As in the past so it remains today - we were and still are under the selfsame commitment to adhere to the directions of the Gedolei Yisrael, who stand guard against breaches of purity threatening our camp. When we were required to ask – we asked. When we were instructed to depart – we left. The moment we are summoned back to raise the flag, every other consideration is pushed to the side and we answer: We are ready!
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The ancestral chain of Harav Yisrael Friedman, the founder of the Husyatin chassidic court, originates with the holy Baal Shem Tov. The Husyatin chassidus has its roots in Galicia and eventually came to Tel Aviv, during the turbulent years between the two World Wars.
Read More...US President Barak Obama hosted a dinner at the White House in honor of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Officials of the US government sat alongside American Muslim leaders. Michael Oren, the Israeli Ambassador to the United States was also invited to the meal.
Obama said of Islam, that he wished to pay tribute to "a great religion and its commitment to justice and progress."