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NEWS
HaRav Shteinman Shlita Explains His Approach
At the big chizuk rally held by the Ateres Shlomoh - Eretz Hatzvi kollelim, HaRav Chizkiyohu Mishkovsky, the mashgiach at yeshivas Orchos Torah, related a recent incident in which Maran the Rosh Hayeshiva, HaRav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman shlita, explained his current approach to public activity. What follows is a quote from the remarks of HaRav Mishkovsky.
Tens of Thousands Demonstrated in Manhattan Against Religious Persecution in Eretz Yisroel
On Sunday 1 Tammuz, tens of thousands assembled in Federal Plaza in Manhattan for a large demonstration against religious persecution (redifas hadas) in Eretz Yisroel including proposals to draft yeshiva students.
Frum Jew Elected to French Parliament
For the first time in the history of the French parliament, and with a considerable majority, an orthodox Jew, R' Meir Chaviv, has been elected to serve in that national house of representatives. R' Chaviv garnered the votes of hundreds of thousands of French Jewish citizens residing in seven countries who obeyed the call of their rabbonim to choose this representative to serve in the Paris legislature.
In Response to Many Questioners, and to Keep From Transgressions
With regard to the new sponge designed to wash dishes called "Shabbatclean" and some imagine a hetter to use it on Shabbos as claimed by Machon Tzomet, we hereby publicize our opinion that it is absolutely forbidden to use it on Shabbos...
HaRav Yehoshua Yeshaya Neuwirth zt"l
HaRav Yehoshua Yeshaya Neuwirth zt"l was born in Berlin on 14 Adar I 5686 (1926). His father HaRav Aharon was a well- known rav. His mother was a descendant of HaRav Yitzchok Dov Bamberger, the Wurtzberg Rov. His father refused to become an official, state-supported rov ("rav mita'am") and was thereby better able to keep halochoh.
Increasing Torah Study and Prayer
Tens of thousands of Torah scholars in locations throughout Eretz Yisroel and the entire world continue to strengthen themselves in Torah study and prayer, and in all the yeshivos and Torah centers measures have been taken to strengthen and increase Torah study without interruption, especially during times of laxity, such as on these long Fridays and Shabbosim.
Rabbi Nachman was among the greatest of the talmidei chachomim and ovdei Hashem who would gather to learn in the kloiz in Brod. Rabbi Nachman himself relates that during this period he would immerse himself daily in the freezing waters of the river. So cold were they that no one else was able to enter at all and, following the tevilloh, Rabbi Nachman himself would have to lie against the burning walls of an oven for a full hour before he felt the warmth returning to his bones.
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