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יהדות התורה היא סיעה חרדית אשכנזית שמהווה איחוד בין מפלגות אגודת ישראל החסידית לבין דגל התורה הליטאית.
מנהיגיה הרוחניים של דגל התורה הם מנהיגי הציבור הליטאי, הרב אהרן יהודה לייב שטיינמן ועוד. מנהיגיה הרוחניים של אגודת ישראל הם האדמו"ר מגור, הרב יעקב אריה אלתר, וכן האדמו"רים מוויז'ניץ, מבעלז וחוגים נוספים. הסמכות העליונה של אגודת ישראל היא מועצת גדולי התורה. גוף מקביל קיים בדגל התורה, ולעתים נדירות מקיימות המועצות ישיבה משותפת. שתי ...
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu met with members of the United Torah Judaism Party including Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and Member of Knesset Moshe Gafni. The three discussed the party's support of the state budget and the possibility of early elections.
This is the lastof a series of meetings PM Netanyahu has held with the leaders of the coalition parties on whether to hold elections or whether to try to pass the budget. The annual budget vote is one fo the most important in the Knesset.
10/9/2012
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09.10.2012
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