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9 Tammuz 5760 - July 12, 2000 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Pinchos, 5760

Sunday, 13 Tammuz - Shabbos, 19 Tammuz
(July 16-22, 2000)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Kesuvos, 108 - Nedorim, 3
Yerushalmi:
Kiddushin, 3-9

MISHNA YOMIS
Sukkah, 2:2-3:6

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 308:1-308:21

Pirkei Ovos:
1

Tzom Shivah Asar BeTammuz falls on Thursday, July 20.

From Shivah Asar BeTammuz until after Tishah B'Av (midday 10 Av) there are certain acts of simchah that are prohibited.

END OF FAST - SHIVAH ASAR BETAMMUZ

Yerushalayim: 8:14 P.M.

Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, and the entire Dan area: 8:16 P.M.

Haifa: 8:17 P.M.

Arad: 8:12 P.M.

New York: 8:57 P.M.

London: 9:54 P.M.

According to the Chazon Ish the end of Shivah Asar BeTammuz in Eretz Yisroel is a little less than four minutes later than the above times. In London the final time is six and a half minutes later, approximately fifty-five minutes after sunset.

(Birur Halocho Tanina, Orach Chaim 562, and Yoreh Dei'ah 262)

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Bolok
Yerushalayim:
7:11 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:26 P.M.

Parshas Pinchos
Yerushalayim:
7:08 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:23 P.M.

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