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Eternal Jewish Family Conference Held In Washington
Two hundred and sixty rabbonim from Eretz Yisroel and North
America gathered recently in Washington, DC to attend the
Eternal Jewish Family conference, whose object was to bolster
awareness of the potentially tragic consequences of failing
to meet the exacting halachic requirements for accepting
converts, for both the individuals involved and for our
nation as a whole.
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem denounced the
inclusion of singer Enrico Macias in the French President's
entourage during the official visit to Algeria scheduled to
take place in December. "I was unable to determine the
composition of President Sarkozy's entourage, but Macias the
Jew is still unwanted in Algeria," Belkhadem said last week.
Journalists closely aligned with Islam and conservative
figures in the ruling party, FLN, called him a Zionist,
though he is popular among the masses in Algeria.
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said during a recent
visit to Jerusalem that his country does not intend to expand
the reparations agreement signed with Israel in 1952.
However, he did promise that his government would try to
assist needy Holocaust survivors living in Israel through the
Claims Committee, the worldwide organization that works to
ensure survivors receive reparations.
Dozens of high school students who suddenly found themselves
with no classes to attend due to the ongoing school strike
took part in their first siyum at the Acheinu yeshiva
in Har Nof for the newly observant. For many of the
participants the exciting event to celebrate the completion
of "Eilu Metzios" (the second chapter of Bovo
Metzia) also marked the first time they had ever
completed a chapter of the gemora.
Bnei Brak Mayor Rabbi Yissochor Frankental has approved and
is backing an NIS-6 million ($1.5 million) construction
project for a building to house a rehabilitative employment
center designed to facilitate assisted employment for the
disabled. Construction is being carried with the help of the
Shalem Foundation, the National Insurance Foundation and
Mifal Hapayis.
The administration of Kollel Shomrei Hachomos - R' Meir Baal
Haness is ready to hold a series of events to mark the 150th
anniversary of the founding of the Torah and chessed
organization by gedolei Yisroel.
At the Keynote Session of Agudath Israel of America's 85th
National Convention on motzei Shabbos parshas
Vayishlach, the words of two Gedolei Yisroel and
of Yerushalayim's mayor about the future of the Holy City
stood out.
RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the American government is convening a conference
later this week in Annapolis, Maryland in an effort to
promote Middle East peace, and particularly to move Israel
and the Palestinian Authority toward a final peace agreement;
and... The Importance of Tefilloh in Our Day and Age Excerpted from a Collection of Commentaries from Otzros
HaTefilloh by HaRav Avraham Nishri
Part 3
A Tefilloh that is not prayed brings tribulations
Every pain that Hashem sends, G-d forbid, to a man in this
world is to arouse him to tefilloh.
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