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Yeshiva Ketanoh Budget to Continue Despite High Court
Criticism High Court judges lodged harsh criticism against the Education Ministry and the Knesset following the Yeshiva Ketanoh Law, which will allow the yeshivos ketanos to continue to receive funding without their teaching the Core Curriculum requirements.
Remote Diaspora communities are creating a tremendous demand for mikvo'os in their respective communities. Recently there has been a large rise in the number of requests by Jewish communities around the world, notes Rav Gedaliah Olstein, who heads the Congress of European Rabbis' (CER) mikveh department.
A special Keren Shevi'is board meeting held this week in Jerusalem centered on obstacles being laid by Agriculture Ministry officials to prevent financial support from reaching shomrei Shevi'is farmers, and countermeasures to increase the number of recipients.
Acheinu's Toronto Project, which prepares eighth-grade students for yeshiva, recently completed its efforts to help four hundred students from Torah-based schools around the country enter the yeshiva world starting in Elul zman.
Like every year, Degel HaTorah's Center for Public Service in
Jerusalem arranges special consulting hours for residents of
various neighborhoods to help them file requests for
discounts on municipal taxes. This year additional locations
will be available for the public's convenience.
A large crowd turned out for the levaya of HaRav
Avrohom Golombeck zt"l, who served as the
mashgiach of Yeshivas Philadelphia for over 50 years.
HaRav Golombeck, who learned under the Mashgiach HaRav
Yechezkel Levenstein, was sent by HaRav Aharon Kotler to fill
the post of mashgiach at Yeshivas Philadelphia,... Av, 5765 - Kislev 5766 (August-December 2005)
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