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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudi (HaChodesh), 5766

Sunday, 19 Adar - Shabbos, 25 Adar 5766 (Mar. 19-25, 2006)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Pesochim 61-67
Yerushalmi:
Kilayim 28-34

MISHNA YOMIS
Yoma 3:11-5:7

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 527:18-531:7

Molad: Wednesday 3:13

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Ki Siso (Poroh)
Yerushalayim:
5:13 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:28 P.M.

London:
5:53 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:05 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:22 P.M.

Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudi (HaChodesh)
Yerushalayim:
5:18 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:33 P.M.

London:
6:04 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:57 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:11 P.M.

 

 

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

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NEWS

Argentina Suspends Meat Exports — 30 Percent of Israel's Supply Affected
by M. Plaut and Yated Ne'eman Staff

Faced with rising domestic prices for beef, Argentina suspended all exports for six months according to a report in the Israeli business daily Globes and other media. Argentinean beef makes up about 30 percent of Israel's total beef consumption, and some 50 percent of its imports.


Deft Political Maneuver by Rabbi Gafni Scores Gain for Dayonim
By Eliezer Rauchberger

In a 37-1 vote, the Knesset plenum passed a law that will allow the appointment of associate judges. A magistrate court or district court judge who retired will be allowed to return to the bench for a maximum of four years to help relieve the backlog of cases.


Olmert Details His Plans for Permanent Borders
by M Plaut

In an apparent bid to win a mandate for his policies, Acting Prime Minister and head of Kadima Ehud Olmert detailed his plans for a unilaterally-imposed, permanent arrangement with the Palestinians. It is based on the policies followed by Ariel Sharon, Olmert's predecessor, but goes well beyond anything that Sharon ever declared in public that he was planning to do.


Haifa Court Allows Drivers to Hold Cell Phone While Driving
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

A traffic court in Haifa recently acquitted drivers charged with speaking by cell phone without a hands-free set, ruling that drivers may use standard cell phones while driving as long as both hands stay on the steering wheel.


Thousands Attend Gur UTJ Rally in Bnei Brak
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Thousands took part in a UTJ rally for Gur Chassidim held in Bnei Brak at the Keter Harimon Hall on Motzei Shabbos parshas Tetzaveh.



Bnei Brak Launches Purim No-Smoking Campaign for Youth
By A. Cohen

"Many [smokers] began smoking cigarettes on Purim under the guise of simchah but afterwards they were unable to quit," reads a notice to parents that the Bnei Brak Municipality posted around the city as part of a major campaign to prevent smoking among youth.


Arachim Lecture Tour Reaches Out to Israelis in 35 US Cities
By Betzalel Kahn

A total of 2,000 Israelis attended seminars and lectures when Arachim sent some of its top lecturers on a lecture tour of the US to introduce the foundations of Yiddishkeit and emunoh to Israelis in America who were severed from Jewish tradition.


More News ...


OPINION & COMMENT

The "Invisible Hand" Can Boost Torah Observance

Some people like to think that business is business and business decisions made by businessmen are purely rational, economic choices. Professor Daniel Kahneman won a Nobel prize for proving that choices are not always rational. We could offer the experience of the chareidi community — both good and bad — as further proof.

After Your Enemy Falls . . .
An adaptation of the sichos of HaRav Chaim Dov Altusky, Shlita

In Pirkei Ovos (4:19), Shmuel Hakoton quotes the posuk, "When your enemy falls, do not be happy. And when he falters, your heart should not be filled with happiness: for the Ribono Shel Olom may look into your heart and see how happy you are over the fall of your enemy. And He will not like what He sees in your heart. And then Hashem will withdraw His anger from your enemy" (Mishlei 24:17,18).

More Opinion & Comment . . .


OBSERVATIONS

Observations: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Israeli Justice
by S. Yisraeli

Ha'aretz recently ran an interesting article that sheds light on what takes place behind the scenes in the Israeli justice system. Young attorneys come streaming to workshops organized by the Israeli Bar Association, where one can hear senior attorneys who go beyond predictable, boring, diplomatic speeches and share professional secrets with their young colleagues, exercising almost no self- censorship.


Return
by Gita Gordon

Serializing a new novel.

Chapter 16: Esther in Jerusalem September 2001

Esther works in the public relations department of Ezrat Horeinu. She is not married and thinks about her situation a lot, as do most similar girls her age.


HOME & FAMILY

In Costume
a Purim story by N. Beer

Who says that a person does what he wants?

Who determined that one only does what one is obligated to do?

Sometimes, perhaps even often, you do things, or make decisions, because you have to, because `everyone' is doing it, and simply, quite simply, because you have no alternative . . .

More Home & Family . . .


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

Introducing Spoken Hebrew: It was the Brink of War
by Rabbi Aryeh Geffen

The True Influencers
By Chaim Walder


POPULAR EDITORIALS

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