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10 Shevat 5762 - January 23, 2002 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Yisro, 5762

Sunday,14 Shevat - Shabbos, 20 Shevat
(Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2002)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Bova Metzia, 61-72
Yerushalmi:
Terumos, 3-9

MISHNA YOMIS
Sanhedrin, 7:10-9:5

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 575:12-579:1

Tu B'Shvat, that falls on Monday, Jan. 28, determines which ma'aser is separated from fruit. The minhag is to eat on this day from the fruits of Eretz Yisroel.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Beshalach
Yerushalayim:
4:31 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:45P.M.

London:
4:21 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:15 P.M.
Melbourne:
8:21 P.M.

Parshas Yisro
Yerushalayim:
4:38 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:52 P.M.

London:
4:34 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:15 P.M.
Melbourne:
8:16 P.M.

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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

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IDF Goes In and Out of Tulkarm; Israeli Strategy Suggested
by Yated Ne'eman Staff and M. Plaut

On Tuesday morning the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) withdrew from the border town of Tulkarm just over 24 hours after it entered. IDF forces redeployed outside the city limits and set up a blockade of the city.

Avrohom Nesanel Illovitz Brought to Rest After WTC Tragedy
by A. Cohen

At Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Center collapse, the search for bodies continues. R' Avrohom Nesanel Illovitz z'l was found under the rubble of the World Trade Center and buried last week in the chareidi cemetery in Queens following a large funeral procession.


Beit Natan To Perform Survey Of Chareidi Women's Health Needs
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Beit Natan, an organization that provides patient support and health education classes to chareidi and traditional women, recently received a grant from the Israeli National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research to perform the first in-depth survey of religious women's health needs in Israel.


Jewish Cancer Patients Worldwide Benefit from Ezer Mizion Drive
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

A major bone marrow donor recruitment drive is being run this month in Israel by Ezer Mizion, a nonprofit organization that provides medical support and health services. Ezer Mizion hopes to collect blood samples from 30,000 new potential bone marrow donors, bringing the total number of potential donors in its Jewish data bank, the world's largest, to 130,000.

Tzedokoh in the Light of the Gedolim -- Kupat Ha'ir
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The gedolei hador led by the HaRav Shmuel Halevi Wosner and HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, give their brochoh especially to all who support the Kupat Ha'ir.

All the gedolei hador and foremost rabbonim have signed on a Kol Korei to the entire tzibbur to support and donate to this major and unique tzedokoh fund.


OPINION & COMMENT

Judaism Is Pluralistic

At every opportunity -- including some that they make themselves -- our opponents criticize us by lumping us together with other religious fundamentalists.


OBSERVATIONS

Politica
Sharon Decides the Budget Has to Wait for Shas and UTJ

by E. Rauchberger

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told United Torah Jewry and Shas last week that although he has a majority to approve the budget without them, he does not intend to pass it before winning their support.


HOME & FAMILY

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
Shabbos Zemiros -- More Than Just Songs

by R' Zvi Zobin

A selection for Shabbos Shira

Miri always enjoys the zemiros at the Shabbos table. When she went away to camp, she expected that she would be missing that part of her oneg Shabbos. After the Shabbos meal had begun, one of the teachers started singing one of the zemiros.


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