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Knesset Proposals: Almost 30 Anti-Chareidi Laws
A wave of anti-chareidi legislation is rising as the summer session of the Knesset opens. Many are sponsored be members of the government.
Among the proposals are liberalizing changes in the marriage system and the conversion system. Among them is a proposal by the Assistant Minister of Religions Ben Dahan of the Habayit Hayehudi party that would open the conversion process to all the regional rabbis, which would certainly weaken the current safeguards against non-sincere and ineffectual conversions.
Preparations for Mass Visits to Meron on Lag B'Omer
Hundreds of thousands are expected to visit the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron starting on motzei Shabbos, the 33rd day of the Omer. From Friday morning, roads in the area will be closed to individual vehicles, and all visitors are expected to travel in buses and vans. The roads are expected to remain closed until at least noon time on Sunday. Security checks will be made at checkpoints far away so that the final and most difficult parts of the journey will not be burdened by those issues.
Ule'on atoh holeich
A grandchild of the holy Chasam Sofer zt"l relates in the sefer Chut Hameshulosh:
During the hot summers, the Chasam Sofer would leave Pressburg with its pressures, for the serene atmosphere and green pastures of Jergen, a small countryside village not far away. Not that he took a holiday from his learning and shiurim. In fact, every day a carriage-load of bochurim would ride out to the tiny town to learn the daily shiur with their Rebbe and then travel back to transmit it further to the other talmidim.
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By HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapiro, Rosh Yeshivas Be'er Yaakov
Part I
The Medrash Tanchuma: Rigors and Rewards of the Oral Torah
"Blessed be the Name of the King of Kings, Hakodosh Boruch Hu, who chose Yisroel from the seventy nations. He gave us the Written Torah, replete with allusion and cryptic, hidden meaning, which is explained by the Oral Torah that He revealed to Yisroel. The Written Torah moreover, is composed of general principles and the Oral Torah, of details. The Oral Torah is vast; the Written Torah is sparing.
By M. Plaut and N. Katzin
The Jewish woman makes a great kiddush Hashem whenever she dresses and conducts herself with tsnius, even if it is in the most private places. However, the response to the recent psak of maranan verabonon that human hair from India is tikroves avodoh zora an offering to an idol, was truly impressive.
By A. Tzikinovsky
HaRav Aharon Dovid Dunner, a prominent London dayan who traveled to India to gather information critical to HaRav Eliashiv's ruling, told Yated Ne'eman about the siyato diShmayo during all of his tours and meetings. Sent to ascertain whether the hair is cut at the actual site of the temple and whether the haircut itself is part of the idol-worship, he and his assistants managed to amass extensive information, including classified information normally kept hidden from foreigners.
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