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NEWS
A Letter from Rav Chaim Kanievsky
The news I heard that a law is being passed to harm the very core of the souls of Klal Yisroel and to contaminate the cruse of pure oil, i.e., the sacred yeshiva and kollel students, shook me up and made me quake.
MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni argued this past Monday in the Knesset plenum that were Ariel Sharon or Ehud Olmert standing at the helm of the government, any incendiary campaign against the chareidi public regarding yeshivas and the draft law would not arise, and surely not get as far as passing a law to this effect.
The announcement of the establishment of an encompassing pension/retirement plan, Glatt Hon, was met with great joy and satisfaction by the foremost rabbonim and dayanim of the country's botei din.
The Knesset Committee for Diaspora and Immigration demanded on Monday from the German ambassador in Israel, Andrias Michaelis, to inform the Bundestag [the German parliament] that it should pass a law permitting circumcision in the country, in light of the recent court ruling in Cologne forbidding the procedure.
During the Three Weeks, our Torah leadership is mustering public awareness in matters dealing with interpersonal relations, especially in shemiras halashon. This is in addition to augmenting Torah study and increasing prayers for the recovery of HaRav Yosef Shalom ben Chaya Musha Eliashiv who is still in critical condition and in need of great heavenly mercy.
In full swing are the intensive preparations for the upcoming grand event of the Siyum HaShas in Eretz Yisroel scheduled to take place in Jerusalem on Tuesday, the 12th of Av and headed by maranan verabbonon, the foremost leaders of Torah and Chassidus.
The Dirshu Organization has already been actively preparing for its central Siyum HaShas Rally for the past months. It is scheduled to take place on Monday, the 11th of Av, in the Yad Eliyahu stadium in Tel Aviv, while another rally, in English, will be held on the morrow, Tuesday, the 12th of Av, in the Binyanei Ha'Uma convention center in Jerusalem.
The indelible impression of his grandfathers' diligence that the Ohr HaChaim observed and which was part of his youth never left him. Their regular schedule was a full day of learning, after which they would rest a little, never oversleeping the midnight hour. At chatzos they would be up, to sit and mourn the destruction of the Beis Hamikdosh. After this, their learning resumed, continuing unabated through the following day.
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