NEWS FROM AGUDATH ISRAEL OF AMERICA

Statement of Agudath Israel of America Regarding President Trump's Acknowledgement of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

On Wednesday 18 Kislev, December 6, US President Trump announced that he will acknowledge that Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel. In response, Agudath Israel of America, with the guidance of its rabbinical leaders, issued the following statement:

The Shabbos Law

One of the recent initiatives by the chareidi parties to preserve the status of public Shabbos observance in Israel is known as the Supermarket Law. It is a response to a recent High Court decision that allowed supermarkets in Tel Aviv to stay open. 169 stores are now open every Shabbos in Tel Aviv. Meanwhile, the issue has been confined to Tel Aviv.

Prayers Continue for HaRav Shteinman shlita

Throughout the Jewish world, masses of prayers are being said to arouse Heavenly compassion for the full and vigorous recovery of the father and master of Jewry, Rabbenu Aharon Yehuda Leib ben Gittel Feiga Shteinman, amidst all the ailing of Jewry. May Hashem indeed send him speedy balm that he be restored to full health.

From Our Archives

"Middas Yaakov Emes": Searching for Truth by Rabbi Mordechai Miller Chanukah is a time in which our ancestors had to find truth in the darkness of a Greek culture that was out to smother them. In this talk, Rabbi Miller of Gateshead tells us how to search for -- and find -- truth, wherever we are. The following is an edited version of remarks recorded on tape.

Masters and Servants of the Heart: A Shmuess By HaRav Sholom Schwadron zt'l Part III The yahrtzeit of HaRav Sholom is 22 Kislev. T. N. T. B. H. This part contains further insights on human character and especially the idea of being satisfied with one's lot.

Praising Hashem on Chanukah by HaRav Chaim Ezra Barzel On the first night of Chanukah we add the brocho of shehecheyonu (Who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season) to the brochos of lehadlik ner shel Chanukah and she'osoh nissim. The gemora (Shabbos 23a) rules that even someone who only sees the Chanukah light and does not light it himself makes the two brochos of she'osoh nissim and shehecheyonu, and leaves out only the brocho of lehadlik, since he does not actually kindle it.

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