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CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Candle Lighting for Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim

Yerushalayim:
6:41 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
6:56 P.M.

London:
8:01 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:26 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:23 P.M.

CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Emor, 5767

Sunday, 11 Iyar - Shabbos, 17 Iyyar 5767 (Apr. 29-May 5, 2007)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Chagigah, 22 - Yevomos 2
Yerushalmi:
Pesochim, 21-27

MISHNA YOMIS
Kiddushin 1:2-2:5

HALACHA YOMIS
Kitzur Shulchon Oruch 162:9-165:11

Ovos: 4

Ta'anis Sheini Basra falls on Monday, 12 Iyar (Apr. 30).

Pesach Sheini falls on Wednesday, 14 Iyar (May 2). 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 Emor

Yerushalayim:
6:46 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
7:01 P.M.

London:
8:13 P.M.
Johannesburg:
5:21 P.M.
Melbourne:
5:15 P.M.

 

 


 

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At The Center of the Universe
At The Center of the Universe
by Mordechai Plaut

Dedication
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NEWS

EU Legislation Includes Prison Terms for Holocaust Denial and Hate Crimes
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Following six years of exhausting deliberations the 27 countries of the European Union finally reached a consensus on legislation to limit racism, hate crimes and Holocaust denial, banning incitement based on race, nationality, gender and skin color.


Agudas Yisroel of America Sets Up New Board of Directors for Office of Government Affairs
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Over 35 chareidi community leaders from across the United States gathered in Washington DC for the opening meeting of Agudas Yisroel's National Board of Directors of its Office of Government Affairs.


Avreich Assaulted at Paris Train Station as Elections Heat Up
By Arnon Yaffeh, Paris

Rabbi Eli Dehan was beaten at the Gard du Nord, a train station in northern Paris, by an Arab youth who assaulted him verbally, kicked him and knocked him to the ground before police intervened. The attack was apparently related to tensions and Muslim incitement on the eve of last Sunday's elections in France.


Latin American Jewish Congress Shows Solidarity for Venezuela Jews
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The plight of Venezuelan Jews is the worst in the world besides that of Iranian Jews, World Jewish Congress Secretary- General Stephen Herbits told the JTA. "Outside the Arab world, this is the most troubled place in the world for Jews," Herbits said while visiting Caracas for a meeting of the Latin American Jewish Congress. "The situation is not yet desperate here, but they certainly have to be very alert."


Chareidi Schools in North to Receive Funding for War Period
By Y. Ariel

A protracted, uncompromising battle by MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni ended in success when the local authorities issued a notice saying chareidi schools would receive special equipment budgets following the war period in the North as part of the Israeli government's Putting the Heart in the North program.



Rabbi Yehuda Meir Abramowitz zt"l
By Betzalel Kahn

On Erev Shabbos parshas Tazria-Metzora, 2 Iyar, Rabbi Yehuda Meir Abramowitz zt"l, chairman of the World Executive Committee of Agudas Yisroel and one of its heads for over 50 years, passed away in Jerusalem at the age of 93.

Zichron Menachem Sponsors Meetings on Helping Families of Child Cancer Patients
By Yechiel Sever

Zichron Menachem, an organization providing assistance to child cancer patients, is arranging special workshops and meetings for talmud Torah principals, educational counselors and mental health professionals.


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Additional Luach Information

On Sunday night, the eve of 14 Nisan (Apr. 1) is the search for chometz - bedikas chometz, and the chometz is burnt the next morning, Erev Pesach, Monday, 14 Nisan (Apr. 2) until the end of the zman sreifas chometz. On Erev Pesach the firstborn fast—Ta'anis Bechoros.

Yov Tov Pesach falls on Tuesday, 15 Nisan (Apr. 3), in Eretz Yisroel, and on Tuesday and Wednesday (Apr. 3-4) 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 recite morid hatal in Shemoneh Esreih instead of vesen tal u-motor livrocho.

From Tuesday night, Motzei Yom Tov Rishon Shel Pesach, we count sefiras ha'omer until Shavuos.

The seforim hakedoshim write to partake in a meal on the sixteenth of Nisan 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 Monday, 21 Nisan (April 9) and in Chutz Le'aretz on Tuesday, 22 Nisan (April 10) is Yom Tov Sheini Shel Goliyos - Shmini Shel Pesach.

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

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

Rosh Chodesh Iyar falls on Wednesday, Apr. 18 and Thursday, Apr. 19.

On Shabbos parshas Tazriya-Metzora a mi sheberach for those fasting Behab is said.


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