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22 Sivan 5761 - June 13, 2001 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Korach, 5761

Sunday, 26 Sivan - Shabbos, 2 TAmmuz
(June 17-23, 2001)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Kiddushin 41-47
Yerushalmi:
Nidah, 8 - Berochos 1

MISHNA YOMIS
Sotah 8:7-9:13

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 456:1-461:2

Pirkei Avos: 4

Rosh Chodesh Tammuz falls on Thursday, June 21 and Friday, June 22.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Shelach
Yerushalayim:
7:11 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:26 P.M.

London:
9:06 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:06 P.M.
Melbourne:
4:49 P.M.

Parshas Korach
Yerushalayim:
7:13 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:28 P.M.

London:
9:07 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:07 P.M.
Melbourne:
4:50 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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Tenet Talks Off to Slow Start
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Palestinian and Israeli security officials met with CIA Director George Tenet at Jerusalem's King David Hotel Monday night to discuss their responses to his cease-fire proposal, but the gaps between the sides remain wide. Tenet met with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Israeli security officials Monday afternoon.


Jaffee Center: Israel's Strategic Edge Prevents War
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

"The strategic balance in the Middle East is clearly in Israel's favor. This positive strategic balance prevents the struggle with the Palestinians from deteriorating into a regional war," according to Professor Shai Feldman, head of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies of Tel Aviv University. The surrounding Arab nations have nothing to gain and much to lose if war with Israel breaks out.

Gedolei Haposkim Urge Use of Otzar Beis Din Fruit
by A. Cohen

Maranan verabonon, the gedolei haposkim; HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, the pillar of halachic authority, HaRav Shmuel Halevi Wosner and HaRav Nissim Karelitz, have issued a fervent appeal to Torah-observant Jews as well as to yeshivos and institutions to rally to the aid of the shmittah observant farmers, those "mighty men of valor," and to use the fruits of the Otzar Beis Din headed by HaRav Nissim Karelitz.


Lapid "Apologizes" for Incendiary Remarks Against Chareidim
by Yated Ne'eman staff

On 14 Sivan, chairman of Shinui MK Tommy Lapid "apologized" for his remarks against the Chevra Kadisha of Tel Aviv comparing them to terrorists of the Islamic Jihad following the horrendous terrorist attack in Tel Aviv on Shabbos night parshas Nosso.

Preparations for Monument on HaRav Yisroel Salanter's Grave Underway
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

A monument on the grave of Maran HaRav Yisroel Salanter, ztk"l, will be put up in two months, at the beginning of bein hazmanim. Preparations for this important historic event are presently underway. It will be attended by prominent delegations from the Torah worlds of Eretz Yisroel, Europe and the United States.

Israel Shipping Offices In Johannesburg Hit By Bomb Attack
by David Saks

In what is believed to have been a politically motivated attack, the Johannesburg offices of the Israeli National shipping company, Zim Shipping, were severely damaged in a petrol bomb attack carried out in the early hours of Shabbos Behaalosecha. Three petrol bombs were thrown into the offices of Polaris Shipping, the representative office of Zim Shipping in South Africa.

Public Service as an Expression of Thanks to Hashem for Being Saved
by S. Yisrael

An Interview with Joe Lobenstein, Mayor of Hackney, London.

His activities cover the whole spectrum of public life, and he works on a totally voluntary basis. What impresses you the most is the fact that he has been working continuously for decades. That is how he raised his children, and his grandchildren (and now great-grandchildren) are being raised in the same atmosphere.

Infant Dies after Palestinian Stoning
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Five-month-old Yehuda Chaim Shoham, who was mortally wounded in the head by a stone thrown by Palestinians at his parents' car last Tuesday night, died Monday afternoon in Jerusalem's Hadassah-University Hospital, Ein Kerem. He was buried in Shilo Monday night, after thousands gathered outside the Prime Minister's Office to pay their respects to the bereaved family and vent their pain and anger at the continued need to bury victims of terror attacks.

Roshei Yeshivos and Bnei Torah at a Large Gathering in Paris
by Arnon Yaffe, Paris

The Kehal Yereim community in Paris recently celebrated a siyum and the completion of examinations on Yoreh Deah, cheilek beis by avreichim of the rabbonus kollel in a large gathering and seudas mitzvah with the participation of roshei yeshivos and rabbonim from all over Europe.


HaRav Avrohom Yehoshua Greenbaum, Hy"d
by S. Bruchi and Yated Ne'eman staff

Zurich police have detained a possible suspect in the murder of 71-year-old HaRav Avrohom Yehoshua Greenbaum Hy"d, on Thursday night, 17 Sivan. HaRav Greenbaum was the head of the Beis Mordechai kollel in Bnei Brak and one of the most prominent talmidim of the Ponevezh and Novardok yeshivos. He was shot to death on his way to a synagogue in a Jewish neighborhood in Zurich.


OPINION & COMMENT

Hatred of Jews Leads to Murder

The murder of HaRav Avrohom Yehoshua Greenbaum, Hy"d, head of kollel Beis Mordechai in Bnei Brak and father of 11, in Zurich last week is only a sharp, dramatic and painful expression of the general tone of the prevailing feelings in Europe about Jews. The Israeli public is not directly exposed to the reporting and commentary in Europe about events in Israel. The media there are very one-sided and, if words could kill, there would be a lot more Jewish casualties, Hashem yeracheim.


HOME & FAMILY

MEMOIRS
Osher Leaves Yeshiva

by Anni Rephun Fruchter

Years came and years went and one day we received a call from Osher's Rebbe.

"Why has Osher left the yeshiva?" This was the first we heard of it. When Papa came home from work, Mutti urged him to stay calm. "Can anyone be compelled to study full time? Against his wishes? First let's hear what he has to say. Then we must express our confidence that whatever will be, will not affect his religious observance and love of Torah and mitzvos."


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The Rov Who Turned Baalebatim Into Bnei Yeshiva
by M. Samsonowitz



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