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Bais Yaakov Seminar Principals Stand Firm on Acceptance Procedures
By Yechiel Sever

The Union of Bais Yaakov Seminary Principals announced, after consulting with gedolei Yisroel shlita, that if seminary acceptance procedures based on technical, formal criteria are imposed on them, rather than the spiritual guidelines the seminaries are founded on, they will be unable to open the school year. Under such circumstances some 30,000 students around the country, representing all backgrounds, would not be going to classes.

UTJ Rejects Criticism of Mehadrin Bus Lines
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

United Torah Judaism sent a pointed letter on Monday to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz. Noting that "the Mehadrin lines are voluntary, carried out by women who want to retain their dignity when using public transportation, on their own initiative, not through coercion," they demanded that the prime minister retract his remarks.

Protest in Jerusalem Following Plans to Transfer Rashbi Site to Tourism Ministry
By Yechiel Sever

A large crowd was on hand at Kikar HaShabbat in Jerusalem on Sunday for a demonstration against the expropriation of the R' Shimon Bar Yochai gravesite in Meiron.

HaRav Eliashiv Tells Educators to Foster Ahavas Torah and Ambition in Learning
By Yechiel Sever

During a gathering of rabbonim and educators at the home of Maran HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv shlita at his home Monday night, in preparation for the Fourth Education Conference, HaRav Eliashiv said, "To enable students to withstand the tests of today's unbridled generation, educators should lay emphasis on instilling ahavas Torah, careful adherence to halacha, a fear of judgment and faith in the teachings of Chazal."

Komocha Conference at JCC Unites Special Needs Organizations
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The Divrei Yechezkel, Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, ztvk"l
In honor of his yahrtzeit, 6 Teves

In the city of Tarmigrad, a son was born to the Divrei Chaim of Zanz in the same house as he himself was born. The date Reb Yechezkel Shraga was born was 20 Shvat 5576 (1816), and he was named after his paternal great-grandfather, the father of the Boruch Taam.

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