by Emanuel Shilo, Besheva, translated by Hillel Fendel
What exactly happened in the Knesset this past week that caused such drama and tension? The nationalist right-wing camps of both the coalition and the opposition accused each other of the same thing: selling out the national interest for their own narrow political interests – and many observers are totally confused.
Last Monday, the Bet El Yeshiva celebrated for the first time in its history...a bat mitzvah! About 35 daughters of the Yeshiva's graduates came for a special experiential day prior to reaching the "age of mitzvot."
The following Wednesday, the Yeshiva held a "Bar Mitzvah Day" with the same number of sons of Yeshiva graduates. Barukh HaShem, the participants of the two events had very warm reactions and enjoyed the events very much.
by Hillel Fendel
Israel's new left-right government, currently headed by Naftali Bennett of the Yemina party, faced its first major test today – and apparently passed it. A compromise was reached regarding the new Shomron (Samaria) pioneer community of Evyatar, just east of Tapuah – grudgingly acceptable to both sides.
The Bet El Yeshiva site's Hebrew Q&A page is a free service and resource that currently has almost 100,000 questions asked by Israelis all over the country on over 550 topics, and over 50 Rabbanim who take the time and consideration to respond. The Q&A site's English counterpart has almost 9,000 questions asked, on over 560 topics, and with 20 Rabbanim who respond.
The following are questions posted on the Hebrew Q&A page (translated to English) by the same young man over a 7-month period.
by Hillel Fendel
With the formation of Israel's new Lapid-Bennett left-right government, the country in general, and the religious-Zionist public in particular, is all astir. All are trying to make sense both of what happened and what will happen.
