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Fwd: News From Agudas Yisroel 22 Shevat 5782/January 24, 2022


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From: Agudath Israel of America <news@agudah.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2022, 4:38 PM
Subject: News From Agudas Yisroel 22 Shevat 5782/January 24, 2022
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January 24, 2022 - 22 Shevat 5782
News from the Agudah:

  • Yesterday, the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America shared a Kol Korei on the decrees of the Israeli government. See below to read.

  • Am Echad's One Kosel campaign, to get 150,000 signatures to tell Prime Minister Bennett, "No, don't undermine halachah and the religious standards that we've kept for centuries!" is still ongoing. We encourage you to sign the petition at OneKosel.org, and share with your friends and family. For those without web access, you can call 917-284-8144 to sign up.

  • Yarchei Kallah will continue this week on Iyunim B'hilchos Shabbos. See below for this weeks schedule and how to join. 
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah Releases Kol Korei on Decrees of Israeli Government
Agudath Israel of America, yesterday, shared a Kol Korei from the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America:

(Free translation)

Shevat 5782

We hear cries of pain from our brothers who dwell in Eretz Yisroel as the Israeli government plans decrees that will seriously affect the Torah population there. Examples include:

  • desecrating the Kosel HaMaaravi – the last remnant of the Beis Hamikdash and the place from which the Divine Presence has never left – by permitting in it mixed prayer services and desecrations of our holy religious values;

  • acting to remove the safeguards for modesty accepted by the chareidi population upon themselves with respect to the use of "kosher" phones;

  • spreading Shabbos desecration such as in public transportation and the like;

  • canceling oversight over kashrus;

  • intruding into the education systems of chareidi institutions;

  • conspiring to undermine the yeshivos by forcibly conscripting their students;

  • and, most pressing now, acting towards weakening Jewish identity and holiness by allowing any community the authority to perform conversions. This will result in invalid conversions where the convert does not properly accept upon himself the obligations of Torah and mitzvos.

The ultimate outcome of all this will be to uproot the Torah from its status as the foundational identity and eternity of the Jewish people, and to turn the Jewish people into a nation like all others.

We address the Israeli government: You have no right to intrude into the realm of Torah, mitzvos, or Jewish education. These are the pupil of the eye of the Jewish nation. We will object strongly against these plans, just as our ancestors have over the course of history stood against any who have attempted to turn us away from Torah law.

To the G-d fearing religious public we say: This is a time fraught with danger for the Jewish nation, and we must cry out – from the depths of our hearts – that Hashem save us. We are obligated to increase our tefillah until Hashem awakens a heavenly spirit by which these edicts will be cancelled.

May it be Hashem's will that the words, "They shall do no evil nor any destruction in my entire holy land," (Yeshayah 11:9) speedily be fulfilled, and may we merit the day when the Glory of Hashem fills the world.

Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America
Iyunim B'hilchos Shabbos
The shiurim will continue this week with the access information as follows:
The Zoom access link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83528677424 and the call in number is 1-646-558-8656, access code: 835-286-77424.
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