Strengthening Torah Life. Advocating for the Community. Serving Each Individual. | | March 24, 2021 - 11 Nisan 5781 News from the Agudah: - It is hard to believe that it is a full year since the passing of the Novominsker Rebbe ztvk'l. See below for an inspiring selection of his writings from the Jewish Observer.
- See below for a statement on the recent use of Holocaust imagery in the California Governor recall campaign.
- See here for a compilation of piskei Halachah reflecting responses to shailos presented by the Conference of Shul Rabbonim of Agudas Yisroel to Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky and Rabbi Shlomo Miller on Halachos for Erev Pesach that occurs on Shabbos.
- The Israeli Ministry of Justice has asked us to share with you about the availability of unclaimed money belonging to Holocaust victims. Holocaust survivors and their family members can review and search the list by clicking here. Requests for restitution of an asset to its rightful heirs can be submitted through the this website, as well.
- As you prepare for the Seder, make sure that Yidden across the globe can also have a Chag Kasher v'Someach. The Overseas Pesach Campaign has helped Jewish families with kosher for Pesach food for the past 50 years. See below for more information on how you can help.
- Between now and Pesach, and on Chol Hamoed, we will be having special shiurim in honor of Pesach - please see below for the full schedule for these two weeks, and we hope you'll join! The Pesach series of shiurim will be archived here: https://agudah.org/iyunim-bhilchos-pesach/.
- Lastly, we heard from some of our readers that they were not able to see Rabbi Simcha Bunim Londinsky's special shiur last Thursday night in honor of the siyum on Meseches Pesachim. There were technical issues and we apologize. To watch that shiur, as well as the other three shiurim in the series, please click here.
| | The Novominsker Rebbe: A Compilation of Writings | | It is hard to believe that it is a full year since the passing of the Novominsker Rebbe ztvk'l. As we approach the first yahrtzeit of the Rebbe, we are honored to share with you a selection of his writings as originally published in the Jewish Observer.
The articles span a time frame of almost twenty years and cover a range of topics. One topic that the Rebbe brought up again and again in his writing stood out for us: "T'hei Sheim Shamayim mis'aheiv al yadecha," may Hashem's Name become loved through your actions. May these writings help bring the Rebbe's words to heart, as we work towards the ge'ulah sheleimah.
Click here or on the image above for a downloadable PDF. | | No Room for Nazi Comparisons: Agudath Israel Condemns the use of Holocaust Imagery in California Governor Recall Campaign | | Whatever one's position on the initiative to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom, there should be no room for the sort of offensive rhetoric that has emerged in some corners.
Social media posts with pictures of the governor sporting a small mustache and captioned "Adolph Newsome" are nothing short of abhorrent. To express opposition to the possibility of a mask mandate during a pandemic by invoking imagery of Americans being marched into a furnace crosses the clear line of decency, obscenely trivializing the pain and destruction suffered by the victims of the Nazis and their sympathizers during the Holocaust.
Whatever one's views on the recall initiative, employing abhorrent images and words to further those views is simply unacceptable. | | The Overseas Pesach Campaign has helped Jewish families with kosher for Pesach food for the past 50 years. You can contribute by going to https://agudah.link/opc. | | The shiurim will continue for the next 2 weeks with the access information as follows: | | | | | | |
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