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NEWS
Rundown of Week's Anti-Religious Laws
One City Rav Instead of Two
The Ministerial Legislative Committee approved this Monday a bill to appoint only one chief municipal rav instead of the two who have served until now, one Ashkenazi and the other Sephardi. The proposal also limits their tenure to ten years, with a possible second ten year term.
"Bnei Torah" Representative Tries to Block a Building of Yeshivas Orchos Torah in Bnei Brak
One of the representatives of the Bnei Torah party in Bnei Brak (known colloquially as "Eitz") has appealed above the heads of the Bnei Brak city council to protest the building of a beis medrash for Orchos Torah, one of the major yeshivas of Bnei Brak which is under the supervision of HaRav Shteinman. After the first stage was approved, Moshe Malachi sent an urgent letter protesting the later stages that are still in planning.
To Love Every Jew and Refrain from Machlokes
In the wake of the recent elections, schisms have manifested themselves amongst many families. This, understandably, is causing baseless hatred and destruction of families. It is therefore a mitzvah to publicize the following:
The Chofetz Chaim ruled, in the end of his Ahavas Chessed, in the essay Margenisa Tovo, (Os 17) and quoted by the Chazon Ish (Yoreh Dei'ah, siman B, end of S"K 28) that in our times, there do not exist people who are qualified to reprove, so that there is a prohibition of `hating your brother' which applies to every Jew. It is a mitzvas asei to love every single Jew, and one must flee from argument and dissension, as HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman wrote in his letter on the eve of the elections.
HaRav Shlomo Eiger, zt"l, Rov of Posen
In Honor of his Yahrtzeit, 11 Teves 5612
Rabbi Shlomo was the successor of his father, the renowned Rabbi Akiva Eiger zt"l of Posen.
Before leading his son to the chuppah on his wedding day, Rabbi Akiva Eiger placed both his hands on the chosson's head and blessed him, as is customary.
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