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22 Av 5760 - August 23, 2000 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Shoftim, 5760

Sunday, 26 Av - Shabbos, 2 Ellul
(Aug. 26 - Sep. 2, 2000)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Nedorim, 39-45
Yerushalmi:
Kiddushin, 44 - Bova Kamma, 2

MISHNA YOMIS
Rosh HaShanah, 1:2-2:6

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 316:7-318:8

Pirkei Ovos:
1

Rosh Chodesh Elul falls on Thursday, Aug. 31, and Friday, Sep. 1.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Re'ei
Yerushalayim:
6:36 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
6:51 P.M.

Johannesburg:
5:35 P.M.

Parshas Shoftim
Yerushalayim:
6:27 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
6:42 P.M.

Johannesburg:
5:48 P.M.

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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

TOPICS IN THE NEWS

REFORM & CONSERVATIVES

GRAVES

LIVING JUDAISM

WOMEN IN
JUDAISM

GIYUR
LEGAL ISSUES
YESHIVA DRAFT
CULTURE WARS
-MISCELLANEOUS
CULTURE WARS
-MONEY
CULTURE WARS
-SHABBOS

NEWS


Barak Launches Diversionary Culture War
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

In an obvious attempt to deflect attention from his difficulties in foreign policy and his lack of action to tackle domestic issues, Prime Minister Barak unveiled on motzei Shabbos several legislative initiatives aimed at secularizing Israel.


Broken Tombstones and Grave Robberies in Eastern Europe
by G. Safran

Disconcerting reports have recently come in from Jews who visited Jewish sites which had once been thriving Torah centers in Europe, but are now in ruins. Visitors who recently came from Kelm and Kovna in Lithuania were shocked by the systematic destruction and vandalism in the ancient cemeteries. In some cases, the dead were robbed of their gold teeth.

Rabbinical Groups Asked Not to Certify Hetter Mechirah Produce
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

A concerted effort led by the leading rabbinical authorities is underway to remove all traces of legitimacy in our times for selling Eretz Yisrael to Arabs in order to allow its cultivation during the shmitta year.


HaRav Chanoch Dov Padwa zt"l
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

British Jewry was cast into a deep pall of mourning, upon learning of the sudden petirah of the esteemed HaRav Chanoch Dov Padwa, zt"l, the rav of the largest chareidi community in London. He was 94 at the time of his petirah.

French Hill Synagogue Desecrated
by Betzalel Kahn

Jerusalem's French Hill Neve David Sephardi synagogue was desecrated for the second time in two months on a recent Shabbos kodesh. Vandals broke into the synagogue through the windows at 4 a. m., destroyed synagogue contents, and then fled just a few moments before the first synagogue regulars arrived for Shabbos morning vosikin service. Since the aron kodesh is protected by a sophisticated alarm system, the Torah scrolls weren't harmed.

A Sacred Call from the Gedolei Yisroel shlita

The shmitta year is drawing near, and it is in our hands to return and to merit to fulfill the mitzvah of "and the land shall rest, Shabbos for Hashem."


OPINION & COMMENT

Privatize Israel's Lands

Surprising as it may seem, the shortest way to reducing the price of housing in Israel may be to release farming land to the kibbutzim and moshavim for development. That would take control away from the Israel Lands Authority and allow the free market to assert the expertise it has demonstrated in allocating resources over the last few generations.


HOME & FAMILY

NOSTALGIA
Never a Dull Moment --
Life in Jerusalem Fifty Years Ago

by Yisca Shimony

Towards the end of World War II, financial conditions at the Shimony family were getting strained, and this meant cutting down on bare necessities. The meager income was now even lower, and everywhere prices scaled upwards.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

We Knew The Steipler Gaon, Zt'l -- 25th Av 5760, His Fifteenth Yahrtzeit
by M. Musman


Additional Luach Information

From the second day of Rosh Chodesh the shofar is blown after Shacharis, and LeDovid Hashem Ori Veyishi is said twice a day.

Selichos are said the entire Elul by the Sephardim.

The earliest time of Kiddush Levonoh -- Elul. The time of Kiddush Levonoh everywhere in the world begins when it is Motzei Shabbos, parshas Shoftim, the eve of 3 Elul (September 2), from the beginning of the night.

The astronomical new moon precedes the molad this month by approximately twelve hours and is on Wednesday, 29 Av, at 1:19 P.M., according to the Summer Clock. After the molad, the moon comes near to its lowest point (perigee) and moves extremely quickly and has advanced even more. In the whole world one can make Kiddush Levonoh on Motzei Shabbos even according to the Chazon Ish who did not make a berochoh on the moon until it is big and high in the sky.

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