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Thoughts on Torah, working, living in Israel and how they go together.

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Security Council resolution 1701 has completely failed

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Officials: 1701 on verge of collapse United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, passed to stop the Second Lebanon War, is on the verge...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

What airline should you fly on?

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According to the ועד לעניני תחבורה the main criteria is whether or not the flight has movies shown. They split up the airlines into 3 groups...
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The dollar is still worth 4 shekels according to the Gedolim

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The dollar hasn't been anywhere near the 4 shekel mark in a very long time but Areivim is still insisting on pricing in dollars at 4 she...
Thursday, July 03, 2008

Winograd commission member - PM should have been removed from office

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Yechezkel Dror, one of the members of the Winograd commission that investigated the Second Lebanon War had very harsh criticism for the poli...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Buy segulos online

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You can now buy segulos online. The Israel Catalog offers: Kabbalah Amulet for Health Kabbalah Amulet for Health Item Number: 12501 List ...
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

How many strings of תכלת?

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Recently I have seen in a number of places people recommending to wear 1 string of techeles like the Rambam. Regarding the number of strings...
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Another Hasidic succession battle - Vishnitz

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The Viznitzer Rebbe has 2 sons, Yisrael and Menachem Mendel. About 20 years ago the older son Yisrael was removed from his position, the pre...
Monday, June 30, 2008

Amir Peretz plans his return to head the Labor Party

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Peretz to challenge Barak in primary You couldn't make this up, this is so completely and utterly absurd. Here is a guy who was elected ...
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Israel should reject the deal with Hezbullah

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As much as I feel for the families this deal cannot be accepted. For probably the first and last time in my life I agree with Yossi Beilin ...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

The Labor Party is a Joke

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So says the headline of today's ישראל היום (a free daily newspaper given out in Israel). The reason is really simple. Not only did the d...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Shas is now sitting pretty

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Shas must have breathed a huge sigh of relief. They don't really want elections and now they can continue to extort money from Olmert in...
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Can politics in Israel sink any lower?

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I haven't posted about Israeli politics in a while, here I go again. It doesn't get any worse then this. Ehud Barak who a month ago ...
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Monday, June 23, 2008

Looking back at what the leftists said before the disengagement

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I was reading an old post and the comments from 2005 (before the disengagement) and was struck by some some of the things said by leftists a...
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Age discrimination in Kollels?

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I have to say this would never have occurred to me. I would never have thought that there is a phenomenon of age discrimination in kollels. ...
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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Forner Bais Yaakov girl play football

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Football Pro Keeps Her Faith on the Gridiron Gable grew up Orthodox, with nine siblings, in Monsey, N.Y., and is a running back for the New ...

Traveling in America

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I was recently traveling in the US (which is why I haven't posted in a while), and would like to relate some of my experiences. I was in...
Thursday, June 05, 2008

Hamodia: The yeshivos are on the verge of collapse: 'Only a miracle can save us'

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The article explains that the crisis comes mostly from the cuts in government funding. One of the biggest issues relates to the core curricu...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

The latest סגולה

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Can anyone explain to me what the connection to 104 shekel is? In any case this is not the only סגולה in yesterday's Yated Neeman. Here ...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Finally the press wakes up ...

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and realizes that the main charge against Olmert is not bribery, that is just the icing on the cake. The main charge is money laundering and...
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Why Olmert's lawyers didn't cross examine Talansky

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After all, this has caused tremendous damage to the PM to allow Talansky's testimony to go unrefuted. Olmert's attorneys could have ...
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