News
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Pe'er Yisrael: New Edition
Yochanan Weisberg 07/09/2009 16:47After 30 years, a new edition of the sefer "Pe'er Yisrael" will be published – a book of commentaries by the holy Rabbi Yisrael Shalom Yosef of Bohosh, ztz"l
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HaTanya's Birthday
Yochanan Weisberg 07/09/2009 15:40Throngs of people have arrived in Hadiatch today, where the Admor the Ba'al HaTanya is buried.
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Baal Shem Tov Torah
Yochanan Weisberg 07/09/2009 13:21In commemoration of 250 years since the petira of the Ba'al Shem Tov, the "Agudat Ohalei Tzaddikim" has sponsored the writing of a special Sefer Torah that will be donated to the Mezibuzh Beit Midrash.
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Panim Meirot Dinner
Yochanan Weisberg 07/09/2009 12:51At the dinner held Saturday night at the Continental Hall, hundreds of students and alumnae of the Yeshivat "Panim Meirot" were in attendance, as well as rabbis and Admorim.
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Arab Pledges Pending
Avi Moshe 07/09/2009 11:49Even before the construction of 500 new housing units was approved, American officials publicized a list of pledges made by Arab countries as gestures towards normalization. Will they satisfy Netanyahu enough for him to authorize the settlement building freeze? The "Forum of Six" (Netanyahu, Leiberman, Ya'alon, Barak, Meridor, and Begin) has tentatively approved the issue of building permits before the settlement freeze commences, and before Mitchell arrives in Israel.
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Russian Immigration Increase
Eitan Fried 07/09/2009 11:48In the face of the economic crisis, immigration from Russia to Israel is expected to increase by 20% in the coming year.
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DeLonghi Goes Kosher
Yochanan Wiesberg 07/09/2009 10:11The Eida Chareidit has attached its certification to the last kashrus authorization given by the gaon Rabbi Meir Bransdorfer, ztz"l, before his petira.
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Tefillin in Moscow
Yochanan Weisberg 06/09/2009 22:01After a mighty battle to learn in a Torah school, the Moscow boy put on tefillin for the first time today – the day of his Bar Mitzvah
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Simchas Beis Skulen
Yochanan Weisberg 06/09/2009 21:02A large crowd participated in the chasunah of a granddaughter of the Skulener Rebbe, shlit"a. The Rebbe delivered a mussar shmuess before the chuppah
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HaKuzari in Russian
Yochanan Weisberg 06/09/2009 16:44A Russian translation of "The Kuzari" is on display for the first time ever at an international book fair in Moscow, Russia.
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