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Soon after the signing of the first Oslo agreement seven
years ago, Dr. Yossi Beilin, then the protege of Shimon Peres
and now Minister of Justice (and acting Minister of
Religions), embarked on an eighteen month effort with
prominent Palestinians to frame a plan for a final settlement
that was acceptable to both sides. What do the Olympic games have to do with the Australian
chareidi community? Although chareidi Jewry certainly takes
no real interest in these sport competitions, some curious
ramifications have arisen from these games being held "down
under." Gravesite of Chasam Sofer to be Preserved Intense efforts are underway to save and restore a cemetery
that contains the grave of the Chasam Sofer, fearless leader
of Hungarian Jewry a century and a half ago. The following is the full text of a letter issued by HaRav
Eliashiv on Friday, 15 Elul.
To those who fear Hashem's word and devotedly fulfill the
mitzvah of shmitta in its true halachic
form:...
"Kedushas Habayis" Focus of This Year's American Aguda Yom
Iyun This year's Agudath Israel of America-sponsored Yom Iyun
will focus on a topic particularly timely in the
contemporary world: the Jewish home. Torah Leaders Make Sure Charity Goes to Those Who Need it
Most Case #504: An avreich must undergo a kidney
transplant, but it will cost him more than $150,000. Case
#544: A widow and her orphan children have nothing to eat.
Case #552: A father has been struck with a devastating
illness, and his 13 children are now left without a roof over
their heads.
It is all our fault, they tell us. Listen to Sever Plotsker,
a well-known leftist journalist: "Chareidi Jewry lost the
Shabbos because it tried to force shemiras Shabbos
through power and not via the spirit onto all citizens of
Israel. . . . It is important to stress once again that good ideas and
excellent advice given by the most experienced professionals,
or printed in bestsellers on child managment, do not always
work. Although they may work very well for some children,
they do not work on others. A Manifesto For Chinuch In Our Times: An Interview With
HaRav Noach Orlowek
Erev Rosh HaShanah falls on Friday, Sep. 29. Hatoros
Nedorim must be made, and those who are machmir
according to the Rosh arrange a Pruzbull. This morning
we say tachanun at Selichos but not at
Shacharis or Minchah.
Rosh HaShanah falls on Shabbos, Sep. 30 and Sunday,
Oct. 1.
Since Rosh HaShanah falls on Shabbos, Tashlich is
postponed to the second day, and we do not blow the
shofar on the first day or say Avinu Malkeinu
and the Thirteen Middos.
According to Dinei Shvi'is, published by Degel
Yerushalayim, HaRav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt'l, and
ylct'a, HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv agreed that it is
proper to have in mind the mitzvos of Shmitta when making
Shehecheyanu on the first night of Rosh HaShanah.
Since this year is a Shmitta year there are many prohibitions
and halochos concerning working in fields in Eretz
Yisroel, the kedushah of the fruits and vegetables and
the biyur of Shmitta produce. A Pruzbull, to be
able to collect debts, is made, according to most
poskim, at the end of the Shmitta year on Erev Rosh
HaShanah 5755.
The earliest time of Kiddush Levonoh -- Tishrei
The time of Kiddush Levonoh everywhere in the world
begins on Sunday, 2 Tishrei (Oct. 1), at 1:54 P.M. in Eretz
Yisroel. The actual time in most of the world is therefore
from Motzei Rosh HaShanah from the beginning of the
night. Those living in the extreme eastern countries can make
Kiddush Levonoh on Motzei Rosh HaShanah only
according to the difference in time zones in comparison to
Eretz Yisroel.
The astronomical new moon precedes the molad this
month by approximately fifteen hours and three minutes, and
is at 10:53 P.M., the eve of Thursday the 29 Elul, 5760 (Sep.
28). In addition, during the three days following the
astronomical new moon the moon passes near its lowest point
(perigee) and advances very quickly. As a result in the whole
world even according to the Chazon Ish one can make
Kiddush Levonoh on Motzei Rosh HaShanah since
the moon will be then extremely large and high. This
information is significant for those who act according to the
Chazon Ish and do not make a berochoh on the moon
until it is big and high in the sky.
Kiddush Levonoh should not be made until Motzei Yom
Kippur (Ramo, Shulchan Oruch Orach Chaim 426:2 and
602:1). The reason for waiting is our being frightened from
the din and not being b'simchah. The opinion of
some achronim is that, on the contrary, we should
fulfill the mitzvah before Yom Kippur so that the
zechus of that mitzvah can tilt the din
in our favor. Both the Kittzur Shulchan Oruch and the
Mishnah Berurah did not determine the psak in
this case. The Chazon Ish and the Steipeler Rav zy'a
were accustomed to act like the Vilna Gaon to make Kiddush
Levonoh before Yom Kippur.
(Birur Halocho, V, Orach Chaim 426 and 601.) |
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