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The latest cultural war took place in Tel Aviv's Heichal
Hatarbut, its central cultural hall, as a local judge ruled
that the city must allow Rav Amnon Yitzchak to hold a
teshuvah rally there... The wave of protests against Bank Mizrachi continued, due to
its recent decision to operate its ATMs on Shabbos. The bank
claimed that it has received some sort of authorization from
the Tsomet Institute of Alon Shevut, which determined that
"it is possible to operate an ATM on Shabbos..." Huge Turbine Move Becomes Latest Public Cultural
Battle The anti-religious forces are picking another fight with the
religious community over moving a 250-ton turbine
manufactured in Israel by the Israel Military Industry plant
in Ramat Hasharon to the Israel Electric Company installation
in Ashkelon. Ha'aretz Praises the Architectural and Civic Planning of
Elad-Mazor It's a well-known phenomenon. Positive, successful
initiatives in the chareidi community, such as chessed
activities and exemplary communal organizations, are
appreciated by many, even in the secular media. The fear of spiritual dangers lurking in computers has
perturbed many parents during recent years. The computer, in
the past considered purely "office equipment," has become an
inseparable part of many private homes, and is used to occupy
children in their free time. Even Secular Growers Find: Marketing Orloh Doesn't
Pay The Institute for Agricultural Research According to the
Torah, with the assistance of the Religious Council of
Jerusalem, recently issued a chart depicting the incidence of
orloh in the summer fruits of 5759. Few things so highlight the depth of our golus as the
way the rhythms of life of the non-Jewish world affect us.
For many of those who live in chutz la'aretz it is
hard these days to escape the dominant spirit of the
beginning of August... Preparing For The Future From the moment a child is born, he begins to learn that
crying will get him whatever he needs. The distress of
hunger, thirst, a soiled diaper or just feeling discarded,
can be relieved by opening up your mouth and crying as loudly
as you can. A Rebbi for America: HaRav Shmuel
Yaakov Weinberg, zt'l
The last day for Kiddush Levonoh -- Elul
One can say Kiddush Levonoh in the entire world until
Thursday night, the eve of 15 Elul (Aug. 26), at 9:46 P.M.,
according to the Summer Clock, Israeli time. The final time
is therefore in most of Europe until 8:46 P.M. and in the
remote eastern part of the world Kiddush Levonoh can
be said the entire night. However, in part of Europe and most
of America it is impossible for people to make a
brocho on the levonoh this night and their
final time is the entire previous night.
The astronomical full moon is at 2:48 A.M., five hours and
two minutes later than the nigud emtzo'i. It is
preferable to make a brocho until the nigud
emtzo'i since it is still within 15 full days from the
molad than to forfeit the brocho altogether. A
person can therefore make a brocho in Eretz Yisroel
until 2:48 A.M. and in most of Europe and part of America
according to the difference in time zones in comparison to
Eretz Yisroel.
See Birur Halocho, IV, Orach Chaim, 426, pg.
300.
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