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CALENDAR FOR
Chol HaMoed Succos, 5766

Sunday, 13 Tishrei - Shabbos, 19 Tishrei 5766 (Oct. 16-22, 2005)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Eruvin 11-17
Yerushalmi:
Berochos 13-19

MISHNA YOMIS
Shabbos 16:4-18:1

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 444:3-447:8

Molad: Monday, 10:48 A.M.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Ha'azinu
Yerushalayim:
4:43 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:47 P.M.

London:
5:54 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:56 P.M.
Melbourne:
6:21 P.M.

Yom Tov Succos
Yerushalayim:
4:30 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:44 P.M.

London:
5:47 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:57 P.M.
Melbourne:
6:24 P.M.

Shabbos Chol HaMoed Succos
Yerushalayim:
4:25 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:39 P.M.

London:
5:39 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:00 P.M.
Melbourne:
6:28 P.M.

 

CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Bereishis, 5766

Sunday, 20 Tishrei - Shabbos, 26 Tishrei (Oct. 23-29, 2005)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Eruvin 18-24
Yerushalmi:
Berochos 20-26

MISHNA YOMIS
Shabbos 18:2-21:1

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 447:9-451:2

Molad: Wednesday, 11:32 P.M.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Yom Tov Succos
Yerushalayim:
4:30 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:44 P.M.

London:
5:47 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:57 P.M.
Melbourne:
6:24 P.M.

Shabbos Chol HaMoed Succos
Yerushalayim:
4:25 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:39 P.M.

London:
5:39 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:00 P.M.
Melbourne:
6:24 P.M.

Simchas Torah (Shmini Atzeres in Chutz La'Aretz)
Yerushalayim:
4:22 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:36 P.M.

London:
5:33 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:01 P.M.
Melbourne:
6:31 P.M.

Parshas Bereishis
Yerushalayim:
4:18 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:32 P.M.

London:
5:25 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:03 P.M.
Melbourne:
6:35 P.M.

CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Noach, 5766

Sunday, 27 Tishrei - Shabbos, 3 Cheshvan (Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2005)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Eruvin 25-31
Yerushalmi:
Berochos 27-33

MISHNA YOMIS
Shabbos 21:2-24:1

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 451:3-451:23

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Noach
Yerushalayim:
4:12 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:26 P.M.

London:
4:12 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:08 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:42 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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NOTICE: We have posted an online index of every article in our Opinion and Comment section for the four years: 5759 (1999) to 5763 (2003). At this time we only have an author index.

NEWS

Israeli Water is Bug-Free
by Rav Moshe Vaie

Summer 5764 (2004)

A Jew residing in New York bought Chasalat-brand lettuce from Eretz Yisroel and, following the instructions, washed the leaves well. As an extra precaution, after washing them he held the leaves up to the light by a window to examine them and saw that small insects remained on the leaves. He washed them again, and again found the same phenomenon — and even after a third washing.


Lulav Shortage Worsens; Cartel Suspected
By Betzalel Kahn

The dire shortage of lulavim in the Daled Minim market continues despite permission by the Ministry of Agriculture to import 600,000 lulavim from Egypt and Jordan. Half of these shipments have yet to arrive and the 300,000 lulavim brought into Eretz Yisroel are being controlled by a cartel trying to monopolize the Daled Minim market.


What You are Missing

Here, to encourage readers of Dei'ah Vedibur to become subscribers to Yated Ne'eman - Bnei Brak, is a listing of what appears in the Succos print edition that is not online.


Vaad Cites Follow-Up Studies of Converts after Steep Rise
By Betzalel Kahn

The Conversion Department at the Prime Minister's Office issued an alarming press release boasting about 5765 "figures indicating a large rise in the number of converts."


5765 — Quietest Year of Intifadah
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

According to state security figures since the Intifadah began five years ago, 5765 was the quietest year, with six suicide attacks compared to 13 in 5764.


Al Qaeda's Plan to Take Over the World
By A. Ben Aharon

For the first time, al Qaeda's grand plan to take over the world and turn it into one big Muslim country has been exposed by a Jordanian journalist named Fouad Hussein who recently published a book on al Qaeda and its machinations. The book is based on a series of interviews with ranking members of the organization.


Religious Soldier Forced to Trample on Tallis
By Betzalel Kahn

Another anti-religious scandal rocked the IDF when the commander of a training course forced a religious soldier to tread on a tallis during a lesson on "values." The soldier suffered from shock and sought psychological assistance. In another serious incident a commander in a military jail shaved the beard off a chareidi bochur inducted against his will.

The Recent Wedding on Allenby Bridge
by M. Chevroni

Twelve Jews. Twelve followed by no zeros. That's the total Jewish population in the Muslim country they call home, a country that has very little love for the State of Israel. The kehilloh is dying. The entire young generation consists of one young man and one young woman who decided to get married.


Degel HaTorah's Rabbinical Committee Meets to Discuss Chareidi Education
By Betzalel Kahn

Members of Degel HaTorah's Vaad HaRabbonim, who were appointed by Maran HaRav Eliashiv, shlita, to keep watch over the purity of chareidi education in Eretz Hakodesh, met in Bnei Brak to discuss a series of topical issues.

"I Translated the Kitzur Shulchan Oruch into Russian"
By Binyomin Y. Rabinovitz

A few weeks ago the Jewish world was up in arms when the Moscow State Prosecutor announced that he was opening an investigation of the Kitzur Shulchan Oruch. The scandal made headlines in the Israeli media and abroad, and even nonobservant Jews came out against the announcement.

Prefab Structure Brought in to Serve as Beis Knesses Chanichei Hayeshivos in Ramot Beit
By Betzalel Kahn

A new beis knesses was started in Jerusalem's Ramot Beit for the Chanichei Hayeshivos kehilloh when a temporary prefab structure arrived recently. The congregants recently made a round of visits to gedolei Yisroel shlita, including Maran HaRav Eliashiv, HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman and HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, to receive their blessings for success in expanding the bounds of kedushoh in the neighborhood.

More News ...


OPINION & COMMENT

Seeking Simchah on Succos

When some non-Jewish people enjoy someone else's company, they express their approval by suggesting that the person would make a good drinking buddy, and they would like to go out for a night on the town and hit the bars with them sometime.

Sukkos, Time for Splendor
Based on the Sichos of Morenu veRabbeinu HaRav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Shlita
Prepared by Rabbi Shlomo Furst

Succos is unique among yomim tovim in the degree of simchah that Hashem expects us to achieve. The Rambam at the end of Hilchos Lulav writes about the Simchas Beis Hashoevoh: "Although it is a mitzva to rejoice on all the moadim, on chag haSuccos in the Beis Hamikdosh there was an additional simchah, as it says `You shall rejoice before Hashem, your G-d for seven days.' "

More Opinion & Comment . . .


OBSERVATIONS

Observations: A Man Who Champions Assimilation is Chosen to Set Immigration Policy in Israel
by M. Levy

Former Meretz Chairman Prof. Amnon Rubinstein will head the Advisory Committee for the assessment of the State of Israel's policy on immigration. The committee was appointed by Interior Minister Ophir Pines to propose an immigration policy and to assess the relevant legislation, including the Law of Return, the Citizenship Law and the Entry to Israel Law.

More Observations . . .

HOME & FAMILY

A Real Balabusta
A true story

by Miri Greengold

Dina checked the oven timer, peeked under the lid of the simmering soup, untied her apron and dashed out to the living room. Avrumi was waiting patiently, right where she'd left him, strapped into his stroller and ready for the quick trip to the neighborhood grocery store.

ASK THE SHADCHAN
Considering a Divorced Person or Widower
By Rebbetzin Nomi Travis

"The worst you can do for an older single is to treat her like a nebech, claiming to be the all powerful that has just the right solution or segula to her predicament"

Fay Prepares for a Visit to Brazil (New York, May 2000)
by Gita Gordon

Editor's Note: With this issue we are beginning a new serial story by the author of South African Journeys. It is a story of returning to roots, an estranged family coming back to its Jewish sources. We are sure that you will not want to miss any installments.

More Home & Family . . .


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

Giving the World an Idea of What a Genuine Mussar Scholar Is . . .(from the Introduction to Ho'odom Biyekor)
Glimpses of the Mashgiach, HaRav Shlomo Wolbe, zt'l

by Rabbi H. Helman

Seeing Hashem in His Creation
by Mordecai Plaut

Dayan Dr. Yishai I. Grunfeld, zt"l
by Mrs. Anne Ruth Grunfeld Cohn

Kelm And Mir — A Single Approach to Torah Excellence and Mussar Training, As Demonstrated by a Loyal And Devoted Talmid, the Gaon and Tzaddik HaRav Shmuel Halevi Shechter Zt'l
by Rabbi Dov Eliach

Spectacular Ancient Jewish Findings in Ir Dovid — the Lower Hill of Jerusalem
by M. Samsonowitz

In the Proximity of Maran R' Yitzchok Zeev of Brisk, Ztvk'l
Memoirs of Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz


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The Message of an Earthquake

A Mission to Spread Daas Torah

Looking for the Best in Yiddishkeit

Can I - Should I?

The Immorality of Palestinian Combatants and Noncombatants

More Editorials . . .


Additional Luach Information

Yom Tov Succos falls on Tuesday, 15 Tishrei (Oct. 17) in Eretz Yisroel, and in Chutz Le'Aretz on both Tuesday and Wednesday, 15 and 16 Tishrei (Oct. 17-18). We are obligated to eat lechatchilah more than a beitzah of bread on that night while sitting in a succah with kavonoh to fulfill this mitzvah. In addition, we must have kavonoh that we are doing so in memory of yetzias Mitzrayim and the anonei kovod that protected us in the midbar from the sun and the rain.

Hoshana Rabba falls on Monday, 21 Tishrei (Oct. 24). At Shacharis we add the pesukei dezimrah of Shabbos except for nishmas, all of the hoshana prayers, and afterwards we beat the hoshanos on the floor.

In Eretz Yisroel, Shmini Atzeres and Simchas Torah fall on Tuesday, 22 Tishrei (Oct. 25). In Chutz Le'Aretz, Shmini Atzeres falls on Tuesday, and Simchas Torah falls on Wednesday, 23 Tishrei (Oct. 25- 26).

Yizkor is said on Shmini Atzeres.

In Shemoneh Esrei we add Morid HaGeshem from Mussaf of Simchas Torah.

The achronim write that even after Succos we should not step on the sechach since it is tashmishei mitzvah like tzitzis and a lulav (Mishnah Berurah 638:24).

On the Shabbos that we read about the ma'aseh bereishis we start saying Borchi Nafshi (Tehillim 104) every Shabbos until Shabbos HaGodol.

Before Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, we do not say Yom Kippur Koton because it is then the month of Tishrei.

Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan falls on Wednesday, Nov. 2 and Thursday Oct. 3.

On Shabbos parshas Noach, we say a Mi Sheberach for those fasting Behab.


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