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22 Av 5759 - August 4, 1999 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Shofetim 5759

Sunday, 26 Av
Shabbos, 2 Elul
(Aug. 8-14, 1999)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Rosh Hashanah, 35 -- Taanis 7

Yerushalmi:
Yevomos, 6-12

MISHNA YOMIS
Terumos, 9:2-10:8

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim, 151:4-153:11

Pirkei Avos: 1

Rosh Chodesh Elul falls on Thursday, August 12, and Friday, August 13.

From the second day of Rosh Chodesh the shofar is blown after Shacharis, and LeDovid Hashem Ori Veyishi is said twice a day.

Selichos are said the entire Elul by the Sephardim.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Re'ei:
Yerushalayim:
6:56 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:12 P.M.

Parshas Shofetim:
Yerushalayim:
6:50 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:05 P.M.

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Police Officials Say Meretz Activists Unnecessarily Provocative on Shabbos
by Betzalel Kahn and Mordecai Plaut

Jerusalem's Police Department officials sharply criticized Meretz politicians and activists for causing excessive and unnecessary provocation and contention in their fight against the justified demands of chareidi residents to close traffic routes in the hearts of their neighborhoods on Shabbos.

Utensils Manufactured by the Phoenicia Glass Company of Yeruchom Require Tevillo
by B. Rabinowitz

HaRav Nissim Karelitz recently issued a psak halocho, to the effect that all of the utensils manufactured by the Phoenicia company in the southern city of Yeruchom require tevillo.

Compromise in Montefiore Tomb Controversy
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

A compromise might be possible in a battle over the tomb of one of Anglo Jewry's most famous figures, Sir Moses Montefiore.

Masses Stream to the Grave of the Admor of Belz, ztvk"l
by Betzalel Kahn

Tuesday the 21st of Menachem Av, marked the 42nd yahrtzeit of the Admor of Belz, HaRav Aharon Rokach, ztvk"l. As is the case every year, huge throngs visited his grave on Har Hamenuchos.


Philadelphia Rosh Yeshiva HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky Visits Elad
by A. Cohen

HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky, rosh yeshiva of the Philadelphia Yeshiva and a member of the American Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, was the guest of Yeshivas Elad and the city's Torah community.


OPINION & COMMENT

Undermining Respect for Law

One of the favorite rhetorical bludgeons used against the religious public in Israel is the "rule of law." Secular journalists and politicians constantly champion the importance of the rule of law for democratic systems of governance like that in Israel,...


HOME & FAMILY

Part II
Loving Chezky - A Mother and Son On Two Separate Wavelengths
by Miriam Luxenberg

Through great sacrifice, I nursed Chezky for almost a year and a half. I desperately needed surgery, but I pushed it off because I didn't want to interrupt the nursing and add further trauma to his already fretful life. Then, unpredictably, he just weaned himself!


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

A Rebbi for America: HaRav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg, zt'l
by Mordecai Plaut


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