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Bill to Keep High Court from Interfering in Kashrus
MK Rabbi Menachem Eliezer Moses presented a bill aimed at preventing the High Court from interfering in kashrus matters. The proposal states that kashrus certification is to be granted solely according to halacha and the laws of kashrus.
R' Moises Saba, a prominent member of the Syrian (Halab) Jewish community in Mexico, was killed in a frightful helicopter accident along with three of his family members on the outskirts of Mexico City. The accident claimed the lives of Moises, 47, his wife, his eldest son Alberto, who had learned in the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem, and his daughter-in-law z"l.
Police have arrested two youths suspected of involvement in the assault of a 50-year-old avreich in Beitar Illit on Shabbos Parshas Shemos. Apparently in response to the arrest, their friends torched a car outside the town's main beis knesses.
Most French immigrants find Israel to be different from what they imagined it to be, unlike promotional material filled with colorful descriptions distributed by the Jewish Agency. But the moment a prospective immigrant steps into the Jewish Agency office in Paris, the first unease may set in. There they encounter red tape and guarded clerks who make the aliya candidate go through a detailed investigation.
"Surprisingly, though our sector is aware of the commandment of `venishmartem lenafshoseichem,' there are quite a number of people who ignore their conscience and say that they have trust in the Borei Yisborach, and therefore fail to relate seriously to traffic laws and safety guidelines, in direct contradiction to the Torah's commandment ` Venishmartem lenafshoseichem ,'" says Rabbi Zeev Kashash, chairman of Ichud Hatzoloh, whose many volunteers respond on a daily basis to accident scenes around the country, typically as a result of speeding and poor driving.
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