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According to a report in Yedioth Ahronoth, Metzger is suspected that pocketed three million dollars • demanded and received payment for attending the ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, NIS 300 thousand • allegedly took bribes in exchange for help in the process of conversion, kashrut and Marriage Registration • proposed to state witness: "Take the case on yourself and I'll give you a million dollars"

Channel 10 special investigation Shuvu Banim struggles, property worth millions, kidnappings, violence, and connections with the underworld • view

Deri to B'Chadrei Charedim: "I demanded the defense minister to dismiss her immediately" • Yishai: "must act against hate speech" • Eichler: "not surprised"

Chanukah lights at the doorways to the homes of Meah Shearim attract masses of guests every year. Koby Har Tzvi documented. Gallery

Special project for Shabbos Chanuka: Collection of galleries of Gedolei Yisrael, Roshei Yeshivas and Admorim during candle lighting. Rosh Yeshivas Ponovicz, Hgry"g Edelstein, Rebbes of Premishlan, Sadigura, Alexander, Darg, Sasov, Makowa, Shomrei emunim and more. Video

At shalosh seudos of Shabbos Chanukah, in the presence of thousands, the Rebbe strongly attacked attempts to recruit yeshiva students • "The little we get is not worth the price we must pay" • "Current national leaders lack a basic understanding, aiming only to restrict haredim, and all measures are acceptable to them" • full text

Thousands of Arabs went out to demonstrate at different locations against Prawer Plan for regulating Bedouin settlement • At least 13 detainees

Arabs threw stones at vehicles traveling in Armon Hanatziv, Jerusalem • toddler injured moderately • Minister Ariel: "a series of dangerous events"

Boiling oil was poured on a girl in Petah Tikva • Rescue teams gave her first aid and taken to hospital in moderate to severe condition

The synagogue which runs under the house of Harav Ovadia Yosef zt"l - 45 Hakablan Street, closed and returns to be used as a residence • The shiur of Rishon ezion Hgr"y Yosef will begin starting next Motzei Shabbos at the legendary synagogue, Izdim Bukharan neighborhood • at this synagogue, his father began to give shiurim

Chief Justice cancelled Reform petition for GEMS exams in Haredi education system • Moses: "This was a vexation"

Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Rebbe, rose to his father's grave on the Mount of Olives, on the occasion of the 17th Hilula • ambushed two months ago in stones

Rabbi Uri Zohar eulogized at the funeral of his late mechutan the singer Arik Einstein: "You did well to all of Israel – you were a good man"

Repeated elections in Beit Shemesh? • The Attorney General has decided to challenge the results in light of fear of organized fraud in elections

Among the findings: Notes from the Lodz ghetto, Westerburk concentration camp, from Iraq and Syria as well as gold and silver coins from the 17th and 18th centuries

Rishon Letzion in his lesson: "One should avoid bitul Torah during Hanukkah. Do not stop seder beis for the lighting" • and what was the custom of Harav Ovadia?

Cleared for publication: in a special activity of IDF and Shin Bet in South Hebron, two Islamic Jihad terrorists were killed • After fire exchange another terrorist was killed • "We planned to carry out a significant attack during Hanukkah" • no casualties among the security forces

Rebbe who the hechsher initiators are amongst his chassidus- refused to express support for the initiative

Legal advisor Yehuda Weinstein will decide tomorrow whether to appeal the election results in Beit Shemesh • Council convened its first meeting

This morning the former Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger was brought to Rishon Letzion court hearing on his case • Court ordered the rabbi house arrest for 15 days under restrictive conditions • inter alia, a prohibition to leave the country for 180 days and the high financial guarantee • Police: "We have evidence that would allow serious charges submission against Rabbi Metzger"

Tzvia Bukhris Seminar Director Ateret Rachel Bnei Brak, was arrested on suspicion of false reporting on hours of work and collecting the money from teachers

The last two days there has been a deterioration in the health of the Rebbe: suffering from acute pneumonia • probably hospitalized • Pray

Haifa Rabbinical Court upheld the imposition of a fine of five hundred dollars per day, on a woman who refuses to circumcise her son • the woman: "I have no money to pay"

Initial release: As part of the struggle of the extreme Sikrik's led by the Eideh Charedi opened a new kashrus under the name' Eidat Yeraim • The rabbis who stood behind them: a divisive of Satmar Rebbe • So far produced grape juice, has been sold in private homes Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh • what occurred at the table of the Rav Kiryat Hrm"a in Beit Shemesh?

Condition of Shlomo, the Belz yeshiva student in Ashdod, wounded by concrete beam - stabilized, but still defined as severe • Continue to pray

Suspicion: falsifying of hundreds of students in schools • Senior in haredi faction was summoned for questioning • Senior in the wing was expelled from the municipality for ten days

"His father would talk a lot but he is worse: he does • They only want headlines. They should know they did another thing against religion" • Listen

Terrorist organization man inside Jerusalem: charges against town resident, 33, for aiding Hamas and transfer of funds for it

Car hit a Gabbay on his way to prayer in Rishon Lezion, leaving him lying on the road until he died • Police opened an investigation

Following the visit of the Prime Minister at the Jewish Museum in Moscow bareheaded, he was sharply attacked by MK Yaakov Litzman