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NEWS
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah Emergency Meeting About the Draft Threat
The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah met this past Monday evening (25 Av) for an emergency discussion on how to deal with the threat of army mobilization for bnei yeshivos. Nonmember rabbonim participated as well. The Moetzes culminated the gathering with a series of decisions relating to the yeshiva public and a special appeal to the government heads "not to change anything regarding the status quo affecting Torah students, as has been the norm in Eretz Yisroel in the past."
With the end of the shloshim period since the demise of HaRav Eliashiv, who was the supporting pillar for all Jewry, rallies of hesped and his'orerus will take place throughout the Jewish world to commemorate the figure upon whose shoulders the entire burden of the Diaspora rested.
The Jewish community of Romania is very upset over the decision to appoint Senator Dr. Don Shovah as the Cabinet officer in charge of liaison with the Parliament. The Senator recently declared in a media interview, "Not one Jew suffered on Romanian soil."
Work is starting on preservation and restoration of the large archaeological site in Modi'in Illit. The large site of remains from the Bayis Sheini is located in the center of the Kiryat Sefer neighborhood.
On Monday, the bitter news was announced of the passing of the esteemed philanthropist, Reb Zev Wolfson, one of the foremost patrons of the Torah and Teshuva worlds, to whose merit is credited many thousands of Torah homes and baalei teshuva families who acknowledged their Creator. His funeral took place on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. U.S. time from Yeshivas She'ar Yashuv in Queens, New York.
Bs"D
21 Menachem Av, 5772
We wish to recognize the company Karasso Realtors, the owner and manager of the building project in Be'er Sheva, who are preserving the graves so as not to desecrate them, chas vesholom. To that end they have made great efforts, [including] changing plans and bearing significant expenses. Everything was done under the guidance of the Vaad to Prevent Desecration of Graves and under the supervision of the Vaad on the site.
Since he merited to have Torah ugeduloh bemokom echod, both wealth and Torah, the Megaleh Amukos never took wages nor benefited in any way from the public purse. For this reason, his words were readily accepted by all and he fearlessly proclaimed his daas Torah, unlike other rabbonim who perhaps were afraid to jeopardize their post and livelihood. As his son wrote in the introduction to his sefer, "Money means nothing to him, just as in the days of King Shlomo."
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