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Asking Forgiveness
"Etrog" 27/09/2009 12:01Erev Yom Kippur, the day that Ribbono shel Olam gave to use with great kindness and mercy, as a rare opportunity to abandon or negative ways and fully repent for all the transgressions we have committed – it is the optimum time to ask for forgiveness, praying that Hashem will bestow upon us holy enlightenment from Above, and respond to our prayers favorably, forgiving us completely.
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Sha'atnez in Jerusalem
Yochanan Weisberg 27/09/2009 11:16Fabric that was purchased in the center of Jerusalem was tested and found to contain sha'atnez. The public must be extra cautious.
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Yom Kippur - Editorial
Rabbi Yosef Baruch 27/09/2009 10:23The air is thick with something special. A cloud of purity envelopes those who trust in one G-d: "For on this day He will atone for you, to purify you from all your sins, before Hashem you will be purified."
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Tashlich in Sadgura
Yochanan Weisberg 26/09/2009 23:54The great event took place in the courtyard of the Sadigura beis midrash, in Shikun Hey, in Bnei Brak. At the end of the evening, a "l'chaim" table was set up for the participants, and headed by the Admor.
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Back to the "Winter Clock"
Moshe Shwartz 26/09/2009 23:07For 184 days, we enjoyed daylight savings time, and tonight at 2:00 A.M., the clocks will be turned back one hour.
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Missile Tests on Yom Kippur
Eitan Fried 26/09/2009 22:40In the course of a missile drill code-named "Great Prophet 4", which will begin tomorrow and continue through Yom Kippur, Iran will test fire long range missiles. The drill has suspiciously been timed to take place in the wake of the discovery of another nuclear power plant in Iran. The Guards' Air Force Commander, General Hossein Salami, said that the drill is a defensive action, and that its objective is to "present the will of the great Iranian nation and to safeguard its revolutionary and national aspirations."
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Netanyahu Speaks in the UN
Eitan Fried 25/09/2009 10:52The Prime Minister, in his speech at the U.N. General Assembly, chastised the countries whose representatives did not protest the speech made by the Iranian Holocaust denier on Wednesday: "To those who gave this Holocaust denier a hearing, have you no shame? Have you no decency? One third of the Jewish nation was exterminated during the Holocause. Is that a lie?"
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Rabbi Saadia Aribi zt"l
Yochanan Weisberg 25/09/2009 09:20During aseres yemei teshuvah, hundreds of people thronged to the kever of Rabbi Saadia in Ashdod
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Beit Yosef-Be'er Sheva
Yochanan Weisberg 24/09/2009 23:35Beer Sheva stadium hosts tens of thousands Thursday night in a Selichot rally headed by Rabbi Binyamin Batzri shlit’a
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Rabbi Kostiner zt"l
Yochanan Weisberg 24/09/2009 23:02Rabbi Menchem David Kostiner zt"l, the brother-in-law of the Seret Vizhnitz Rebbe shlit"a, passed away
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