A lot will remain in the air for a few weeks until an actual government is formed, but the big news is that the so-called Right Block got more Knesset seats than the Left Block, allowing Netanyahu to form a government.

The Meteorological Authority has released the information that, following five years of drought, the amount of rainfall measured from September through March registered 131% of the average annual rainfall overall.

Agudath Israel of America is deeply concerned about the recent outbreak of measles and the threat it poses to communities around the country.

Netanyahu Tried to Draw Chareidi Voters to Likud

Prime Minister Netanyahu crossed red lines when he invited the so-called chareidi press to his office this past Sunday two days before the elections, hoping to draw to his side the undecided marginal vote.

Most Cigarettes are Probably Chometz

The manufacturing process of cigarettes these days is very complex. Cigarettes produced abroad contain, besides tobacco, a range of raw materials designed to prolong shelf life, preserve the flavor, increase addiction, including starches, glues and other contents, besides which the tobacco itself is rinsed in alcohol, all of which serve as the basic filling of all cigarettes.

Part III

This is part of a new series we are publishing entitled "Yesodos Ne'emanim." These are articles originally published in the print edition of the English Israeli Yated Ne'eman, that were selected because they explain basic ideas of Torah hashkofoh. This is the third of a series of three articles that were originally published in 5752 (1992). This first was in the issue of parshas Terumah. HaRav Weintraub was alive then. This is a translation of the original Hebrew article.

In developing an understanding of the Fourth Kingdom that dominates the Jewish people up until the coming of Moshiach, HaRav Weintraub explained the core chochmah, wisdom, that lies at the head of the world, and how it is the basis for the conflict and contrast between the Fourth Kingdom and Klal Yisroel. He suggests a link between the wisdom that is the focus of the struggle for geula, and the silence that must be the reaction to what is the chesed of yissurim that are sent when we do not atone for our sins with teshuva.