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For our Pesach issue we received a very nice article on
quinoa. For some years, it was widely believed that quinoa is
permissible on Pesach. However in fact it is not to be used
on Pesach, according to the Vaad Hakashrus of the Eida
HaChareidis.
Twenty-two years ago, a little girl approached Rabbi
Kestenbaum and she wept. "I will be bas mitzvah in a
few years and I won't be able to fulfill the mitzvah of
eating matzo." Several years ago the RJ Reynolds Company was forced by the
US Congress to disclose all of the additives that it puts
into cigarettes. There are over 500! These additives are put
in to give each brand its distinctive taste, so they are all
significant — or at least are so considered by the
company.
This week Trans-Israel Highway workers continued to damage
the ancient graves along the planned route near Binyamina,
and burial caves were also discovered along another section
near Yokneam. Company security guards beat dozens of
protesters at the site and wounded one with a knife.
Notice and Warning
A. MIRS has met all of the demands of the rabbonim as agreed
upon in the contract, which required the company to provide
cell phones without content services and an agreement that
the level of blocking would be increased at the end of three
month in such a way that it would no longer be possible to
alter the device.
Recently, rumors have been circulating with regard to the
effectiveness of cleaning strawberries to remove infestation
by soaking them in soapy water and rinsing under a strong
stream of water.
Magen David Adom is warning the public to exercise caution in
eating fish and matzoh, both of which are very common on
Pesach, offering advice on how to avoid health problems due
to excessive matzoh consumption and/or choking on fish bones
hidden in fish.
Travelers Beware when Taking Packages All travellers are well-advised to be extremely careful and
to check the parcels that they have accepted to take for
other people. It is recommended that they not take anything
from people they do not know personally, and in any case they
should be sure of the contents of the package.
Most of the Jewish day schools in the former Soviet Union
register exclusively or mostly children who are Jewish
according to halochoh, at least according to their policy.
However, there is hardly a school that doesn't have at least
some non-Jewish students, not to mention children of mixed
families who aren't Jewish at all because their mothers are
not Jewish.
At the Seder We Experience Geulah
Nisan is the month of Redemption. In Nisan they were
redeemed, and in Nisan they will be redeemed (Rosh
Hashonoh 11a). This is our history and this is the
promise of the future. Tell Your Son On That Day: Some of HaRav Eliashiv's
Teachings on Educating Children
Parents' Accomplishments Help Their Children
To the extent that parents sacrifice themselves for Torah,
they blaze a trail for their children to follow and it
becomes easier for future generations to take the path of
life — "Torah will return to a place where it
previously found lodging."
Tell Your Son on that Day: Thoughts on Chinuch for Our
Generation
Chinuch Means Getting Results
There are mitzvos which must be done even without us
seeing any results. This specific act is what the Torah tells
us to do, so it makes no difference whether or not something
good will come of it, the mitzvah must always be done
nonetheless. In the case of chinuch the result is also
important. One's child has to emerge educated.
How to Prevent Teenage Dropouts from the Torah Community
During HaRav Steinman's visit to the Torah communities of
the United States last fall, over five hundred educators
gathered in the beis hamedrash of Yeshivas Torah
Vodaas in Flatbush to discuss topical chinuch issues.
Reading the Divine Book of Nature
It seems fair to say that an area of Western knowledge that
has always seemed to hold especially great promise for
benefit to Torah is the physical sciences.
Observations: The Cadaver Business in the US — Why Not
to Leave one's Body to Science The Torah teaches us that even after the soul leaves, it is
not through with its body and what happens to its Earthly
remains is of ongoing concern to the departed soul even in
its new abode. Because of this it is vital to ensure that all
of the remains are buried together, and as soon as possible.
This is one of the major chessed functions of Zaka: to
gather up absolutely all of the remains of those murdered by
terrorists in order to bring them to kever Yisroel.
This is very important to the departed soul.
Parents, Children, and the Seder Table
Innovative ideas for capturing and sustaining children's
attention: building a pyramid from 100 disposable cups . . .
Remembering Pesach in the Lower East Side On Pesach, we went to Zeida Duvid for the Seder. The long
hall that led into the narrow dining-room looked somewhat
less severe in candlelight. and in the dark, we couldn't see
the gloomy backyard, with sagging lines of faded laundry,
rusting fire-escapes and hunch-backed alley-cats screeching
and bellowing like mourning women. ASK THE SHADCHAN Question:
" . . . Although I do have single friends my age that came
from typical backgrounds, mine is more complicated. My
parents got divorced after many difficult years with serious
sholom bayis problems . . . I would like to ask you
for advice . . . and encouragement."
The Vilna Gaon: A Man of Piety An Uplifting of the Soul in the Shadow of Maran, the
Chazon Ish — "Immersion" in the Waters of Wisdom
Touring Safely: Bein Hazmanim Perils
Moscow: The Cheder, the Yeshiva, the Kollel — and
the Kehilloh
The Sefas Emes
Doing Something
A Detailed Halachic Guide Including Practical Advice for
Erev Pesach Shechal Lihiyos BeShabbos
Pesach falls on Sunday, 15 Nissan (Apr. 24), in Eretz
Yisroel, and on Sunday and Monday (Apr. 25) in Chutz
Le'aretz. The days until Shevi'i shel Pesach are
Chol HaMo'ed.
From Mussaf of Yom Tov Pesach in Eretz Yisroel we say
morid hatal in Shemoneh Esreih instead of
vesen tal u-motor livrocho.
From Sunday night, Motzei Yom Tov Rishon Shel Pesach,
we count sefiras ha'omer until Shavuos.
The seforim hakedoshim write to make a meal on the
sixteenth of Nissan to remember the se'udas Esther
that she made when Homon was hung (Mishnah Berurah,
490:2 from the Mogen Avrohom).
Shevi'i Shel Pesach falls on Shabbos, 21 Nissan (April
30) and in Chutz Le'aretz on Sunday, 22 Nissan (May 1)
is Yom Tov Sheini shel Goliyos - Shmini Shel
Pesach.
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