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Jews of Rada Expected to Leave Yemen by Pesach
With assistance by the US government and Jewish organizations
in the US, 300 Jews living in Rada, Yemen are scheduled to
emigrate by Pesach. Despite efforts by the Jewish Agency to
persuade them to move to Israel, one-third have opted to
immigrate to the US, which has caused considerable
embarrassment to aliyah officials in Israel.
Thousands of Bnei Brak residents, including roshei
yeshivos, rabbonim and dayonim as well as hundreds
of students and former students from Yeshivas Daroma took
part in the levaya on Friday, Erev Shabbos Veyakhel-
Pikudei, for HaRav Moshe Shlomo Halevi Fisch zt"l, the
founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Daroma for
bochurim from Latin America. He passed away Thursday
night 24 Adar at the age of 71.
A handful of secular residents in Jerusalem's Kiryat Yovel
neighborhood has repeatedly plagued the day-to-day life of
chareidim living in the neighborhood.
Following the publication of remarks in a letter by Maran
HaRav Eliashiv shlita, reading, "All yirei
Shomayim who are uncertain whether their tefillin
[are constructed] in accordance with halacha, should have
them checked to ensure [the four head compartments] are
separate and distinct," thousands have had their tefillin
checked, including talmidei chachomim who lay high-
quality tefillin crafted by top tefillin makers.
Hundreds of chareidim have used a kosher transportation
system operated privately along the Number 2 bus route in
Jerusalem. The buses depart every half hour, on the half
hour, from Har Nof and from the City of David parking lot
near the Kosel Maarovi.
Economists at the Export Institute estimate matzoh exports
will drop 5-10 percent in 2009 following a sharp rise in 2008
— a total of $12 million, representing a 31-percent
increase over the previous year, says Export Institute
Director Avi Chafetz.
In response to a letter from MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni, Mekorot
CEO Ido Rosilio announced that the Jerusalem Corridor and
Bnei Brak would be supplied with well water, while Haifa
would be supplied with well water and reservoir water.
During the two weeks preceding Pesach, potato consumption
rises by 55 percent compared to the rest of the year,
according to a market survey conducted by Avshalom, one of
the leading potato retailers in the country. Israelis buy
some 16,000 tons of potatoes before Pesach.
The Pagan Roots of Modern Thought by Mordecai Plaut
Abstract: Modern intellectuals, especially those
who base their world view upon science, pride themselves on
being totally separate from the sphere of religion. They
believe their view of the world to be based on empirical data
and built up with reason alone, leaving them entirely
distinct from all religion. This pride is unfounded. In fact
their approach and conclusions are grounded in one of the
major old- time religions, namely, paganism.
Rejoice On Your Festivals, You, Your Son and Your
Daughter
The Rambam writes (Hilchos Yom Tov 17-18), "A person must be
happy and glad of heart on [the festivals] he himself, his
wife and his children . . . each of them with something
suitable for them. For women, one should buy clothes and fine
jewelry etc."
How to Avoid Meat Scandals: The Horrible Illness of
Complacency
The shmuess was given before Rosh Hashonoh this year, but
its lessons are worth applying at any time.
Every year we read parshas Nitzovim on the Shabbos
before Rosh Hashonoh. Those that derive hints from the Torah
say that this is a hint to a person's situation before Rosh
Hashonoh. He must be standing (natziv): he needs to
stop and contemplate, and make a spiritual accounting, each
one according to his level.
The Power of Making a Specific Undertaking
A few days remain until Yom Kippur; let's use them to the
utmost. Chazal tell us (Kiddushin 49) that if "a
person enters into a marriage `on condition that I am
righteous,' the marriage is binding even if he is utterly
wicked because he may have entertained a thought of
repentance." Repentance can be the matter of a moment —
and we still have two days! -->
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