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8 Adar 5762 - February 20, 2002 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Ki Siso (Poroh), 5762

Sunday,12 Adar - Shabbos, 18 Adar
(Feb. 24-Mar. 2, 2002)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Bova Metzia, 94-100
Yerushalmi:
Terumos, 31-37

MISHNA YOMIS
Makkos, 3:12 - Shevu'os, 2:2

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 589:4-591:6

Ta'anis Esther falls on Monday, 13 Adar (Feb. 25). The takonoh of the ta'anis was to remember that the Jews fasted and beseeched Hashem in the time of Esther to save them from their enemies. The minhag is to give three half shekels as a zecher of the machtzis hashekel.

Purim falls on Tuesday, 14 Adar (Feb. 26) and Shushan Purim falls on Wednesday, 15 Adar (Feb. 27). On Shabbos, Parshas Poroh is read in the beis knesses. There are many Poskim who rule that also the reading of this parshah is mederaisah (Rav Yechiel Michel Tuketzinsky).

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Tetzaveh (Zochor)
Yerushalayim:
4:56 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:10 P.M.

London:
5:12 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:15 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:52 P.M.

Parshas Ki Siso (Poroh)
Yerushalayim:
5:01 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:16 P.M.

London:
5:25 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:15 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:43 P.M.

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Additional Luach Information

END OF FAST - TA'ANIS ESTHER

Yerushalayim: 6:01 P.M.

Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak and nearby area: 6:02 P.M.

Haifa: 6:02 P.M.

Beer Sheva: 6:03 P.M.

Elad: 6:02 P.M.

Beit Shemesh: 6:02 P.M.

Kiryat Sefer: 6:01 P.M.

New York: 6:12 P.M.

London: 6:10 P.M.

Gateshead: 6:14 P.M.

According to the Chazon Ish the end of Ta'anis Esther is:

Yerushalayim: 6:04 P.M.

Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak and nearby area: 6:06 P.M.

Haifa: 6:04 P.M.

Beer Sheva: 6:06 P.M.

Elad: 6:05 P.M.

Kiryat Sefer: 6:05 P.M.

New York: 6:16 P.M.

London: 6:15 P.M.

Gateshead: 6:19 P.M.

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


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