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8 Adar II 5763 - March 12, 2003 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Tzav (Poroh), 5763

Sunday, 12 Adar II - Shabbos, 18 Adar II
(Mar. 16-22, 2003)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Avodah Zoroh 3-9
Yerushalmi:
Beitzah 7-13

MISHNA YOMIS
Kerisus 4:3-6:5

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 1:4-3:9

Ta'anis Esther falls on Monday, 13 II Adar (Mar. 17). The takonoh of the ta'anis was to remember that the Jews fasted and beseeched Hashem in the times of Esther to save them from their enemies. The minhag is to give three half shekels as a zecher to the machtzis hashekel.

Purim falls on Tuesday, 14 II Adar (Mar. 18) and Shushan Purim falls on Wednesday, 15 Adar (Mar. 19).

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Vayikra (Zochor)
Yerushalayim:
5:10 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:25 P.M.

London:
5:47 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:08 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:24 P.M.

Parshas Tzav (Poroh))
Yerushalayim:
5:15 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:30 P.M.

London:
5:59 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:01 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:13 P.M.

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Netanyahu to Present Economic Plan Next Week; Rabbi Ravitz Expresses Chareidi Bitterness
by Eliezer Rauchberger and M Plaut

At a Likud meeting Monday night Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said he plans to present his economic plan as early as next week. In the initial phase NIS 10 billion ($2 billion) in government expenses will be slashed, followed by another NIS 10-billion cut in the second phase. Experts say Netanyahu intends to curtail Children's Allowances and to totally repeal the Large Families Law.


PA Chooses Prime Minister; Hamas Threatens Israeli Leaders
by Yated Ne'eman Staff and M Plaut

On Monday the Palestinian Legislative Council chose Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) as the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian parliament granted day- to-day responsibility for Palestinian affairs to the prime minister, but left ultimate authority over the security services, negotiations with Israel, and other matters firmly in the hands of Yasser Arafat. Still, the prime minister's precise powers were left vague enough so that the first holder of the job will be able to define and develop them in practice.


Jewish Agency Plans to Launch Accelerated Conversion Program in Eastern Europe
by Betzalel Kahn

The Jewish Agency has made preparations to launch an accelerated conversion program for non-Jews from the former Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, according to an announcement in Ha'aretz last week.

Yeshivas Mordechai Hatzaddik on Purim Day All Over the World
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Yeshivas Mordechai Hatzaddik needs little introduction, but many people wonder who and what is behind the project, which just may be the most successful idea for fostering Torah learning since the Daf Yomi was begun by Rav Meir Shapira some eighty years ago. To find some answers to this question we interviewed Rav Naftoli Meir Falk, Rosh Yeshivas Mordechai Hatzaddik.

Lev L'Achim Predicts Record-Breaking Enrollment
By Moshe Schapiro

Some 230 people from all over Eretz Yisroel who are expected to have a major impact on the future of the country in the coming months came together last week for a crucial meeting. Their singular purpose: to bring yaldei Yisroel tachas kanfei haShechina.

Poraz Pushes Early Elections in Jerusalem, Haifa and Or Akiva
by Eliezer Rauchberger

"Unless a technical problem arises I believe municipal elections in Jerusalem, Haifa and Or Akiva should be held as soon as possible. This is a democratic procedure that is greatly needed," Interior Minister Avraham Poraz (Shinui) told a Knesset plenum last week in response to a series of proposals on arranging elections, indicating he thinks they should be held June 3.

Rav Moshe Shmuel Rosenbaum, zt"l
by Y. Fromer

Rav Moshe Shmuel Rosenbaum who was a pioneer of the chareidi Kehilla Adass Israel in Melbourne, Australia, passed away last week at the age of ninety. His aron arrived in Yerushalayim on Wednesday and he was buried in Har Hazeisim next to his illustrious wife.

Ministry:Israeli war talk sparks antisemitism in US
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The Foreign Ministry is receiving reports from the US that the war predictions emanating from Israeli leaders are being sharply criticized by the US media, which accuse them of trying to goad the administration into war.


OPINION & COMMENT

Challenges of the Modern World: Purim Vanquishes Science

What is a cold world? It is a world of isolation and disconnectedness, a world in which there is nothing that connects different points in space nor different instants in time. Everything is, but it might not be. You might be here and you might not be here. Your friend might be here today but gone tomorrow -- and for no reason. Whatever is gone, is completely finished, dead and done with.


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HOME & FAMILY

Amen -- A Small Word with Big Repercussions

"Open the gates and admit the righteous nation which remains steadfast in its faith." Say Chazal, "Do not read `shomrei emunim' but `sheomrim amen.' "

Just before the decree of annihilation was about to be enacted, Mordechai gathered three hundred cheder children and studied Torah with them. The pure `amens' uttered by pure children can save worlds.


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