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CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Emor, 5766

Sunday, 9 Iyar - Shabbos, 15 Iyar 5766 (May 7-13, 2006)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Pesochim 110-116
Yerushalmi:
Terumos 2-8

MISHNA YOMIS
Beitzah 1:10-2:3

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 550:3-552:1

Ovos: 4

Ta'anis Sheini Kamma falls on Monday, 10 Iyar (May 8) and Ta'anis Chamishi falls on Thursday, 13 Iyar (May 11).

Pesach Sheini falls on Friday, 14 Iyar (May 12). Tachanun is not said and the minhag is to eat matzos during this day. The Chida writes that we should increase our simchah on Pesach Sheini since it is kodosh to Hashem.

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim

Yerushalayim:
6:47 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:02 P.M.

London:
8:15 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:18 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:14 P.M.

Parshas Emor

Yerushalayim:
6:52 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:07 P.M.

London:
8:26 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:13 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:07 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

HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira zt'l
By S. Bruchi

In the Lap of Greatness

One of the elder contemporary roshei hayeshivos, HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira ztvk'l was born in Minsk, Russia, on the nineteenth of Av, 5677 (1917). His father was the gaon HaRav Aryeh Shapira, the dayan of Bialystok, Poland, a son of HaRav Refoel Shapira zt'l of Volozhin who was the author of Toras Refoel and a grandson of the Netziv of Volozhin zt'l (who was Rav Refoel's father-in-law) and of Rav Leibele Kovner zt'l.


HaRav Moshe Halberstam zt"l
By Betzalel Kahn

A pallor of mourning descended on chareidi Jewry with the news of the sudden histalkus of HaRav Moshe Halberstam, a member of the Eida Chareidis Beis Din and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Tshakawe. One of the great Torah figures of our generation, he passed away last Wednesday afternoon, 26 Nisan, at the age of 74.


Biography of the Admor of Satmar zt"l
By Betzalel Kahn

An enormous crowd took part in the levaya last week of the Admor of Satmar HaRav Moshe Teitelbaum, the nephew of Rav Yoelish and the author of Derech Moshe.


Hamas Behind Recent Huge Bomb at Karni Crossing
by Mordecai Plaut

Israeli security services said that the attempted attack last week on Wednesday April 26th 2006 at the Karni Crossing between Gaza and Israel was carried out by the Popular Resistance Committees in the Gaza Strip under the direction of Hamas. The incident shows that Israel was justified in closing the Karni Crossing repeatedly over the past months.


Holocaust Information Center
By Betzalel Kahn

The Jerusalem Municipality, in cooperation with Misgav Lekashish and the chareidi extension of the Amcha organization, is operating an information center for Holocaust survivors to raise awareness of survivors' rights in the chareidi sector.



First Residents Arrive in Elad's Degel HaTorah Neighborhood
By A. Cohen

Elad's new Degel HaTorah neighborhood, organized by Binyan Shalem, is now being populated with its first residents.


Egged Reports 3,000 Buses to Kosel During Pesach
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Based on preliminary summaries of bus service on Erev Pesach and Chol Hamoed, Egged operated thousands of buses. Jerusalem was the most popular destination for interurban travel and on the company's urban lines the Kosel Hama'arovi was the most popular destination, posting a record number of riders.



Egged Offers Training Course for Mitzvah Observant Drivers
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Egged's training center in Jerusalem has opened a second training course for observant bus drivers. Eleven candidates are enrolled in the course after passing a screening process conducted by Egged and the Transportation Ministry. The Joint Distribution Committee and the Industry and Trade Ministry are partners in the project.

More News ...


OPINION & COMMENT

We Have Lost a Living Example of Closeness to Torah

It has been a difficult week for the Torah community with the loss of three great rabbonim: HaRav Moshe Teitelbaum, HaRav Moshe Halberstam, and HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira zichronom livrochoh. Our remarks in this small space are not intended to fulfill the obligation of hesped tzaddikim.

The Necessity of Suffering: Perfecting an Individual Jew's Soul and Bringing Tikkun Ho'Olom
by HaRav Yechezkel Taub

Part II

In the first part, HaRav Taub explained that yissurim are a kindness from Hashem, to cleanse us of our sins in Olom Hazeh. This is a kindness because the cleansing of the neshomoh in Olom Hazeh is immeasurably easier than the purification of the neshomoh in Gehennom.

More Opinion & Comment . . .


OBSERVATIONS


Return
by Gita Gordon

Serializing a new novel.

Chapter 19: The Amazon, October 2001 — Part 2

Daniel's parents, Fay and Eli, have been managing in the Amazon. They have been living off of the land, and in their isolation have also been drawing closer to their youthful Judaism. Lately their Brazilian companion, Pedro, has been disappearing and acting strangely.


HOME & FAMILY

Going Crazy over Diets
by Mrs. L. Raffles

"Do you hate yourself because you are overweight?

"If our feelings about ourselves are too tied up with how we look, then we need help to see ourselves in a positive light before we add the extra stress of the diet."

More Home & Family . . .


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

"We Moved During Bava Kama" — HaRav Abba Berman zt"l
His first yahrtzeit — 3 Iyar

by Rabbi Refael Berelson

How The Maskilim Struggled to Destroy Volozhin
by Refoel Gartner


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Additional Luach Information

On Tuesday night, the eve of 14 Nissan (Apr. 11) is the search for chometz - bedikas chometz, and the chometz is burnt the next morning, Erev Pesach, Wednesday, 14 Nissan (Apr. 12) until the end of the zman sreifas chometz. On erev Pesach the firstborn fast— Ta'anis Bechoros.

Yov Tov Pesach falls on Thursday, 15 Nissan (Apr. 14), in Eretz Yisroel, and on Thursday and Friday (Apr. 14-15) 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 Thursday 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 hanged (Mishnah Berurah, 490:2 from the Mogen Avrohom).

Shevi'i Shel Pesach falls on Wednesday, 21 Nissan (April 19) and in Chutz Le'aretz also on Thursday, 22 Nissan (April 20) which is Yom Tov Sheini Shel Goliyos - Shmini Shel Pesach.

Many are accustomed to read Pirkei Ovos after Minchah of Shabbos, from Pesach until Rosh HaShanah.

Our minhag is not to pray Yom Kippur Koton and surely not to fast during the month of Nissan.


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