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A Wake-Up Call: No Child Should Be Left Without a Moisad Dear Readers, This subject has come up many times before, but with its relevance to this week’s Parsha and the current chinuch crisis, I feel compelled to raise it once again. Last week in London, and this week in Manchester, we witnessed massive Yom HaTefillah gatherings and Asifos to annul the bitter gezeirah against our youth—our tinokos shel beis rabban, rachmana litzlan. Yes, in times of trouble, we turn to tefillah, but as the Orach Chaim explains in last week’s Parsha, there are times when we must take action and not merely daven. I am referring to the crisis of our children—boys and girls—who are not being accepted into schools, yeshivos, and seminaries. Some have even been forced into homeschooling because they have nowhere else to go. Can we not take a moment to consider the many sleepless nights these parents and children endure, suffering the pain of rejection? How humiliated they must feel! Do we not already have enough struggling children on the streets, rachmana litzlan? Must we add to Klal Yisroel’s pain by neglecting these precious neshamos? This is not a decree imposed upon us by the government. Perhaps this is a wake-up call from Above, urging us to take responsibility and ensure that no child is left without a suitable moisad. Askonim, please wake up and take responsibility! Every child—big or small—must have a suitable place in a moisad, whether in London, Manchester, or Gateshead. Menahalim and school governors must reconsider their admissions policies with clear, valid reasons, guided by true Daas Torah, rather than clinging to outdated criteria that were lehavdil set 80 years ago! Y. B. |
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| Trump says he is committed to US buying, owning Gaza, but other countries could assist in rebuilding |
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US President Donald Trump says he is committed to the US buying and owning Gaza, but could give sections of the Palestinian enclave to other countries in the Middle East to help in the rebuilding effort. He says that he will “turn Gaza into a prime location for future development.” He makes the remarks to reporters aboard Air Force One. He says that he will be meeting soon with Saudi Arabia’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, and that he expects both will agree to take in Palestinian refugees after speaking to him. He adds that the US could look at allowing in Palestinian refugees on a case-by-case basis, and that he will “take care of the Palestinians and ensure they are not killed.” |
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| Health officials: 3 hostages freed over weekend have severe health conditions including malnutrition, heart disorders |
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Health officials say that three hostages, Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi, released from Gaza after 491 days of captivity, suffer from severe physical and mental deterioration, including malnutrition, decreased muscle mass, heart disorders, and prolonged infection, according to the Ynet news site. The officials say some injuries after prolonged exposure to harsh conditions are not immediately visible. Levy and Sharabi are being treated at Sheba Medical Center, and Ben Ami is at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Sheba Medical Center director Yael Nir-Frankel says the consequences of “491 long days in captivity are evident on the two returnees.” “To hold people in captivity for so long means a deterioration of their condition,” she says. |
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| IDF fires at Palestinians who approached northern Gaza border, three said killed |
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| View of the northern Gaza Strip as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, on February 9, 2025. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) |
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IDF troops opened fire on a group of dozens of Palestinians who approached the border in the northern Gaza Strip, near the community of Nahal Oz, on Sunday as Israel warned there would be zero tolerance for Palestinians approaching troops who pulled back to a buffer zone along the frontier. The suspects reached just a few hundred meters from troops, who were stationed in the buffer zone. The IDF said the forces moved forward with military vehicles and fired warning shots. As a result, several of the suspects were hit, and the group withdrew, the military said. Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency, said there were “three martyrs and several injured as a result of Israeli occupation forces opening fire on civilians in the eastern areas of Gaza City.” He urged residents to avoid the eastern areas and Israeli military positions, emphasizing the importance of following official directives. Defense Minister Israel Katz, responding to the incident, said there would be zero tolerance for Gazans approaching the border with Israel. “Israel’s defense policy with Gaza is clear: Anyone who enters the buffer zone puts their life at risk,” Katz said in a statement. “There will be zero tolerance for anyone who poses a threat to IDF troops or the [border] fence and communities. We will not return to the reality of October 7,” he added. Speaking later at the start of a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would rebuff any advance on the security perimeter granted Israel in Gaza under the terms of the ceasefire there. “My directive tonight: Nobody approaches the perimeter, nobody infiltrates the perimeter,” he said, hours after returning from Washington. “That’s part of the agreement and we will enforce it — enforce it forcefully. We expect Hamas to stand by all its commitments, and this is one of them.” The IDF has warned Palestinians against approaching the Israeli border and a buffer zone inside Gaza where troops are deployed. In a separate incident on Sunday, a Palestinian woman was reportedly killed east of the Khan Younis suburb of Al-Qarara in southern Gaza. |
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