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20 Elul 5759 - September 1, 1999 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Week Ending With Rosh Hashanah, 5760

Sunday, 24 Elul
Shabbos, 1 Tishrei, 5760
(Sep. 5-11, 1999)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Taanis, 29 -Megilla, 5

Yerushalmi:
Yevomos, 34-40

MISHNA YOMIS
Ma'asros, 4:3 Ma'aser Sheini, 1:2

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim, 160:1-162:2

Erev Rosh Hashanah falls on Friday, Sep. 10. Hatoras Nedorim must be made. We say tachanun during Selichos but not at Shacharis or Mincha.

Since Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbos, Tashlich is postponed to the second day, and we do not blow the shofar on the first day or say Ovinu Malkeinu and the Thirteen Middos.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Nitzovim- Vayeilech:
Yerushalayim:
5:26 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:41 P.M.

Rosh Hashanah
Yerushalayim:
5:17 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:32 P.M.

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NEWS


Turbine Coalition Crisis Averted at the Last Minute; Weekday Solution Reported At Hand
by Betzalel Kahn and Mordecai Plaut

Never in the history of the state has there been a Prime Minister who disdained his coalition partners as does Ehud Barak. The UTJ party, on the instructions of maranan verabonon, asked for nothing in exchange for joining the coalition two months ago except for an arrangement whereby the draft threat will not loom over the heads of yeshiva students.

Albert Cohen, the Manager of the Turbine Transfer Project, Talks to Yated Ne'eman

"I feel bad about this. It's not pleasant for me personally, this applause of those who cheered along the route of the turbine...

More Iranian Jews to be Arrested on Espionage Charges?
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Authorities in Iran are planning to arrest more Jews on trumped up charges of spying for Israel and the United States, the daily newspaper Teheran Times reported. This coincides with statements by officials that the "ringleaders" of the spies are still at large.

29 Year Old Man Killed by Police in Borough Park
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

A mentally disturbed man who attacked police with a hammer was shot and killed by the police in Borough Park, Brooklyn, on Monday evening, according to preliminary reports.


Committee for the Prevention of the Draft of Yeshiva Students is Appointed
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The Vaadas HaRabbonim of Yated Ne'eman made the following statement: When the Committee on yeshiva students was appointed, its tasks were said to include the so-called "Paragraph 4" which includes various proposals for alternate army service for chareidim.


Publication Schedule for the next 4 issues:

Nitzovim-Vayeilech: Wednesday Sept 1/20 Elul
Rosh Hashana-Yom Kippur: Wednesday September 8/27 Elul
Succos: Wednesday September 15/5 Tishrei
. . .
Bereishis: Wednesday October 6/ 26 Tishrei


OPINION & COMMENT

Shabbos Should Unify Jews, not Divide Them

There is no doubt that United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and the other chareidi parties that are trying to prevent that massive chillul Hashem that results from the very public transport of turbine components from Ramat Hasharon to Ashkelon on Shabbos are genuinely speaking for a significant majority of the Jews in Israel.


HOME & FAMILY

Ur'ei Betuv Yerusholayim
Submitted by L.K.

Last week as I was waiting near a bus stop in Yerusholayim for a bus to Kiryat Sefer, a boy of around nine asked me to take him across the road. At that age, they don't like to ask, but it was a dangerous crossing [which had had its victims, heaven forfend] and he was a good boy to do so.

YOSHON ALERT BY THE GUIDE TO CHODOSH IN THE U.S.

The Guide to Chodosh is issuing the following Yoshon alert:

The Chodosh season in the U.S. is starting. The following are the earliest estimated dates when Chodosh may be starting in the United States. Those who want to be certain to eat only Yoshon should avoid using freshly-baked bakery wheat products starting Aug. 14 in the Midwest USA and Aug. 30 in the East and Far West.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

HaRav Yechezkel Sarna -- His 30th Yahrtzeit
by Binyomin Nehorai


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