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NEWS
Intensive Preparation for the Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan World Prayer Day
In response to the directive from Torah leadership, massive preparations are under way for a universal Day of Prayer on Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan, the month when the Torah was given. This day has been designated for Jews everywhere to cry out and arouse Heavenly compassion in view of the persecution aimed against the Torah world through various harsh decrees. Uppermost is the impending threat of army mobilization of yeshiva students, calculated to forcibly eject them from their places of Torah. Also on the prayer agenda is a plea that Heaven halt rampaging disease in our midst and the danger of our enemies from without.
Demand to Establish Investigating Committee About the Meiron Transportation Snafu
There is an accelerating public demand for the establishment of a government investigative committee to study the mega-bottleneck created at the Meiron tombsite this past Lag B'Omer. Why weren't the police sufficiently prepared for the huge crowds which converged upon the site? It was the worst scene ever in Lag B'Omer annals, compounded by the disgraceful conduct of the police, who lashed out at innocent participants with blows, threats and curses. Then there were the thousands who were stranded in the blazing sun for hours (which alone could have resulted in casualties) due to the lack of transportation.
Palace of Judean King from the First Temple Era Discovered
In the course of a regular field trip of the Kfar Etzion school in the Hebron mountains, one of the guides identified a column with a special type of crown (Proto-Aeolic) which is commonly found in structures from the Bayis Rishon era. Such columns and crowns have been found at Hatzor, Megiddo and Jerusalem in areas that are known to date from the First Temple era. It was discovered in a cave in an area of Jewish ownership located however in a region within the limits of the Palestinian Authority.
Our weekly report of the rain and the level of the Kineret.
The gedolim of his time held R' Chaim in high
regard, even as a young man.
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