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25 Adar 5764 - March 18, 2004 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Vayikro, 5764

Sunday, 28 Adar - Shabbos, 5 Nissan (Mar. 21-27, 2004)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Chulin, 58-64
Yerushalmi:
Kesuvos 45-51

MISHNA YOMIS
Tohoros 1:5-3:1

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 179:4-182:3

Molad: 8:51 A.M.

Rosh Chodesh Nissan falls on Tuesday, Mar. 23.

Many have the minhag to read every morning, from a Sefer Torah, the parshas HaNesi'im from 1 Nissan until 13 Nissan. From the beginning of Nissan when someone sees a tree blossoming, the first time, he should recite birkas ha'ilonos.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudei (HaChodesh)
Yerushalayim:
5:15 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:30 P.M.

London:
5:57 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:02 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:15 P.M.

Parshas Vayikro
Yerushalayim:
5:19 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:34 P.M.

London:
6:09 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:54 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:04 P.M.

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by Mordechai Plaut

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IDF to Escalate Attacks
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The government intends to escalate targeted attacks on leaders of terrorist organizations and increase military operations against terrorism in response to the double suicide bombing at Ashdod Port on Sunday in which 10 people were murdered, security officials said Monday. In addition, a general closure will be imposed on the territories. The Ashdod attack was said to be a joint Hamas-Fatah operation.


Public Notice Regarding Meat from South America

After conducting inquiries to the best of our ability we hereby publicize the opinion of Maran HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv shlita and HaGaon Hagodol Hagavad of Ramat Aharon R' Nissim Karelitz shlita.


Infrastructure Minister Orders Mekorot to Keep Kinneret Water Flowing During Pesach
by G. Kleiman

Infrastructures Minister Yosef Paritzky (Shinui) instructed the Mekorot water company to continue pumping water from the Kinneret and to consumers throughout the country during the Pesach holiday.


Lev L'Achim Renews Warnings Against Kabalah Learning Center
by A. Cohen

Heads of Lev L'Achim's anti-cult department publicized renewed warnings to the public to avoid a mystic cult called Hamerkaz Lelimudei Kabalah set up by Philip Berg, head of the Machon Cheker Hakabalah (Kabalah Learning Center), which has stepped up efforts of late to disseminate its books in various parts of Eretz Yisroel.


Palestinian Boy Used as Unwitting Suicide Terrorist
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

IDF soldiers at the Hawara checkpoint on Monday, 15 March 2004, foiled a planned suicide attack when they detained a Palestinian boy around 11-years-old, who worked in the area as a porter. The boy was carrying bags that aroused the suspicions of the soldiers. The soldiers had been warned by the ISA (security services) that a suicide attack was planned.

Tay-Sachs Testing in Melbourne
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Following the success of the testing during this past Succos, there will be another session of genetic testing (not affiliated with Dor Yeshorim) arranged under the auspices of Genetic Health Victoria -- Professor Agnes Bankier and Dr. Martin Delatycki -- during the upcoming Pesach Bein Hazmanim holiday. The exact date is Thursday, 8 April, the first day of Chol Hamoed, 4.00-4.30 P.M. in the Adass Hall.


American Agudah Calls on Massachusetts to Preserve Integrity of Marriage
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

As the Massachusetts legislature debated a proposal to amend the state constitution to ban the redefinition of marriage, Agudath Israel of America released a statement stating Judaism's unqualified and exclusive embrace of traditional marriage. The statement stands in stark opposition to one recently offered by a local group of Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist rabbis regarding the issue.

A Letter Of Encouragement Recently Sent By HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman To French Jewry

"Whoever Prevents His Son From Learning Torah Should Be Aware That He's Affecting His Own Life . . ."

Chazal's statement about the travails preceding Moshiach's arrival is well known: "What should a person do to be saved from the pangs of Moshiach's arrival? He should occupy himself with Torah and with practicing kindness."

Changes in South African Jewry
by D. Saks

The dramatic demographic shifts in the South African Jewish community over the past half-a-century were underlined in the latest national census findings. Conducted in 2001, the census put the Jewish population at just under 75,000, down from a high of 120,000 in 1980. Of these, over 95 percent resided in the major urban centers, mainly Johannesburg and Cape Town.


OPINION & COMMENT

Torah Carries Us

It is now about a year since the Finance Minister and his Treasury Department first began their emergency measures to reform and rehabilitate the Israeli economy. So far, for the vast majority of Israelis, things have been getting only worse. Though there are some signs that this may be changing for the better, it has not happened yet. It may happen and it may not.


OBSERVATIONS


HOME & FAMILY

Thanks, But No, Thanks!
by Zipora Zien

Coincidence -- shades of Amolek. How can we internalize the lesson for good that "the Creator has His finger in every pudding"?


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Allocating Justice?
by Yated Neeman Staff

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by M. Samsonowitz


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