The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah met this past Sunday, the 12th of Adar A, in Bnei Brak in anticipation of the upcoming elections on the 4th of Nisan.

The Rabbinical Union of French Communities, which has the blessing of gedolei Yisroel headed by HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, met with the chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee, Rabbi Moshe Gafni, in the Degel HaTorah headquarters in Bnei Brak, requesting his aid in helping the absorption of new French immigrants to Israel, a flow which is steadily increasing.

A report from the Central Bureau of Statistics regarding cities in Israel shows that at the end of 2017, the Israeli population stood at 8,797,000 residents of which 74.8% lived in cities. The density stood at 387.4 [people] per each square kilometer. There are 235 local authorities in Israel in 77 towns. There are 124 local councils and 54 district authorities. Sixteen Israeli cities have over 100,000 residents. The latest one to join this list is Kfar Saba.

HaRav Yehoshua Heller zt"l was a talmid of HaRav Yisroel Salanter zt"l. He served as the rov in the Lithuanian town of Flongian.

Rain and Kinneret Watch

by Dei'ah Vedibur Staff

Our weekly report of the rain and the level of the Kineret - Winter, 5779.

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