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		<title>PESACH - DEFINING A NATION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Yehonasan Gefen
On Pesach we celebrate Yetsias Mitzrayim and express our endless gratitude to Hashem for extracting us from the terrible slavery that we endured there.  However, there is a great difficulty with the whole essence of this festival.  Imagine Reuven is walking down the street and suddenly someone appears in front of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thejerusalemlife.com/torah/pesach-defining-a-nation</link>
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		<title>TZAV - THE GREATNESS AND LOWLINESS OF MAN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Parsha begins with the mitzvo of terumas hadeshen, whereby the Kohen must remove the ashes from the previous day’s offering.  Rabbeinu Bechaya writes that this mitzvo teaches the mida of humility before Hashem because the Kohen must humble himself to perform this seemingly degrading act .1  The Kli Yakar adds that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thejerusalemlife.com/torah/tzav-the-greatness-and-lowliness-of-man</link>
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		<title>Shalit Negotiators in Cairo likely to Return with Deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pensioner Affairs Minister Rafi Eitan said Monday that Israel&#8217;s negotiators in Egyptian-brokered talks over Gilad Shalit would likely return from Cairo with a deal for the abducted Israeli soldier&#8217;s release. 
&#8220;It is possible to assume that [Prime Minister Ehud] Olmert&#8217;s emissaries in Cairo will return to Israel with a deal for Shalit&#8217;s return,&#8221; said Eitan, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thejerusalemlife.com/news/shalit-negotiators-in-cairo-likely-to-return-with-deal</link>
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		<title>Matzot Prices Not Dropping this Passover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite global reduction in wheat prices, expected drop in price of regulated bread, unleavened bread prices to remain unchanged from 2008. Ministry says matzah wheat purchased in August before prices dropped Despite the Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry&#8217;s signed order to drop the price of regulated bread by some 4% due to a reduction in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thejerusalemlife.com/news/matzot-prices-not-dropping-this-passover</link>
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		<title>Rabbis Urge Public to Shun El Al</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Passengers ordered to refrain from flying with Israeli airline, prefer foreign companies that offer movie-free flights and apply modest dress code instead. 
After failing to reach a deal with El Al that would see the company operating separate flights for the ultra-Orthodox sector, rabbis are now calling on their public not to fly with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thejerusalemlife.com/news/rabbis-urge-public-to-shun-el-al</link>
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		<title>Olmert: We&#8217;ll decide on Shalit deal on Monday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Sunday that the government would decide on the following day on a deal to secure the release of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. 
&#8220;My emissaries will return this evening and will report to me; the government will receive an update tomorrow and in accordance with that we will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thejerusalemlife.com/news/olmert-well-decide-on-shalit-deal-on-monday</link>
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		<title>Kadima and The Likud Renewed Discussions on Unity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even as a narrow, right-wing coalition appeared to be taking shape, a senior Kadima official confirmed on Saturday night that Kadima and the Likud had renewed discussions on a possible national unity government. 
The latest round of talks between the two largest parties were initially brokered by Likud negotiation team chief MK Gideon Sa&#8217;ar and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thejerusalemlife.com/news/kadima-and-the-likud-renewed-discussions-on-unity</link>
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		<title>PARSHAS VAYAKHEL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Yehonasan Gefen
In the midst of its account of the building of the Mishkan that Torah states that, “Every man whose heart inspired him came.. 1”  The Ramban writes that this refers to those who came to do the work of weaving, sewing and building.   Where did these people learn how to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thejerusalemlife.com/torah/parshas-vayakhel</link>
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		<title>PARSHAS KI SISA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Yehonasan Gefen
Chet haegel is one of the most difficult episodes in the Torah.  There is much discussion about how the Dor Deah could commit such a terrible sin so soon after Matan Torah.  One less commonly discussed aspect of this terrible incident is the way in which Hashem punished the Jewish people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thejerusalemlife.com/torah/parshas-ki-sisa</link>
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		<title>PURIM - KEEPING HOPE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Yehonasan Gefen
The Gemara tells us that the terrible decree to destroy the Jewish people was a punishment for their partaking of the banquet of Achashveirosh1 .  Throughout the period of the first Beis HaMikdash, the Prophets were rebuking the Jewish people for terrible sins, including Avoda Zara, and yet they were never sentenced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thejerusalemlife.com/torah/purim-keeping-hope</link>
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