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NEWS
Assault on Kever Rochel; Heavy Fighting Renewed
by A. Yitzchaki Last week, our front page included an article about the urgent need for rain and asking that the community pray for rain. The article described one rov who had, with great mesiras nefesh, convinced the farmers on his settlement in the center of Israel to observe shmitta kehilchoso. Vaad HaRabbonim Haolami LeInyonei Giyur Refuses to Participate in Knesset Conversion Committee Meetingby Eliezer Rauchberger The Vaad HaRabbonim Haolami LeInyonei Giyur, headed by HaRav Chaim Kreiswirth, the gaavad of Antwerp, has informed the Knesset Immigration and Absorption Committee that the Vaad representatives were unable to participate in committee deliberations that took place on 7 Cheshvan since Reform and Conservative representatives were also invited to participate. The meeting's topic was: "The High Percentage of Non-Jews Among Immigrants." Lettuce Under Fireby Binyomin Rabinowitz Despite all that the Kfar Darom farmers have been undergoing in the months since Rosh Hashanah, they are making every effort to provide the shmitta observing community in Eretz Yisroel with bug-free produce. Day in day out, hour after hour, they cope with unbearable experiences: bus bombs, shooting, terrorist attacks, Molotov cocktails, rocks and more. Bad Feelings in South Africaby D. Saks, Yated South African Correspondent The mood of shock in the South African Jewish community deepened last week following one of the worst acts of antisemitic vandalism in recent years. The small Jewish cemetery in Lichtenburg, a small, farming town in the north- western part of the country, was found to have been desecrated by one of the last remaining Jewish residents of the town. Memorial Service in Netivotby B. Rabinowitz A ceremony in memory of Gabi Azguri, Hy"d, who was murdered two weeks ago by Arab terrorists, was held at the Negev Kissufim intersection. HaRav Yissochor Meir, the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Hanegev, spoke at the service, which was attended by a large crowd. Barak Will not Dismantle Religious Affairs Ministryby Eliezer Rauchberger At a meeting of the UTJ party in the Knesset on Monday (7 Kislev), Finance Minister Avraham Shochat related that the decision to renew the initiative to dismantle the Religious Affairs Ministry has been canceled. Therefore, the new proposal to dismantle the Ministry will not be presented at the cabinet meeting slated for this forthcoming Sunday. Lev L'Achim Sponsors Evening Devoted to Problems of Assimilationby A. Cohen Numerous women and girls participated in a special evening devoted to the prevention of assimilation. Aptly named, "It Won't Happen to Me," the inspiring program, organized by the Midrashot leNaarot network of Lev L'Achim, was held in Ra'anana. HaRav Yaakov Moshe Kulefsky zt"lby S. Bruchi This past erev Shabbos, parshas Toldos (4 Kislev) thousands of America's chareidi Jewish community, headed by roshei yeshiva and gedolei haTorah and including thousands of alumni and students of the Ner Yisroel Yeshiva of Baltimore, accompanied HaRav Yaakov Moshe Kulefsky zt"l, the rosh yeshiva of the Ner Yisroel Yeshiva in Baltimore, Maryland, on his last earthly journey. He was niftar on Thursday 3 Kislev at the age of 78. HaRav Kulefsky zt"l -- A Personal Reportby D. Plaut It was on Thursday afternoon about 4 p.m. that I heard the devastating news that HaRav Kulefsky zt"l was niftar. Though I knew he had a heart condition, I didn't know that his condition had been steadily declining over the last year. Ravitz Family Feud over Kidney Donationby Betzalel Kahn Itıs not every day that one hears about this kind of dispute, in which the members of a particular family vie to donate his/her kidney to their father, who needs a transplant. No compromise or agreement is in sight, as no one is willing to forego the privilege, and the decision is brought to the gedolei haposkim. Lone Chareidi Town Included in Special Assistance Programby Eliezer Rauchberger On 29 Cheshvan, the Knesset Finance Committee decided to include a chareidi town in the prime minister's targeted assistance program. Rabbi Ravitz Requests Information About Reform and Conservative Activitiesby Betzalel Kahn Last week, UTJ MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz asked officials in the Religious Affairs Ministry responsible for the Law of Freedom of Information, for information about Conservative and Reform organizations subsidized by the Religious Affairs Ministry. A Sacred Call: To our Brothers of Sephardi and Oriental DescentThe following call was issued at the close of last year,
in Elul 5760.
The seventh year, shmitta to Hashem, is nearing. The
geula is dependent upon the fulfillment of this
sacred, weighty mitzvah; the geula that will redeem
our souls and usher in an era in which the dominion of
Hashem will be reinstated in the world. It is written, "Then
the land will be appeased for its sabbaticals"
(Vayikra 2:43). Chazal have said: "Exile comes to the
world as a result of the violation of the mitzvah of
shmitta (Avos, Chapter Five).
by Yated Ne'eman Staff Agudath Israel of America has filed a brief in the appeal of a lower court decision that denied a Los Angeles Jewish couple's attempt to claim a deduction of the portion of their tuition payments that goes toward religious instruction. All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is
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