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NEWS
Rabbonim Reject Government Attempts to Tempt Yeshiva Students to Join the Army
Rabbonim reacted very strongly against the Government moves on Sunday to extend a program of national service for chareidim. Gedolei Yisroel rejected the repeated attempts to seduce yeshiva students to leave their yeshivas and said that it was part of a longstanding focused attempt to undermine the yeshiva world and to weaken the values held dear by Jewry whose members dedicate their lives to Torah study as yeshiva students and kollel avreichim.
Meeting at the Home of HaRav Chaim Kanievsky about
Personal Ramim
A special meeting at the home of HaRav Chaim Kanievsky
featured the attendance of prominent roshei yeshiva and
marbitzei Torah to encourage the efforts of the
Betzavta organization that arranges for private mentors
and tutors for yeshiva students.
Mishmeret Shabbos Announces Fix for Digital
Refrigerators
The Mishmeret Shabbos announced that it has produced a
special instrument called Glatt Shabbos that can even
be fitted to a refrigerator or freezer that one has
already bought, and it solves the Shabbos problems
involved with the new digitally-controlled appliances
that are sensitive to even to small changes in
temperature that can be caused by a single opening of
the door.
Lavie Ltd Will Build Major Commercial Development in
Modi'in Illit
In between the neighborhoods Neot Hapisgah, Kiryat
Sefer and Brachfeld, on a lot of 14 dunams (3.5 acres)
a new commercial center is rising. The complex will
include a bus terminal and 500 parking spaces, as well
as commercial and office space. A total of about 26,000
square meters (260,000 square feet) will be built. The
estimated time of completion is in 2015.
A large crowd, headed by roshei yeshiva and gedolei
Torah, gathered in Mattersdorf and in the beis medrash
of Ohr Somayach yeshiva in Jerusalem to accompany HaRav
Mendel Weinbach zt"l on his final journey. An unusual
talmid chochom and marbitz Torah for decades, HaRav
Weinbach was one of the founders of the Ohr Somayach
yeshiva, as well as other Torah initiatives including
the Mercaz Bais Yaakov in Jerusalem. His clear shiurim
and deep shmuessim were well known and drew many
listeners. Thousands of talmidim passed through the Ohr
Somayach yeshiva over the years and spread out all over
the globe.
As a son of the first Admor of Radzin R' Yaakov, HaRav
Gershon Henoch made sure to follow in his father's
ways.
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