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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

NEWS

Veterinary Services to Crack Down on Kapporos in Jerusalem
By Yechiel Sever

Jerusalem's business license, inspection and Veterinary Services bureau are making preparations to operate the local kapporos markets. This year enforcement will be boosted to an unprecedented level at a limited number of sites: in the yard of former Kol Yisroel Chaveirim (Alliance Israelite Universelle) school in Machaneh Yehuda, the Bucharim Market, the Beit Yisroel Market, the Mea Shearim Market and the former municipal lot on Rechov Shmuel Hanovi.


Train Cars Repaired on Shabbos
By Yechiel Sever

A worker at the train repair garage in Haifa told reporters that Israel Railways desecrates Shabbos openly by employing dozens of workers to repair cars.


Fatal Worldwide Flu Virus Claims Mother and Stillborn Baby in Jerusalem
By Yechiel Sever

Mrs. Brochoh Feige Williger, a mother of ten from Beit Shemesh, passed away just hours after giving birth to a stillborn son at Bikur Cholim hospital in Jerusalem as a result of the worldwide H1N1 flu virus she contracted during pregnancy.


Giant Park Slated for Development in Bnei Brak on Bank of Yarkon River
By L.S. Wasserman

Five communities plan to assist in the development of a 330- dunam (80-acre) park in north Bnei Brak along the bank of the Yarkon River.


Shemiras Haloshon Events to Mark Yahrtzeit of the Chofetz Chaim
By Yechiel Sever

To mark the yahrtzeit of the Chofetz Chaim on 24 Elul and the conclusion of the third cycle of the book Chofetz Chaim in the framework of a program for avreichim sponsored by Mishmeres Hasholom, chizuk gatherings for avreichim were held in Beitar Illit, Elad, Modi'in Illit, Beit Shemesh and Ashdod.


Kippah and Tzitzis Found on Arrested Palestinians
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Security forces including the Border Police's Kfir Unit and policemen from the Beit Shemesh station arrested seven Palestinians without entry permits on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway near the Latrun Interchange. A vehicle search revealed a yarmulke and tzitzis. Heavy congestion formed during the pursuit of the vehicle, based on intelligence information.


Achim Letzoroh Gemach Founded
By Yechiel Sever

The Achim Letzoroh gemach held a modest event to mark the launch of a new service in which ZAKA volunteers from the Tel Aviv district will recite Kaddish and learn mishnayos in memory of people who pass away childless, or for any reason have nobody to say Kaddish for them.


Transportation Funding for Sderot Students Resumed
By L.S. Wasserman

Following an Education Ministry directive authorizing busing inside the city of Sderot and to outlying areas, 100 children resumed their bus commute to talmudei Torah and schools outside the city, bringing to an end an affair that caused Sderot's Torah-true community considerable distress.


OPINION & COMMENT

Do not cast away your love for us
by Rav Aryeh Gefen

An air of seriousness filled the room, creating a heavy, solemn mood, and not simply because the Yom Hadin was fast approaching. Quite to the contrary, because of the Day of Judgment that had already gone by in Av, that awesome, fearful Day of Judgment that left those present hanging, between shomayim and aretz, between hope and despair.

Hashem Helps Us Do Teshuvoh: Preparations for Yom Kippur
by HaRav Yechezkel Taub

Doubtless each one of us wholeheartedly wants to completely change ourselves through genuine teshuvoh — a thorough turnover from our improper ways. We must naturally ask how to accomplish this desirable change.


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