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American RCA "Converts" Loyal Christian Rabbis from the US-based Rabbinical Council of America have "converted" to Judaism a woman who openly declared her loyalty to Christian beliefs.
"All yirei Shomayim who are uncertain whether their tefillin [are constructed] in accordance with halacha, should have them checked to ensure [that the four head compartments] are separate and distinct," wrote Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita in a note appended to a letter by HaRav Dovid Morgenstern in response to an inquiry by a US Jew who repairs and refurbishes tefillin.
Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman met with MKs from UTJ, Shas and HaIchud HaLeumi to hammer out controversial issues among the three parties, which are slated to enter the next coalition. The meetings were held with MKs Rabbi Moshe Gafni, Rabbi Yaakov Litzman, Yaakov Margi and Yaakov Katz.
Chareidi and traditional residents of Netanya protested strongly a municipality plan to approve land allocations for a Reform synagogue despite the acute shortage of facilities for botei knesses in the city. As a result, the city backed down on its plans to approve the Reform request.
Nazareth Illit officials are formulating a new plan to settle some 10,000 chareidim in the city. The municipality is hoping to allocate land in the city's Har Yonah Gimmel area for the construction of thousands of housing units for the chareidi sector.
Maranan verabonon, roshei yeshivos, rabbonim
and dayonim were on hand to mark the end of the Shmittah year
at a gala event held at Lev Atzula halls in Petach Tikva on
Monday. The event was sponsored by the Institute for Research
on Torah-Based Agriculture and Kashrus Lemehadrin's Vaad
HaShmittah, which are under the close guidance of Maran HaRav
Eliashiv shlita. by Yated Ne'eman Staff Rav Zechariah Berkovitz, chazan in Lausanne, Switzerland received semichoh from the rabbonim of Hungary. Though he held the position of chazan he was in fact the head of the community, which he saved from the influence of the Reform movement that was thriving at the time. He was known for his sharpness, which at different times has been directed at antisemites, Reformers and even at lapsed Jews. Here are some of his incisive remarks. Av, 5765 - Kislev 5766 (August-December 2005)
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