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This is a double issue for Shabbos Hagodol and Pesach. We do not publish during the intermediate days of Pesach. The next scheduled issue is to be dated 28 Nisan - May 3.
This past Monday, 5 Nisan, an announcement signed by
maranan verabonon the gedolei Yisroel of our
times was circulated. It calls for everyone to beseech Hashem
to have mercy on the thirteen Iranian Jews whose trial is
scheduled for Thursday 8 Nisan, and for them it is certainly
an issue that is a matter of life or, Rachmono
litzlan, death. The Justice Minister Arouses a Storm in Saying that Large
Families are Not a Blessing A storm has erupted in the political system as a result of
the untoward remarks of Justice Minster Yossi Beilin who, on
Sunday (4 Nisan) launched a sharp and unprecedented attack on
the concept of "families blessed with many children." Beilin
made his remarks in an interview in Sunday's Ha'aretz,
in one of a serious of articles attacking the extra monthly
allocations paid by the government to large families. Maranan verabonon the gedolei Yisroel have for
the first time issued a statement advising the chareidi
community to arrange a "Hishtadlus Plan" for life insurance.
The Tvuna company will operate under the supervision of the
Vaad HaRabbonim LeInyonei Tzedoko and will offer the
insurance at a fair cost, under their supervision.
New Research on Marketing in U.S.
Sheds Light on Chometz After Pesach Mr. Yosef Herman, who gets a large share of credit for the
current worldwide revival in the lechatchila approach
to keeping the mitzva of chodosh, has found a new
field of research: chometz she'ovar olov haPesach. Syrian and Palestinian Tracks on Barak's Agenda Our next issue will not appear for almost three weeks but the
world will not sit still on the interim, so we will try to
summarize the major stories as they are today -- now. Building a Mikva In South Africa It is only in the last few hundred years that manmade mikvas
have become so prevalent all over the world. In dry areas
such as Eretz Yisroel there was an ancient need to build
suitable mikvas but elsewhere, where public water is more
common, those needing immersion just used a natural spring or
gathering of water suitable for the purpose.
Sefer Torah in Memory of HaRav
Arye Leib Berenbaum zt'l to Nachlas Dovid Yeshiva A hachnosas sefer Torah celebration was held in memory
of HaRav Arye Leib Berenbaum, zt"l in the Nachlas
Dovid yeshiva last week in Petach Tikvah. A Sefer Torah is Ushered into the
Toras Yechiel Yeshiva in Yerushalayim Thursday night 2 Nisan, a hachnosas sefer Torah
ceremony was held for the Toras Yechiel yeshiva, named after
HaRav Yechiel Wilensky zt"l. It is headed by HaRav
Ephraim Yitzchok Vladomirski who, in addition to his unique
ability to guide and train young students to probe the
gemora in-depth, is known for his special closeness to
his students. Pesach: The Victory of Light
and Truth
"Will the formula at last be found, by which love can coexist
peaceably with justice, and freedom with law -- on this
earth? Will light and truth finally gain genuine victories?
Or will science and art debase themselves and increasingly
become accomplices of sensualism and despiritualization? Will
the mind of man bend ever lower under the yoke of
sensuality?" Attic Cleaning She had known all along that it would be difficult. Yet this
spring, after pushing off the unpleasant task for many years,
pragmatism had finally overrun her emotions and here she was,
in the attic, rummaging through what seemed the fiber of her
own being. Who Was R' Shlomo Dubno? Let Him Not Be Shamed
On Tuesday night, the eve of 14 Nissan (April 18) is the
search for chometz - bedikas chometz, and the
chometz is burnt the next morning on Erev
Pesach until the end of the zman sereifas
chometz.
On Wednesday, Erev Pesach, 14 Nissan (April 19), is
the fast of the firstborn - Ta'anis Bechoros.
Pesach falls on Thursday, 14 Nissan (April 20), in Eretz
Yisroel, and on Thursday and Friday in Chutz Le'aretz.
The days until Shevi'i Shel Pesach are Chol
HaMo'ed. Eruv Tavshilin must be made on
Wednesday, Erev Pesach (April 19) for those living in
Chutz Le'aretz or intending to return to Chutz
Le'aretz.
From Mussaf of Yom Tov we say morid hatal in
Shemoneh Esreih instead of vesen tal u-motor
livrocho.
From Thursday night, Motzei Yom Tov Rishon Shel
Pesach, we count sefiras ha'omer until Shavuos.
The seforim hakedoshim write to make a meal on the
sixteenth of Nissan to remember the se'udas Esther
that she made when Homon was hung (Mishnah Berurah,
490:2 from the Mogen Avrohom).
Shiurim of a Keziyis Matzoh
Hand Matzoh
If the shiur of a keziyis is the volume of 50
cubic centimeters its weight is 22.5-27.5 gram (.7875-.9625
ounces).
If the shiur of a keziyis is the volume of 45
cubic centimeters (a half of a double-sized beitzah
without its shell) its weight is approximately 20.3-24.8 gram
(.7105-.868 ounces).
If the shiur of a keziyis is the volume of
33.33 cubic centimeters (a third of a double-sized
beitzah without its shell) its weight is approximately
15.0-18.3 gram (.525-.6405 ounces).
Machine Matzoh
Concerning the shiur of a keziyis machine
matzoh the Chazon Ish ruled (as cited by HaRav Yaakov Yisroel
Kanievsky zt'l) it being a half to two thirds of a
matzoh.
For actual practice one should ask a moreh horo'oh.
See Birur Halocho Orach Chaim Kamma VeTeliso'oh
475.
The last day for Kiddush Levonoh -- Nissan
One can make Kiddush Levonoh in the entire world
until Tuesday, the eve of 14 Nissan (April 19), at 3:38 A.M.,
according to the Summer Clock, Israeli time. In most of
Europe the final time is 2:38 A.M., in New York until 8:38
P.M., but in western USA and Canada it is impossible to make
Kiddush Levonoh on the night of bedikas chometz
and their final time is the entire Monday night, the eve of
13 Nissan (April 17). In the eastern countries one can make
Kiddush Levonoh the entire night of bedikas
chometz.
The astronomical full moon is Tuesday night at 8:41 P.M.,
approximately seven hours earlier than the nigud
emtzo'i, and twelve hours and thirty-five minutes earlier
than the end of the full fifteen days from the molad.
This month one should not make a berochoh even
bedi'eved following the fifteen full days after the
molad, and it seems that he should only make a
berochoh with shem and malchus until the
nigud emtzo'i.
(Birur Halocho, IV, Orach Chaim 426 (pg.
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