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The Israel Center's Beth Din to adjudicate and arbitrate monetary disputes, according to Jewish law There is a registration fee of 200nis per case No other charges for this service Please call 566-7787 ext. 204 for further information We have forms for two types of cases: Those where both parties agree to submit their dispute to the Beth Din, and those where a complainant wants the Beth Din to summon the second party. The first batch of cases have been processed and "invitations" have been issued. The Beth Din is now in full swing.. Yitzhak Fund, Esq. • Rabbi Emanuel Quint Chairpersons

Kashrut Questions
If you find a discrepancy between the Hebrew labeling and the original packaging... or if you have any other OU kashrut questions, call this toll-free number (from Israel to NY) 1-800-949-0123 From 4:00pm - midnight, you get a human; other times, leave a voice- message OU Kashrut in Israel office at the Center: 5667787

Israel Center Cafe
After nourishing the soul, come nourish the body serving coffee, sandwiches, toasts, pizza, french fries, salads, eggs, stuffed potatoes, lasagna, soups... and more Located on the lower level of the Israel Center Hours: Sun.-Thu. - 10:00am - 3:00pm Ask about our catering services on or off the Center premises

Thirsty? We now have a hot drinks machine with coffee, tea, & hot chocolate located on the ground floor, and cold drinks (cans) machine on the first floor near the library.

The Israel Center needs volunteers to help with TT deliveries on Thursdays during the summer. Please call Toni 058 532701

Want to send Rosh HaShana greetings to family, friends, TT readers, andall of Klal Yisrael? Do it in TT #535 - Special pages in the Rosh HaShana issue of Torah Tidbits; 50NIS donation (names only) ,Submissions accepted until Sep.1 onlyCall for further details

Center miscellany
Dr. Henry Goldblum will resume his biweekly Jewish History lectures IY”H after the Chagim.

Concerning the recent TT Readers’ Survey: Letters acknowledging your participation, and a small gift of thanks, are on their way to the hundreds of readers who responded. Two of the four runners-up in the drawing have already received their prizes. We await the other two prize-winners. Be in touch.

During the summer, some of the regular teachers of Center classes took some time off. We would like to thank those people who graciously substituted for them, so that our Torah teaching and learning could proceed uninterrupted.

More than 20 people were regrettably closed out of the Shabbaton this past Shabbat, because of our announced intention of holding the number down to 80 participants. If we continue to see high demand for Shabbatonim, we will IY”H have them more often, but it is important to keep the number limited, to allow for smoothe operation of the Shabbaton. For those who couldn’t participate in recent Shabbatonim, we invite you to sign up for the August 31 Shabbaton (see page 17 for details).

The recent Library Sale of tapes and books drew a large response for TT readers. Proceeds of the sale are being used to enhance our Yair Landau Memorial Library of Judaica reference books and tapes.