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Rabbi Mendel Shafran, shlita
Yochanan Weisberg 01/10/2009 05:40During a special shiur given by the gaon Rabbi Mendel Shafran, he discussed the practical application of dimin in "Choshen Mishpat" with regard to present day issues.
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Mitzvat Sukkah in Jail
David Katz 30/09/2009 21:05Breaking News: In response to a request submitted by the human rights organization, "B'Tzedek", the Israel Prison Service will allow observant Jewish prisoners, for the first time ever, to sleep in a sukkah.
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Beitar’s New Torah Centers
Yochanan Weisberg 30/09/2009 17:40In a rare move, the Amshinover Rebbe shlit’a came to thank the mayor on the occasion of opening new yeshivos in Beitar Illit
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Gilad Still Alive and Well
Avi Moshe 30/09/2009 13:40The Prime Minister's office announced this afternoon that Israel is expecting to receive on Friday a video of Gilad Shalit, as proof that he is still alive. In exchange, the Cabinet has decided to release 20 female Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails. Netanyahu: The world must know that the Hamas is responsible for his fate.
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Admor of Lelov, ztz"l
Yochanan Weisberg 30/09/2009 12:00Just 3 days before his sudden death, the holy Admor of Lelov, ztz"l, wrote the first letter in a Sefer Torah at Ma'aras HaMachpela.
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Yom Kippur in Moscow
Yochanan Weisberg 30/09/2009 08:01Thousands of Jews from all over Moscow participated in the tefillos of Yom Kippur – for many of them, it was their very first time in a shul
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Israeli Driver Shot
30/09/2009 06:00Tuesday evening, terrorists fired at an Israeli vehicle traveling east of the Shvut Rachel settlement in the Binyamin region. The driver of the car was moderately injured in his arm, but kept driving until he reached the nearest settlement, where he received medical first aid. The IDF is conducting a search for the terrorists responsible for the shooting.
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“Klal Chassidim” -Brachfeld
Yochanan Weisberg 29/09/2009 23:57The “Klal Chassidim” community established in Achuzas Brachfeld has grown under the leadership of HaRav HaTzaddik Rabbi Moshe Elazar Moskowitz shlit’a
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Yeshivot Budget Cuts
David Shmueli 29/09/2009 21:51Despite coalition agreements and promises made by the Prime Minister and Finance Ministry to chareidi representatives, the Finance Minister is planning to enact a blanket budget cut on the backs of the holy yeshivot: 300 million shekels is the huge sum the government wants to take away.
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the Lelover Rebbe zy’a
Yochanan Weisberg 29/09/2009 21:15hortly after thousands thronged to the funeral in Bnei Brak and Jerusalem we present a preliminary gallery of Maran HaAdmor of Lelov zy’a. Do you have pictures from the Rebbe’s life? Send them to the editors of Etrog.
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