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15 Adar 5759 - March 3, 1999 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
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VAAD HORABBONIM HAOLAMI LEINYONEI GIYUR
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CALENDAR FOR
PARSHAS VAYAKHEL-PEKUDEI (Hachodesh)
5759

Sunday, 19 Adar-
Shabbos, 25 Adar
(Mar.7-13, 1999)

DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Yoma, 62-68
Yerushalmi:
Succah 14-19

MISHNA YOMIS
Pei'ah, 7:2-8:7

HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim 61:14-63:3

CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:

Parshas Ki Siso:
Yerushalayim:
5:04 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:19 P.M.

Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudei:
Yerushalayim:
5:09 P.M.

Bnei Brak:
5:24 P.M.

Molad: Wednesday, Mar. 17, at 11:20 A.M.

Parshas HaChodesh is read on Shabbos.

TOPICS IN THE NEWS

REFORM & CONSERVATIVES

GRAVES

WOMEN IN
JUDAISM

GIYUR
LEGAL ISSUES
LEV L'ACHIM
YESHIVA DRAFT

NEWS

50,000 Turn Out in Rainy New York for a Massive Atzeres Tefilla

by Yated Ne'eman Staff

In response to the call of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America as well as revered gedolim from Eretz Yisroel...

Protests Against the Severe Sentence for Setting Fire to a Missionary Apartment

by Betzalel Kahn

The judicial system in Israel continues to harass and persecute Torah observant Jews.

Rabbinate: Do Not Meet with Reform
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

The Netanya Religious Council failed to convene its scheduled meeting last week,...


Lev L'Achim Uncovers a Dangerous Cult in Netanya
by Arye Zisman

Netanya's Police Department is investigating a dangerous cult which claims scores of young members from Netanya and the Sharon area.

El Al Workers Petition High Court for Shabbos Flights
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

El Al workers petitioned the High Court to reverse the government's decision forbidding the airline from flying on Shabbos and Jewish holidays.


OPINION & COMMENT

Religious People Have Civil Liberties Too

There is a law on the books of the State of Israel, known as the law of Rest and Work Hours, which requires Jewish businesses to close on Shabbos and forbids Jewish workers from working on Shabbos.


HOME & FAMILY

Just Get Me to the Shul on Time - or - A Different Purim
by Malka Adler

Most Purim costumes, whether homesewn or bought, have some background biography in family lore.


IN-DEPTH FEATURES

The Story of the Vaad Lehatzolas Nidchei Yisroel
By Moshe Musman


Additional Calendar Information:

The earliest time of Kiddush Levonoh -- Nisan

The time of Kiddush Levonoh everywhere in the world begins when it is Shabbos, 11:08 A.M., 3 Nisan (Jan. 20), a little more than three full days after the molad. The actual time in most of the world is therefore Motzei Shabbos from the beginning of the night, the eve of 4 Nisan. Nonetheless, people living in the extreme eastern countries can make a brocho on the moon only from 7:08 P.M.

The astronomical new moon follows the molad this month by nine hours and forty-nine minutes, and is at 8:48 P.M. In Eretz Yisroel on Motzei Shabbos there and less than three full days from the astronomical new moon until the setting of the moon. However, during the three days following the astronomical new moon the moon passes near its lowest point (perigee) and advances quickly. As a result almost all of the moon's late appearance of approximately ten hours is canceled. This information is significant for those who act according to the Chazon Ish and do not make a brocho on the moon until it is big and high in the sky.


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