Degel HaTorah representatives expressed this past Monday in the Knesset Interior Committee their vehement opposition to legislation or other official form that would require mohalim to acquire a certificate issued by the State.

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Boruch Chacham HoRazim -- The Knower of Secrets By HaRav Aharon Leib Steinman Given at a his'orerus gathering at the Bobov Center in Boro Park during the visit of HaRav Steinman and the Gerrer Rebbe in America, just over a year ago.

Digging Up the Kivros Hata'avo By HaRav Aharon Leib Steinman The rabble which clamored for meat sat and wept . . . "We remembered the fish and the squash and the watermelons . . . and now our souls are dry. All we have to look forward to is the mann . . . " (Bamidbor 11,5).

Three Attacks on the Religious Community By Mordechai Plaut At this time, it appears that there will be three core issues which will be used to attack the chareidi community of Israel in the next government: drafting yeshiva students ("the universal obligation for national service"), the imposition of secular studies in the chareidi educational system and setting up a national constitution. There will certainly be other issues, but these are the largest issues that we see as potential threats to our very existence as religious Jews and as a religious community in Israel..

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