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In Vienna there is a small Jewish community of about 10,000
which, in recent years, has been living in relative
tranquillity. Now, with the establishment of the new
government that includes the rightist party of Jorge Haider,
the Jews are apprehensive. Storm in the Knesset Regarding Blasphemous Remarks
Against Gedolei Hador A storm erupted in the Knesset plenum last week when Shinui
MK Paritzki uttered outrageous words of blasphemy against
gedolei hador. Knesset members from UTJ and Shas
protested vociferously against his appalling statements and
did not let Paritzki continue speaking.
MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni proposed last week the enactment of an
"Education and Love of Children Law." The purpose of the law
is to determine parameters for raising children --- including
punishment -- within the family framework.
Funds for Haifa Mikveh Diverted to Other Purposes Members of the Joint Religious Front in the Haifa
Municipality have discovered that Housing Ministry funds
earmarked for the building of a mikveh in the western
part of Haifa were directed to other projects by Mayor Amram
Mitzna. Reserves General Moshe Nativ: Torah Study Must Not Be
Stopped For Even a Day General (Res.) Moshe Nativ, former head of the Manpower
Division of the IDF and currently a member of the Tal
Committee to study the drafting of yeshiva students into the
Israeli army, has recently stated, "After having visited a
number of yeshivos, I realize that Torah study must not be
stopped for even one day." How Do We Teach the High Court the Limits?
It is almost unnecessary to comment about the recent decision of the Israeli High Court to outlaw any form of corporal punishment, including asserting the right of a spanked child to sue his parents even if he or she was not injured. The Court ruled that using this sort of method is "a remnant of a social and educational conception that is outmoded." The Many Faces of Bereavement Some years ago, our extended family was struck by tragedy: a young man was brutally murdered by terrorists, leaving behind a young widow and little children. Although they were `only' relatives by marriage, we tried to do what we could. In the process, I consulted a friend who had extensive experience in all sorts of community endeavors. As it turned out, she, too, had a relative who, only a short time before, had been widowed by terrorism. Derech Eretz and Much Torah --
The Jewish Community of Syria Additional Luach Information: The last day for Kiddush Levonoh -- I Adar One can say Kiddush Levonoh in the whole world until Motzei Shabbos parshas Tetzaveh, the eve of 14 I Adar (Feb. 20) at 1:10 A.M., Israeli time. In most of Europe the final time is 12:10 P.M., eastern America 8:10 P.M., in New York 6:10 P.M., but more west to New York it is impossible to make a berochoh on Motzei Shabbos, and their actual final time is the entire Thursday night, the eve of 12 I Adar (Feb. 17). If one did not make a berochoh until leil Shabbos it is preferable to then make Kiddush Levonoh so not to forfeit the mitzvah altogether. Even in New York one should make Kiddush Levonoh bedi'eved on leil Shabbos and not rely on the little time on Motzei Shabbos and especially since it is now winter and the nights are cloudy. Also regarding the other parts of the world including eastern countries where the final time is the whole Motzei Shabbos there is an opinion in the Mishnah Berurah (426) that one should make a berochoh on leil Shabbos and not rely on the last night (Sha'ar HaTziyon par. 13), and this is especially so in our case since Motzei Shabbos will be after the astronomical full moon. The astronomical full moon is at 6:27 P.M., approximately six and three quarters of an hour before the nigud emtzo'i and twelve hours and twenty-one minutes before the full fifteen days from the molad. This month one can surely not make a berochoh even bedi'eved until the end of the full fifteen days, and it seems that even beforehand, after the nigud emtzo'i, he should only make a berochoh without shem u-malchus (Birur Halocho, IV, Orach Chaim 426 (pg. 300). |
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