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• Bet Shemesh Elections: Can You Deal with Music on Shabbos?

  

  I "get" the message of the other signs being put up for Moshe Abutbol's campaign... but this one I just don't "get".. can someone please explain it to me? Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Posts #534

  1. final scream - beautifully written. many feel the same way... 2. lady pants 3. a shmittah dilemma 4. cancer: an equal opportunity provider 5. top ten... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Queen Esther, Monical Lewinsky and Sara Netanyahu

  

  When I first heard this on the radio, it sounded a bit funny and even desperate, and even the Haredi radio host was describing it as unbelievable. The wives of... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Belzers Plan to Move to the USA as Refugees

  

  The big, and shocking, news item of the day seems to be the announcement of the Belzer community that they are preparing for a mass "yerida" in the event that... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture of the Day

  

  No, this is not an old picture from Sukkos. This is from yesterday, February 26, 2016, 26 Adar1, 5774. Maybe they are dressed up, at a pre-Purim event? Nope. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• UCLA Student Melts Down After Divestment Defeat (video)

  Poor baby... I am impressed she really believes so strongly in what she is doing that she had such a breakdown when it failed! Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Rabbanut Kashrut Update: Quaker Oats with Reform Hechsher

  

  The latest Rabbanut kashrut update has an important ntoice that I think might be relevant to readers of this blog... Markets are carrying packages of Quaker Oat... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Headline of the Day

  "You must stop Israel from Building the Beit Hamikdash" -- NRG this is what the Palestinians are now imploring of the international community. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Bet Shemesh Affects Million Man Rally Schedule, and Vnahafoch Hu

  

  in Bet Shemesh election news... Eli Cohen, candidate for the position of mayor of Bet Shemesh, put out his jingle for the month of Adar - using a famous Purim... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  I turn to MK Feiglin - why stop at Har Habayit? If you are the new Messiah of our time period, what about the Covenant of the Divided Parts (bris bein habsarim)... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture of the Day (caption Contest)

  

  photo credit: Israel Marc Sellem this definitely deserves to be a caption contest... ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Breslav Reason for the Uprising in Ukraine

  What's going on in the Ukraine is very disturbing. The human tragedy is horrible, and the increase, or maybe just the increase in it being more open, in... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Are Charedim More Trustworthy Than Chilonim?

  hmmm... According to Kooker, four PHDs in economics decided to devise a way of testing the level of truthfulness and honesty of haredi women vs secular women. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Rav Aharon Lichtenstein to Be Awarded Esteemed Israel Prize

  

  Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein has been selected to be the recipient of the esteemed Israel Prize this coming Yom Haatzmaut. From Israel Hayom: Education Minister... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Why the Chazon Ish Lived in Bnei Braq Rather Than Jerusalem

  Bechadrei reports the following story, in which an interesting bit of Haredi history is revealed: The sons of Rav Moshe Shternbuch recently went to Rav Chaim... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  I grew up in Tel Aviv in a shared house - haredim, datiim, secular, and we were traditional. on Shabbos my mother did not cook, but we turned on the lights. We... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Teaser PALESTINE MARATHON 11th April 2014 Bethlehem MARATHONFILM (video)

  once again I have contacted the organizers/promoters of the Palestine Marathon to be run in Bethlehem about the posisbility of my running this race as an... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Facebook Status of the Day

  

  Today's FSotD goes to a Facebook page called "photos and news of Al Aqsa mosque". The page is entirely in Arabic. The status says: and was accompanied by the... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Statement on Beit Shemesh Elections from Knesset Interior Committee

  Today the Knesset Committee of the Interior held a session (a stormy session, according to the reports) about preparations for the upcoming elections in Bet... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interesting Posts #533

  1. what's with your Nachal Charedi army son? 2. going to prison for doing a mitzvah 3. a prayer for Purim in Bet Shemesh - this writer is very talented 4. the... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY