NEWS |
OPINION & COMMENT |
HOME & FAMILY |
IN-DEPTH FEATURES |
VAAD HORABBONIM HAOLAMI LEINYONEI GIYUR |
TOPICS IN THE NEWS |
PREVIOUS
ISSUES |
CALENDAR FOR
Parshas Shofetim 5759
Sunday, 26 Av Shabbos, 2 Elul (Aug. 8-14, 1999)
|
DAF HAYOMI
Bavli:
Rosh Hashanah, 35 -- Taanis 7
Yerushalmi:
Yevomos, 6-12
MISHNA YOMIS
Terumos, 9:2-10:8
HALACHA YOMIS
Orach Chaim, 151:4-153:11
Pirkei Avos: 1
Rosh Chodesh Elul falls on Thursday, August 12, and Friday, August 13.
From the second day of Rosh Chodesh the shofar
is blown after Shacharis, and LeDovid Hashem Ori
Veyishi is said twice a day.
Selichos are said the entire Elul by the Sephardim.
|
CANDLE LIGHTING
in Eretz Yisroel:
Parshas
Re'ei:
Yerushalayim:
6:56 P.M.
Bnei Brak:
7:12 P.M.
Parshas Shofetim:
Yerushalayim:
6:50 P.M.
Bnei Brak:
7:05 P.M.
Sponsored by
 Shema Yisrael Torah Network
Produced and housed by

|
|
|
TOPICS
IN THE NEWS |
REFORM
& CONSERVATIVES |
GRAVES |
WOMEN
IN
JUDAISM |
GIYUR |
LEGAL ISSUES |
LEV L'ACHIM |
YESHIVA DRAFT |
CULTURE WARS |
|
NEWS
Police Officials Say Meretz Activists Unnecessarily
Provocative on Shabbos
by Betzalel Kahn and Mordecai Plaut
Jerusalem's Police Department officials sharply criticized
Meretz politicians and activists for causing excessive and
unnecessary provocation and contention in their fight against
the justified demands of chareidi residents to close traffic
routes in the hearts of their neighborhoods on Shabbos.
Utensils Manufactured by the Phoenicia Glass Company of
Yeruchom Require Tevillo
by B. Rabinowitz
HaRav Nissim Karelitz recently issued a psak halocho,
to the effect that all of the utensils manufactured by the
Phoenicia company in the southern city of Yeruchom require
tevillo.
Compromise in Montefiore Tomb Controversy
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
A compromise might be possible in a battle over the tomb of
one of Anglo Jewry's most famous figures, Sir Moses
Montefiore.
Masses Stream to the Grave of the Admor of Belz,
ztvk"l
by Betzalel Kahn
Tuesday the 21st of Menachem Av, marked the 42nd
yahrtzeit of the Admor of Belz, HaRav Aharon Rokach,
ztvk"l. As is the case every year, huge throngs
visited his grave on Har Hamenuchos.
Philadelphia Rosh Yeshiva HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky Visits
Elad
by A. Cohen
HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky, rosh yeshiva of the
Philadelphia Yeshiva and a member of the American Moetzes
Gedolei HaTorah, was the guest of Yeshivas Elad and the
city's Torah community.
OPINION &
COMMENT
Undermining Respect for Law
One of the favorite rhetorical bludgeons used against the
religious public in Israel is the "rule of law." Secular
journalists and politicians constantly champion the
importance of the rule of law for democratic systems of
governance like that in Israel,...
HOME & FAMILY
Part II Loving Chezky - A Mother and Son
On Two Separate Wavelengths
by Miriam Luxenberg
Through great sacrifice, I nursed Chezky for almost a year
and a half. I desperately needed surgery, but I pushed it off
because I didn't want to interrupt the nursing and add
further trauma to his already fretful life. Then,
unpredictably, he just weaned himself!
IN-DEPTH FEATURES
A Rebbi for America: HaRav Shmuel
Yaakov Weinberg, zt'l
by Mordecai Plaut
All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is restricted.
Click here for conditions of use. |