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HaRav Elazar Abuchatzeira zt"l
By Yechiel Sever

Hundreds of thousands, in shock and deep mourning, were on hand in Beer Sheva and Jerusalem to lay to rest HaRav Elazar Abuchatzeira zt"l, who was murdered at the age of 64 in a terrible tragedy during the nightly visiting hours.

San Francisco Court Cancels Bris Referendum
By R. Hoffner

A San Francisco court canceled a referendum on an unprecedented ballot measure to impose a ban on bris miloh for babies. The court accepted the argument that the proposed measure violates California state law. In her interim decision, Judge Loretta Giorgi said the ban would contradict a state law that makes medical procedures subject to state authorities, not local authorities. San Francisco residents cannot introduce a decision that infringes on the state's authority, she ruled. Bris miloh is one of the core mitzvos of the Jewish religion.


Government Approves Only 300 Housing Units in Beitar Illit
By Eliezer Rauchberger

Beitar Illit is able to accommodate construction permits for at least 3,000 housing units, but the government approved only 300, according to figures Mayor Rabbi Meir Rubinstein presented to United Torah Judaism MKs at a meeting on the housing crisis.


Wedding Costs Focus of Gathering at Bnei Brak's Lederman Shul
By Yechiel Sever

Hundreds of avreichim took part in a gathering for Shehasimchoh Beme'ono at Beis Knesses Lederman in Bnei Brak. HaRav Chaim Kanievsky shlita made a special effort to attend the event to boost efforts to raise awareness of the need to reduce wedding expenses and seek ways to avoid going into debt to buy an apartment.


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The Lower Mikdosh and the Upper Mikdosh



The physical destruction of the Beis Hamikdosh that took place on Tisha B'Av is not the only expression of churban. It is not even the main expression nor is it the first expression of the destruction. It all started from the spiritual churban, as the Shechina was exiled from the Jewish heart.

Eichoh ve'Eichoh
by L. Jungerman

In Midrash Eichoh we are told that there are three who prophesied using the word "Eichoh": Moshe, Yeshayahu and Yirmiyohu. Moshe Rabbenu said, "Eichoh esso levadi -- how can I possibly bear alone . . . " Yeshayahu said, "Eichoh hoysoh lezonoh -- how like a sinful woman . . . " and Yirmiyohu said, "Eichoh hoysa bodod -- how does the city sit solitary . . . "

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