicians and politicians belonging to the right-wing
parties, to encourage businesses to open on Shabbos, a recent
poll shows that a decisive majority of the Israeli public,
including a majority of the irreligious public, is opposed to
working on Shabbos.
In a speech before a gathering of executives on Sunday,
Opposition Chairman MK Binyamin Netanyahu expressed his
reservations over the Children's Allowances policies and
reiterated the approach he took against the underclass. He
said he does not intend to restore Children's Allowances,
instead calling for a continuation of "the process of
returning the chareidim and Arabs to the work force."
Japanese Emperor Akihito paid homage to Chiune Sugihara,
known as "the Japanese Oscar Schindler," for his role in
saving thousands of Jewish refugees from occupied Lithuania
by issuing them transit visas just before the implementation
of the Nazi "Final Solution" of murdering all the Jews.
Gaydamak Acquires 51 percent of Tiv Taam Businessman Arcadi Gaydamak is set to purchase 51 percent of
the Tiv Taam treif food chain, founded by a pork-
producing kibbutz. According to reports, Gaydamak plans to
make the chain kosher and stop production work on Shabbos.
"Pork products are offensive to the Jewish tradition," the
business mogul told Yediot Achronot. "The first thing
on the agenda will be to remove them from Tiv Taam."
Pictures of an Israeli Border Guard soldier holding a gun or
in action appear in campaign posters pasted on the walls in
Paris' 12th arrondissement. The soldier is Atty. Arno
Klarsfeld, the son of Nazi hunter Serge and Beate Klarsfeld,
a candidate for French President Nicolas Sarkozy's right wing-
party in the National Assembly elections. Jerusalem Municipality Launches Program to Raise Awareness
on Eligibility for Government Allotments Following reports by the Jerusalem Municipal Welfare
Department regarding difficulties in day-to-day subsistence
among chareidi families since the cut in Children's
Allowances, Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky has initiated a
unique program aimed at fostering awareness among city
residents on how to take full advantage of their eligibility
for assistance through Bituach Leumi and maximize various
allotments. New Beis Medrash of Moscow's Toras Chaim Yeshiva
Dedicated At a large gathering attended by rabbonim from all over
Russia including the Chief Rabbi of Moscow Rav Pinchas
Goldschmidt, and including a number of guests from Eretz
Yisroel, Europe and the United States, the new beis
medrash of the Toras Chaim yeshiva was dedicated in the
middle of Sivan this year.
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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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