USEFUL NEWS (SHEMITA)

No Halachic Scales For The South African Kingklip Fish, Parshas Korach 5765

Rabbi Gafni Proposes Law Allowing Installation of Shabbos Clock in Stairwell Without Neighbors' Consent, Parshas Shelach 5765

Dollar Rises 12 Agorot in Three Months, Parshas Beha'aloscha 5765

Kashrus Certification Now Required for Over-the-Counter Drugs, Parshas Nosso 5765

Missionary Material Handed Out at Tel Aviv Food Festival, Parshas Nosso 5765

Lev L'Achim Renews Warnings Against Vacations at Nes Amim, Parshas Bechukosai 5765

Bank Leumi Share Grants Approved, Parshas Bechukosai 5765

Notzrei Loshon Binder Available, Parshas Bechukosai 5765

Why it is Now OK to Go to the Kosel Maarovi on Shabbos and Yom Tov, Parshas Behar 5765

International Kashrus Conference Opens in Jerusalem — Issurei Hano'oh Ingredients Possible in Medicines, Parshas Behar 5765

Fire Safety, Parshas Behar 5765

Repeat Warning Against All Cell Phone Use by Yeshiva Students, Parshas Emor 5765

Kosel Bus Lines will Run Until 1:00 AM, Parshas Emor 5765

Gathering in Givat Shaul to Mark End of Shivoh for HaRav Wolbe, zt"l, Parshas Emor 5765

Botei Din Ban "Drawer Plan" Housework System, Parshas Kedoshim 5765

A Detailed Halachic Guide Including Practical Advice for Erev Pesach Shechal Lihiyos BeShabbos, Parshas Achrei Mos 5765

Touring Safely: Bein Hazmanim Perils, Parshas Achrei Mos 5765

Quinoa Should Not be Used on Pesach, Parshas Achrei Mos 5765

Oat Matzo: From Scotland to the World, Parshas Achrei Mos 5765

Cigarettes Have Chometz!, Parshas Achrei Mos 5765

Checking Strawberries, Parshas Achrei Mos 5765

Magen David Adom Warns that Fish and Matzoh Pose Choking Hazards, Parshas Achrei Mos 5765

Travelers Beware when Taking Packages, Parshas Achrei Mos 5765

Parents, Children, and the Seder Table, Parshas Achrei Mos 5765

Surveillance Cameras in Old City Rendered Suitable for Shabbos Use, Parshas Metzora 5765

High Percentage of Orloh in Certain Summer Fruits, Parshas Metzora 5765

New "Kosher" Cell Phones Free of Content Services, Parshas Vayikro 5765

A Woman's Work, Parshas Vayikro 5765

Final Approval for Daylight Savings Time Law, Parshas Pekudei 5765

Tried and True Seguloh, Parshas Pekudei 5765

Various Events Scheduled to Mark Completion of Daf Yomi Cycle, Parshas Tetzaveh 5765

Just One Word. Amen, Parshas Tetzaveh 5765

Employment Project for Modi'in Illit Women Gains Momentum, Parshas Terumoh 5765

Bezeq Donated NIS 2.8 Million to Charity Organizations, Parshas Terumoh 5765

Arise Yerushalayim, the Holy City, Parshas Beshalach 5765

Changes in Egged Lines from Jerusalem and Bnei Brak to Tzfas and Meron, Parshas Beshalach 5765

Checking Dried Fruit, Parshas Beshalach 5765

BUG UPDATE, Tevet 5765, Parshas Voera 5765

Bill to Prevent Fake Sifrei Torah and Megillos, Parshas Vayechi 5765

XFone Offers Lowest Rate on International Calling, Parshas Vayechi 5765

The Vote of Orthodox Jews in the US Election, Parshas Vayigash 5765

Government Assistance for Apartment Buyers to Drop at End of December, Parshas Vayeshev 5765

BUG UPDATE, KISLEV 5765, Parshas Vayetze 5765

Line Ten Joins Jerusalem's Mehadrin Lines, Parshas Vayetze 5765

Stricter Car Safety Laws for Children, Parshas Chaye Soro 5765

Fourth Annual Shas Cycle in Memory of HaRav Shach Begins, Parshas Vayero 5765

Smoking on Yom Tov is Prohibited MideOraisa, Succos 5765

Religious Council of Jerusalem -- Council Chairman's Office, Succos 5765

Insects in Sechach, Succos 5765

Smoking on Yom Tov is Prohibited MideOraisa, Parshas Nitzovim-Vayeilech 5764

Bein Hashmoshos: A Possible Issur DeOraisa, Parshas Nitzovim-Vayeilech 5764

New Head of El Al Pledges Not to Fly on Shabbos, Parshas Ki Sovo 5764

Orloh Fruits from Current Harvest Season Found in Produce Markets, Parshas Ki Sovo 5764

Choosing the Music -- A Yiddishe Wedding, Parshas Ki Sovo 5764

Forms on Yeshivos Gedolos and Kollelim Due, Parshas Ki Seitzei 5764

Antismoking Organization Launches Broad Campaign, Parshas Shoftim 5764

Vetalmudo Beyodo: How to Become a Talmid Chochom, Parshas Shoftim 5764

Rabbonim Urge Public to Avoid Visiting Sites Open on Shabbos, Parshas Rei 5764

Don't Smoke, Parshas Eikev 5764

Beware of Yichud in X-ray Rooms, Parshas Vo'eschanan 5764

The New Zealand Dateline, Parshas Vo'eschanan 5764

New Child Allowances Take Effect, Parshas Devorim 5764

Hundreds of Condensed Shemiras Haloshon Shiurim Around the Country, Parshas Devorim 5764

New Amendment Requires Bathing Facilities to Provide Separate Hours, Parshas Mattos-Masei 5764

Two Other Supermarket Chains Announce They Will Remain Closed on Shabbos, Parshas Mattos-Masei 5764

Kosher Beach in Herzliyah Reopens, Parshas Pinchos 5764

Gedolei Yisroel Warn Against Birthright Trips to Israel, Parshas Bolok 5764

Security Escort for Visitors at Mount of Olives, Parshas Bolok 5764

BUG UPDATE, SIVAN 5764, Parshas Beha'aloscha 5764

The Importance of Sheitels in our Troubled Times, Parshas Beha'aloscha 5764

New US Report Links More Diseases to Smoking, Parshas Beha'aloscha 5764

The Importance of Sheitels in our Troubled Times, Parshas Nosso 5764

Shearis Yisroel Rabbonim Begin Checking Kashrus of Different Types of Wigs, Parshas Nosso 5764

On Wigs and Wings..., Parshas Nosso 5764

Righteous Women, Parshas Nosso 5764

The Great Sheitel Kiddush Hashem, Parshas Bamidbar 5764

High Percentage of Orloh in Summer Fruits, Parshas Bamidbar 5764

Realtor Exclusivity Limited to Six Months, Parshas Behar/Bechukosai 5764

Building Contractors Accuse State of Taxing Apartment Buyers Excessively, Parshas Behar/Bechukosai 5764

Survivors From Western Europe, Hungary May Now Be Eligible for Claims Conference Pensions, Parshas Emor 5764

Investigation Underway to Evaluate Certain Sheitels, Parshas Emor 5764

Bikur Cholim, Parshas Emor 5764

About Packaging Dates, Parshas Tazria/Metzora 5764

The Value of a Prutoh, Parshas Tazria/Metzora 5764

Gedolei Yisroel Warn Against Series of Books Containing Alterations in Siddurim and Chumoshim, Parshas Tzav/Pesach 5764

More About Ritalin, Parshas Yisro 5764

Bedikas Hamozone Cahalochoh, Parshas Beshalach 5764

Agriculture Ministry to Alter Insurance Contract to Protect Farmers Who Keep Shmittah, Parshas Voeiro 5764

Mayor's Revolutionary Plan to Lower Housing Costs in Jerusalem, Parshas Shemos 5764

Response of Rav Vaye and Rav Shmulevitz to Letters by Rav Landau against Specially-Grown Vegetables, Parshas Shemos 5764

Sparing Jews from Financial Losses, Parshas Shemos 5764

The Mishna Berurah Amud Yomi Program, Parshas Vayechi 5764

Israel to give away Hebrew Version of Open Office, Parshas Vayechi 5764

BUG UPDATE ACCORDING TO RAV VAYE KISLEV 5764, Parshas Vayeishev 5764

Upcoming Conference on Bukharan Jewry, Parshas Vayeishev 5764

Instructions for Kohanim Entering Hospitals, Parshas Vayeitzei 5764

Bolstering Efforts to Prevent Sale of Orloh, Parshas Vayeitzei 5764

Insect-Free Vegetables Grown Hydroponically, Parshas Vayeitzei 5764

Problematic Shemittah Wine, Parshas Shmini 5763

USA Shmittah Update, Parshas Vayikra 5762

Shemittah Concerns Still Trouble USA, Parshas Mishpatim 5762

Gala Shearis Rally Marks End of Successful Shmittah Year, Parshas Shemos 5762

U.S. Shmittah Product Category List, Parshas Vayeishev 5762

Further U.S. Shmittah Issues, Parshas Vayishlach 5762

U.S. Shmittah Advisory, Parshas Toldos 5762

The Gaon Said to Write a Prusbul Throughout the World, Parshas Nitzavim 5761/Rosh Hashana-Yom Kippur 5762

In Honor of Shmittah and its Heroes, Parshas Nitzavim 5761/Rosh Hashana-Yom Kippur 5762

Observations: OU Gives Kashrus Certification to Heter Mechirah Products, Parshas Shoftim 5761

Otzar Beis Din Grape Juice Distributed, Parshas Shoftim 5761

Proper Shemittah Observance, Parshas Shelach 5761

Gedolei Haposkim Urge Use of Otzar Beis Din Fruit, Parshas Shelach 5761

Bs"d, Iyar 5761, Parshas Shelach 5761

Bs"d, Iyar 5761, Parshas Shelach 5761

Politica, Parshas Nasso 5761

This Shabbos: Fundraising Around in the World on Behalf of the Shmittah-Observing Farmers, Parshas Behar/Bechukosai 5761

Helping the Gibborei Hakoach, Parshas Behar/Bechukosai 5761

Vegetables from the Aravah, Parshas Emor 5761

The Heter Mechirah Debate / Can Good Come from Evil?, Parshas Vayikra 5761

Hundreds of Farmers Join Keren Shevi'is Kollelim, Parshas Terumah 5761

Five Million NIS Transferred to Shmittah Observant Farmers, Parshas Terumah 5761

The Struggle for Shmittah Observance This Year: Jewish Produce, the Heter Mechirah, Sefichim and Geuloh, Parshas Mishpotim 5761

Issues of Shmittah 5761: Shelichus, the Arava and More, Parshas Mishpotim 5761

Rishon Letzion Issues Order Granting Kashrus Certification to Marketers of Sefichin Produce, Parshas Vo'era 5761

HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Urges Support of Shmittah Observant Farmers, Parshas Vo'era 5761

American Roshei Yeshiva and Rabbonim Hold Emergency Meeting for Keren Shevi'is, Parshas Vayigash 5761

The "First" Shmittah: The Chazon Ish's Role In The Renewal Of Shmittah Observance, Parshas Vayishlach 5761

Lettuce Under Fire, Parshas Vayeitzei 5761

A Sacred Call: To our Brothers of Sephardi and Oriental Descent, Parshas Vayeitzei 5761

We Need Rain for Shmitta, Parshas Toldos 5761

Large Eida HaChareidis Rally for Shmitta Observing Farmers, Parshas Chayei Soroh 5761

Otzar Beis Din of Shearis Yisroel Set Up, Parshas Vayeiro 5761

What Will We Eat?, Parshas Lech Lecho 5761

Keren Hashevi'is Executive Board Meets, Parshas Noach 5761

What Will We Eat?, Parshas Noach 5761

The Laws of Shevi'is, Parshas Bereishis 5761

The Laws of Shevi'is, Succos 5761

Farmers Declaration on Erev Rosh Hashonoh, Succos 5761

Thousand of Farmers Will Observe Shmitta Starting on Shabbos Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashana-Yom Kippur 5761

Letter By HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv About Shmitta, Parshas Nitzavim-Vayeilech 5760

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