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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.
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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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NEWS
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.
IN-DEPTH FEATURES
My Last Meeting With The Last Rov Of Mir:
19th Marcheshvon 5702 -- The Sixtieth Yahrtzeit Of HaRav
Avrohom Tzvi Hirsch Kamai zt'l, Hy'd, rosh yeshiva and rov of
Mir
A Personal Account By His Talmid, HaRav Osher
Katzman
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