|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Youngster Accused of Destroying the Missionary Apartment is Released from Prison by Betzalel Kahn One of those accused in the incident of the missionary
apartment in Meah Shearim was released from prison this past
Monday after completing two-thirds of his sentence.
Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky, 88, passed away in Jerusalem on erev
Rosh Chodesh Nisan, March 17. Antiquities Authority Desecrates Har
Zeisim Burial Cave The National Antiquities Authority last week secretly
desecrated an ancient burial cave in the Mount of Olives
Cemetery in East Jerusalem.
Deri Maintains Innocence, Vows to
Fight Conviction In his first public speech since Aryeh Deri was found guilty
of accepting $155,000 in bribes, Rav Ovadia Yosef bitterly
denounced the judiciary as biased against Jewish tradition
and Torah-observant Jews. Government Workers to Take Pesach Vacation As in years past, most Government offices and support units
will close on yom tov Pesach and Chol Hamoed.
They will be closed from Wednesday erev Pesach, the
31st of March, until Thursday, the 8th of April. For the Sake of This G-d Took Me Out of Egypt! Once again we prepare for Pesach. Do we think there is no
point to read the Haggadah again and again? Seder by R' Elchonon
Wasserman We previously found young Yitzchok'l (today the noted Rosh Kollel of Etz Yosef, R' Yitzchok Eliyohu Bernstein shlita) in
a quandary.
The Toil Behind the Symbol Additional Calendar Information:
On Tuesday night, the eve of 14 Nisan (Mar. 30) is the search
for chometz -- bedikas chometz. The chometz is burned
the next morning on erev Pesach not later than the end
of zman sereifas chometz.
On Wednesday, erev Pesach, 14 Nisan (March 31), is the
fast of the firstborn -- Taanis Bechoros.
Pesach falls on Thursday (the seder is on Wednesday
night) in Eretz Yisroel, and on Thursday and Friday in
Chutz La'aretz. The days until Shevi'i Shel
Pesach are chol hamoed.
Eruv Tavshilin must be made on Wednesday, Erev
Pesach (Mar. 31) for those living in Chutz
La'aretz.
From Musaf of Yom Tov we say morid hatol in
Shemoneh Esrei instead of vesein tal umottor
livrocho.
From Thursday night, motzei Yom Tov Rishon Shel Pesach
we count sefiras ha'omer until Shavuos.
The seforim hakedoshim write to make a meal on the
sixteenth of Nisan to remember the seudas Esther that
she made when Haman was hung (Mishnah Berurah, 490:2
from the Mogen Avrohom).
Shiurim of a Kezayis Matzo
Hand Matzo
If the shiur of a kezayis is the volume of 50
cubic centimeters its weight is 22.5-27.5 gram (.7875-.9625
ounces).
If the shiur of a kezayis is the volume of 45
cubic centimeters (a half of a double-sized beitzah
without its shell) its weight is approximately 20.3-24.8 gram
(.7105-.868 ounces).
If the shiur of a kezayis is the volume of
33.33 cubic centimeters (a third of a double-sized
beitzah without its shell) its weight is approximately
15.0-18.3 gram (.525-.6405 ounces).
Machine Matzo
Concerning the shiur of a kezayis machine
matzo, the Chazon Ish ruled (as cited by HaRav Yaakov Yisroel
Kanievsky zt'l) as it being a half to two thirds of a
matzo.
For actual practice one should ask a moreh horo'oh.
See Berur Halocho Orach Chaim Kamma VeTeliso'oh
475.
Shevi'i Shel Pesach falls on Wednesday, 21 Nisan
(April 7) and in Chutz La'aretz Thursday is Yom Tov
Sheini Shel Goluyos -- Shemini Shel Pesach.
The earliest time of Kiddush Levonoh --
Iyar
The time of Kiddush Levonoh everywhere in the world
begins when it is Sunday, the eve of 3 Iyar (April 18), 12.44
P.M. (according to the Summer Clock -- Daylight Savings
Time), in Eretz Yisroel. In Eretz Yisroel itself, Europe, and
eastern countries it is impossible to make a brocho on
Kiddush Levonoh at all that night because the moon
sets before the earliest time. In eastern America Kiddush
Levonoh can be made on this night starting from 7:44 P.M.
In the rest of America it is possible to make Kiddush
Levonoh from the beginning of the night.
The astronomical new moon follows the molad this month
by six hours and thirty nine minutes, and is at 7:22 A.M.
However, during the three days after the molad the
moon passes its lowest point (perigee) and advances extremely
quickly. This altogether cancels its appearing after the
molad, and on the contrary, the moon has advanced more
than if it would have even appeared at the time of the
molad. 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. (Dinim VeHanhogos Orach Chaim pg. 86)
The current issue is the last one before Pesach. The next
issue is scheduled for the week of parshas Tazriya-
Metzora. A chag kosher vesomayach to all our
readers and all of Klal Yisroel.
All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is restricted. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||