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...Gertrude Baines of Los Angeles, California died on Saturday at the Western Convalescent Hospital, at age 115. She had been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest person in the world.
Gertrude attributed her longevity to the fact that she never smoked or drank alcohol.