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CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Candle Lighting for Parshas Eikev

Yerushalayim:
6:38 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
6:55 P.M.

London:
7:53 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:36 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:35 P.M.

CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Re'ei, 5768

Sunday, 23 Menachem - Shabbos, 29 Menachem Av, 5768 (Aug. 24-30, 2008)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Gittin, 44-50
Yerushalmi:
Sotah 27-33

MISHNA YOMIS
Chulin 6:6-8:6

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim, 181:5-183:8

Pirkei Ovos: 5

Molad: Sunday 1:14 P.M.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Re'ei

Yerushalayim:
6:30 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
6:46 P.M.

London:
7:38 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:39 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:41 P.M.

CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Shofetim, 5768

Sunday, 30 Menachem - Shabbos, 6 Elul, 5768 (Aug. 31-SEp. 6, 2008)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Gittin, 51-57
Yerushalmi:
Sotah 34-40

MISHNA YOMIS
Chulin 9:1-11:2

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim, 183:9-187:4

Pirkei Ovos: 6

Rosh Chodesh Elul falls on Sunday, Aug. 31 and Monday, Sep. 1.

From the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul the shofar is blown after Shacharis, and LeDovid Hashem Ori Veyishi (Tehillim 27) is recited twice a day.

Selichos are said the entire Elul by the Sephardim.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Shofetim

Yerushalayim:
6:21 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
6:37 P.M.

London:
7:22 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:42 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:47 P.M.

 


 

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

Dedication
The News section this week, parshas Ekev, is sponsored by an anonymous donor.

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Please Note:

The next scheduled issue of Dei'ah Vedibur News is for the week of parshas Shofetim. No issue is planned for parshas Re'ei.

NEWS

Public Protests Landscaping Work Along Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway
By Yechiel Sever

Public protests continue in response to the trampling of Shmittah laws underfoot through extensive planting at the Daniel Interchange along the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway.


Rabbi Gafni Asks Transportation Ministry What Has Been Done to Prevent Bus Companies From Desecrating Shabbos
By Yechiel Sever

During a meeting held several weeks ago on the issue of operating public transportation on Shabbos, the Knesset Finance Committee determined public transportation companies do not have work permits for Shabbos and where they operate they do so in violation of the law. Representatives from the Ministry of Trade and Industry present at the meeting concurred.


Bezeq International CEO Meets With Rabbi Elimelech Firrer
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

"Sometimes progress can even save lives," Rabbi Elimelech Firrer, chairman of Ezra Lemarpei, told Bezeq International CEO Itzik Benbenisti during a meeting between the two last week at the organization's offices in Bnei Brak after the company doubled its contribution to the chessed organization.


Hundreds of Educators at Ezer Mitzion Conferences on Attention Deficiency
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Ezer Mitzion held another successful gathering at its Bnei Brak center as part of a series of meetings on attention deficit aimed at principals, parents and educators.


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Additional Luach Information

The Shabbos after Tisha B'Av, parshas Voeschanon, is called Shabbos Nachamu because of the haftorah in Yeshaya 40 "Console, console My people" that is read on that Shabbos. This haftorah starts a series of shivah denechemtoh (seven haftoros of consolation).

The fifteenth of Menachem Av (Tu B'Av) is considered a Yom Tov because of several reasons: First, it is the day that bnei Yisroel stopped dying in the Sinai Desert. Second, bnei Yisroel were then allowed to marry from one shevet to the other, and those from shevet Binyomin were allowed to marry within bnei Yisroel. Third, on this day Hoshei'a ben Aloh removed the barricades originally put up by Yerovam ben Nevot preventing bnei Yisroel to be oleh regel. Fourth, bnei Yisroel then stopped chopping down wood for the mizbeiach and therefore they had more time to study Torah. Sixth, on this day those killed in Beitar were buried.


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