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CALENDAR FOR
Voeschanan (Nachamu), 5760

Sunday, 5 Av - Shabbos, 11 Av
(Aug. 6-12, 2000)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Nedorim, 18-24
Yerushalmi:
Kiddushin, 24-29

MISHNA YOMIS
Beitzah, 1:2-2:5

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 310:7-312:9

Pirkei Ovos:
4

Tishah B'Av falls on Thursday, August 10.

It is now 1931 years from the churban of the second Beis HaMikdash.

The Shabbos after Tishah B'Av is called Shabbos Nachamu because of the haftorah in Yeshaya 40, "Console, console My people" that is said on that Shabbos. This haftoroh starts a series of shivah denechemosah (seven haftoros of consolation).

END OF FAST - TISHAH B'AV

Yerushalayim: 7:57 P.M.

Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, and the entire Dan area: 7:59 P.M.

Haifa: 8:00 P.M.

Arad: 7:56 P.M.

New York: 8:33 P.M.

London: 9:15 P.M., forty-three minutes after sunset.

According to the Chazon Ish the end of Tishah B'Av in most of Eretz Yisroel is approximately two thirds of an hour after sunset (sheki'as hamishur), but in Yerushalayim the end of the fast is earlier than this time.

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

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Devorim (Chazon)
Yerushalayim:
6:58 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:13 P.M.

Johannesburg:
5:25 P.M.

Parshas Voeschanan (Nachamu)
Yerushalayim:
6:51 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:06 P.M.

Johannesburg:
5:29 P.M.

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