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10 Cheshvan 5767 - November 1, 2006 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Candle Lighting for Parshas Lech Lecho

Yerushalayim:
4:13 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:27 P.M.

London:
4:14 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:10 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:41 P.M.

CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Vayeiro, 5767

Sunday, 14 Cheshvan - Shabbos, 20 Cheshvan 5767 (Nov. 5-11, 2006)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Beitzah, 9-15
Yerushalmi:
Beitzah, 3-9

MISHNA YOMIS
Kesuvos 6:5-8:1

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 651:11-658:8

Ta'anis Sheini Basra falls on Monday, 15 Cheshvan (Nov. 6).

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Vayeiro

Yerushalayim:
4:08 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
4:22 P.M.

London:
4:03 P.M.
Johannesburg:
6:15 P.M.
Melbourne:
7:48 P.M.

 

 

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

NEWS

MKs Urge Jerusalem Police to Cancel Abominable Event
By Eliezer Rauchberger

Chareidi and religious MKs urged the police on Monday to prohibit the awful event scheduled to take place in Jerusalem next Friday in spite of unprecedented cross-party and interfaith opposition.


IDF Will Try to Stop Arms Smuggling in Gaza
by M. Plaut and Yated Ne'eman Staff

Israel plans to expand its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, to try to slow or stop the arms smuggling from Egypt. It also wants to stop the slow but steady bombardment from Kassam rockets from northern Gaza.


Agudath Israel Convention at New Location
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Agudath Israel of America's 84th National Convention is to be held November 23-26 at a new location: The Sheraton Stamford Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut. Well-known community askan Dr. David Diamond will serve as the chairman.


Education Ministry Funding for Privileged Organizations
By Betzalel Kahn

While the Justice Ministry constantly undermines budget funding for chareidi education based on claims that the budgeting fails to meet various criteria of fairness, when it comes to the secular education system, anything goes. The Marker revealed that several paragraphs of the Education Ministry budget were specially drafted to fit certain organizations in such a way that other organizations would not be able to benefit from the funding.



Modiin Illit Donates Medical Supplies to Palestinian Neighbors
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Residents of Modiin Illit recently donated NIS 30,000 in medical equipment to equip an ambulance owned by the neighboring Palestinian village of Naleen.


Eternal Jewish Family Holds Conference in Boston
By Betzalel Kahn

Eternal Jewish Family, headed by HaRav Reuven Feinstein, held a three-day conference this week at the Hyatt Hotel in Boston following the success of the conference held in Jerusalem in Av.



Many Passengers Served Non-Kosher Meals on El Al Code- Sharing Flights
by Yechiel Sever

Recently a number of complaints have raised concerns of kashrus problems regarding airplane meals. The problem has arisen in the case of code-sharing flights in which the passenger reserves a flight on El Al but the flight is actually executed by a foreign airline.


Suits Imported from Turkey and Sold During Holidays May Contain Shatnez
By Betzalel Kahn

Suits imported from Turkey and sold in Eretz Yisroel during the holidays might contain shatnez. Concerns were raised after an avreich, who chose not to rely on the spot checks conducted by the importer, sent his new suit for testing and the shatnez lab reported it did indeed contain shatnez.

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OPINION & COMMENT

The Modern World: A "Land Full of Chomos"?

Dr. William McGuire, the former head of the UnitedHealth Group Inc., built up the company, which was near bankruptcy when he took over, into the second largest insurer in the United States. The stock price rose from two dollars when Dr. McGuire took over to 60 dollars, though it has fallen back to around 50 dollars.

HaRav Shach: At the Helm of the Yeshivos Hakedoshos
by HaRav Dovid Cohen

I once asked Maran ztvk'l for his opinion regarding accepting to yeshiva gedolah students who had previously studied in schools that did not conform to the accepted daas Torah norm. Perhaps such students had true potential for becoming bnei Torah and it would do them an injustice to deny them acceptance; perhaps they had gone to such schools only because their parents had insisted on it.

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Question:

Every Shabbos, as I relax sitting in my couch right after lighting candles and Kabbolas Shabbos, I look forward to your articles. You have an original, thorough way of tackling important subjects which many avoid commenting on.

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