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1 Adar 5759 - Feb. 17, 1999 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
PARSHAS TETZAVEH (Zochor)
5759

Sunday, 5 Adar-
Shabbos, 11 Adar
(Feb. 21-27, 1999)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Yoma, 48-54
Yerushalmi:
Yoma 41 - Succah 5

MISHNA YOMIS
Pei'ah, 4:4-5:6

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 55:18-59:2

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Terumah:
Yerushalayim:
4:53 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:08 P.M.

Parshas Tetzaveh:
Yerushalayim:
4:58 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:13 P.M.

Parshas Zochor, which one is mideOraisa obliged to hear read from a sefer Torah with a minyan is read on Shabbos. There are Acharonim who rule that women are also obligated to hear this reading (Rav Yechiel Michel Tuketzinsky).

TOPICS IN THE NEWS

REFORM & CONSERVATIVES

GRAVES

WOMEN IN
JUDAISM

GIYUR
LEGAL ISSUES
LEV L'ACHIM
YESHIVA DRAFT

NEWS

Hundreds of Thousands of Torah Faithful in a Great Kiddush Hashem in Yerushalayim

by Betzalel Kahn, Mordecai Plaut and Yated Ne'eman Staff

Led by maranan verabonon, gedolei haTorah vehaChassidus, hundreds of thousands of Jews assembled for a prayer rally in Yerushalayim.

Why Are we Afraid of the Bagatz? -- Important High Court Statistics Complied by Manof

by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Manof, the Center for Chareidi Information, quoted a long list of former judges, writers, professors, politicians, and lawyers criticizing the interventionism of the court, especially in its capacity as High Court of Justice.

How Many Were Actually There?
by Mordecai Plaut

At 2:45, just before they began to daven mincha, they announced from the podium that 200,000 had already arrived...


Favorable Reactions in Europe to the Prayer Rally in Jerusalem
by Arnon Yaffeh, Paris

"250,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews in black suits, as well as women in modest dress, are praying with devotion.

State Prosecutor: No Investigation Against Anti-Religious Am Chofshi
by Betzalel Kahn

While anti-chareidi incitement and antisemitic behavior toward the chareidi public is raging full force, and while chareidi public figures are being interrogated by police for supposedly provocative remarks...


OPINION & COMMENT

Wielding the Tool of our Trade

President Weizman asked the chareidi organizers to postpone the rally to "avoid bloodshed." The only thing about the upcoming rally that they discussed in the media was its potential for violence.


HOME & FAMILY

What's So Funny?
by N. E. Galis

I was talking with a friend the other day and we were trying, in our best American way, to determine the differences between American and Israeli senses of humor.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

The Man Behind the Patient and the Man Behind the Doctor
by Yisroel Friedman


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