Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 7:10 pm | ד אב תשפ א
The Tale of the Incredible Renewal of an Ancient Beis Hachaim
“HaDag haKaddosh” – the legend of the Fish. (Credit: R. Junger)
While Europe’s soil was drenched with Jewish blood, a group of courageous Jewish men turned their forced labor into a heroic effort and shoveled mounds of earth to hide what they had been instructed to destroy the gravestones of one of Europe’s oldest existing Jewish cemeteries.
It is difficult to encapsulate within a few pages this incredible story a story perhaps like no other, of a cemetery like no other.
This is a story of survival and revival.
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6:39 am | כ ט סיון תשפ א
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6:39 am | כ ט סיון תשפ א
Barring a last-minute miracle which always remains a possibility in the coming days, a new government will be sworn in in Israel, one that will put in grave danger virtually everything that is vital and precious to Torah Jews. Perhaps more than anything else, what is at stake is what is left of an understanding that predates the founding of the State of Israel, one that has long been referred to as the “status quo.”
In order to understand what lies behind these two words, some historical background is in order.
At the behest of Gedolei Yisrael, a fund was set up on Motzoei Shabbos to appoint a representative for the legal campaign for the Meron disaster. Lawyers in Amit Haddad's office will provide full legal assistance to the families of those who perished or were injured in the tragedy. In light of the large number of
CommunityCoronavirus
By Hamodia Staff
YERUSHALAYIM -
Harav Gershon Edelstein arrives in Mayanei Hayeshua Hospital to receive the vaccine.
As the inoculation against the coronavirus has started in Israel, leading
Gedolei Yisrael,
shlita, have already taken the vaccination and also call on the public to vaccinate.
Gedolei Yisrael have said that the trials performed by the vaccine companies demonstrated that there was no danger to the public in getting the vaccine, and that those with medical conditions should take the vaccine.
On Tuesday, Hagaon Harav Gershon Edelstein,
shlita,
chareidi public “to get vaccinated as soon as possible.”
The letter released by the Badatz Machzikei Hadas.