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29 Av 5763 - August 27, 2003 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Ki Seitzei, 5763

Sunday, 3 Elul - Shabbos, 9 Ellul (Aug. 31- Sept. 6, 2003)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Zevochim 83-89
Yerushalmi:
Megillah 3-9

MISHNA YOMIS
Keilim 24:13-25:9

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 75:1-79:4

Ovos:1-2 in Chutz La'Aretz, 3 in Eretz Yisroel

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Shoftim
Yerushalayim:
6:32 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
6:47 P.M.

London:
7:39 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:36 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:37 P.M.

Parshas Ki Seitzei
Yerushalayim:
7:23 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
6:38 P.M.

London:
7:24 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:39 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:43 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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NEWS


New Progress in Negotiations with Nasrallah
by M Plaut

There was a flurry activity of the diplomatic sort known as "confidence building" in Lebanon this week, as a German mediator was allowed to visit Elchanan Tannenbaum, as Israeli businessman who was captured by Hizbullah nearly three years ago. On Monday, Israel turned over to the International Red Cross (ICRC) the bodies of two Hizbullah fighters who transferred them to Lebanon.


21 Murdered in Jerusalem Bus Bombing, Including Many Children
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

FULL COVERAGE

A Palestinian bomber boarded a packed Jerusalem bus making its way from the Western Wall last Tuesday night and blew himself up, murdering 21 people and wounding more than 100 others, a dozen seriously, in one of the deadliest bombings in the past three years of violence. Eight children were among the dead, Hy'd, and at least 40 youngsters were wounded in the bus blast.


Melbourne's Groundbreaking Tay Sachs Prevention Program
By Shlomo Boruch Abelesz

A `world-first' for the Melbourne Jewish community was the recent official launch of the Melbourne Tay Sachs Prevention Program which took place in the local Bnai Brith hall. The launch was attended by the local Federal member of Parliament, Mr Michael Danby, and leaders and representatives of shuls, Jewish communual organizations and schools.


Call for Tefilloh by the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Though most (but not all) of our readers will be seeing this after the fact, we are nonetheless including these calls from the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah in Eretz Yisroel and the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah in America. The need for prayer will certainly not have passed.

Government Plans to Transfer Rabbinate Botei Din to Justice Ministry
by Betzalel Kahn

In the latest of its efforts to destroy Israel's religious institutions, the Ariel Sharon government is expected to announce plans to transfer three departments currently in the Religious Affairs Ministry to other ministries. In addition, 67 religious councils across the country will be closed immediately and their functions merged into other councils.

Novominsker Rebbe to Head Agudah "Leil Hisorerus"
Rabbis Bergman, Dunner and Schorr to Deliver Addresses

by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Agudath Israel of America's national headquarters announced this week that a "Leil Hisorerus" will take place at the Brooklyn Marriott Hotel on the evening of September 21, the first day of Selichos.


OPINION & COMMENT

Working on Kiddush Hashem

A male reporter with a ponytail visited the Schwartz family early in the shiva. He wanted details about Mrs. Leba Schwartz Hy'd, the mother of the house, who had been among the innocents murdered in the ghastly attack just a few days earlier on Shmuel Hanovi street.


OBSERVATIONS


HOME & FAMILY

Perele
a story by G. Chaver

She was a slender woman who wore a drab, flat sheitel and the same outfit every day: a faded black skirt and a striped blouse. As she rushed to the bus in the mornings, she barely uttered more than a hurried "Shalom" to those she encountered along the way.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

Kelm -- The Silent Furnace
by Tzvi Munk

The Goblet
by Channah Regev


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