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21 Iyar 5764 - May 12, 2004 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Bamidbar, 5764

Sunday, 24 Iyar - Shabbos, 2 Sivan (May 16-22, 2004)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Chulin, 114-120
Yerushalmi:
Sotah 29-35

MISHNA YOMIS
Mikvo'os 4:3-6:5

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 208:4-211:1

Ovos: 6

Many are accustomed to say the tefillah of the Shloh on erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan.

Rosh Chodesh Sivan falls on Friday, May 21.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Behar-Bechukosai
Yerushalayim:
6:54 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:08 P.M.

London:
8:29 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:12 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:01 P.M.

Parshas Bamidbar
Yerushalayim:
6:58 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:13 P.M.

London:
8:40 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:09 P.M.
Melbourne:
4:56 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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Almost 20 Percent of all Israelis now Live in Poverty
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

After four years in which the level of poverty remained steady, the number of poor people rose to 1.32 million, or 18.1 percent of the population. The number of poor families in Israel last year grew by more than five percent to 18.5 percent of all the families in the country. The total number of poor families is now 340,000.


UTJ Protests Delay in Transfer of NIS 32 Million to Yeshivas
By Eliezer Rauchberger

United Torah Jewry strongly objected early this week to the Knesset Finance Minister's withdrawal of a request for the transfer of NIS 32 million ($7 million) in funding for the yeshivas.


Talmudei Torah Fight Attempts to Interfere with Chinuch Policies
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Following pressure and inducements aimed at the Torah-based education system lately as part of government attempts to interfere with study arrangements and the shaping of education and instruction in talmudei Torah, gedolei Yisroel, including HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, shlita, are calling on rabbonim and public figures to stand firm and wage a battle to safeguard the purity of Torah- based education.


Hundreds Gather at Vandalized Cemetery in France
By S. Fried

Six hundred people gathered at a Jewish cemetery in Herlscheim, located in the area formerly known as Alsace, to protest the vandalizing of the cemetery last week as well as the increasing incidence of antisemitism in France. The gatherers recited Kaddish and lit 127 candles, matching the number of graves that were desecrated.


Analysis
Whither Jews of France?

By Arnon Yaffa, Paris

Jews are unsure where they belong. Should they stay in France? Leave? Most of them do not have the liberty to choose. Jews barely making ends meet are stuck in the suburbs.

Leumi Bank to be Given to Israeli Voters
by M Plaut and Yated Ne'eman Staff

Finance Minister Netanyahu announced an innovative plan to privatize Bank Leumi after 21 years of efforts proved unsuccessful. Netanyahu said this plan is part of a three- pronged strategy to fix the three worst problems in the Israeli economy: the banks, the ports and the ownership of land.


IDF Incursion into Gaza -- Palestinians Bomb a Military Vehicle
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Israeli forces backed by armored and engineering units entered the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza late Monday night searching for metal workshops that produce Kassam rockets. Heavy exchanges of gunfire erupted between soldiers and armed Palestinians. Soldiers took up positions on the rooftops of houses as others swept the area for suspects.

Basel's Chareidi Community Celebrates 75 Years
By S. Fried

The chareidi kehilloh in Basel celebrated 75 years since its founding and the construction of its beis knesses, reports Die Judische Zeitung.

Poland Seeks to Extradite Israeli Suspected of Mistreating German Prisoners
By S. Fried

Poland has asked Israel to extradite Solomon Morall from Israel, who is suspected by them of committing war crimes when he commanded a forced-labor camp where Germans were imprisoned in Poland after World War II.


OPINION & COMMENT

Arguing with Chareidi Educational Success

For an educational system, one important measure of success is if its graduates become functional, productive members of society. By this measure, the chareidi educational system has been very successful, as the overwhelming majority of the graduates find themselves fully prepared for life.


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HOME & FAMILY

Live and Enjoy
by R. Chadshai

Some people claim that every pleasure comes with a price tag. Nothing is handed out for free. No money... no free lunches...


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

From Starobin to Brisk: The Life of the Gaon HaRav Michel Feinstein, zt'l, His First Yahrtzeit, 16th Iyar 5764
Prepared from Notes of his Talmidim by B. Re'eim

Falling for the Investment Opportunity of a Lifetime
by N. Katzin


Additional Luach Information

According to the Ramo (494:3) we do not say tachanun from Rosh Chodesh Sivan until after Isru Chag (there are other minhogim that do not say tachanun until after the seven days of hashlomoh that follow Shavuos).

On Rosh Chodesh Sivan we do not say tachanun as with every Rosh Chodesh. The second of Sivan is called Yom HaMeyuchas, since after yetzias Mitzrayim, Hashem commanded Moshe to say to bnei Yisroel: "Now therefore if you will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own treasure from among all peoples" (Shemos 19:5) to prepare them for Torah. Afterwards the third, forth, and fifth of Sivan are the Sheloshes Yemei Hagboloh when bnei Yisroel waited for kabolas HaTorah (Mishnah Berurah 494:8, and see Shabbos 86-88).


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